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The AMD Phenom II OC'ers Club

Chicken Patty said:
#'s are wrong as in what sense, the clock speed? Or...?
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Amd tricked us.
all this chip is a mutant piece of silicon from the PII line up. Like they said it looks good on paper but still It feals Snappy! faster! :wtf:
 
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fullinfusion said:
Amd tricked us.
all this chip is a mutant piece of silicon from the PII line up. Like they said it looks good on paper but still It feals Snappy! faster! :wtf:
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That's good. I was really close to building a BD rig, but got a terrific deal on the 2600K I have now so I opted for that. still have my 1090T though. :D
 
this chip is fast. At stock speeds it's about normal.

But change a few settings in the bios and OMG Shit flies!!!!
 
fullinfusion said:
this chip is fast. At stock speeds it's about normal.

But change a few settings in the bios and OMG Shit flies!!!!
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Have you gamed with it yet?
 
Hey guys, with my 920 ( not a be version)

What voltage settings ( not just cpu voltage) should I be using for around 3.8 ghz?


Also what's safe voltage adjusted for my NB with this board? As I've no idea.
 
You should be adjusting the CPU NB voltage. The board NB voltage I've never needed to adjust.
 
Hey Full good to see you again.

I have a question guys....

when talking max temps for the CPU are we talking the core temps or the overall cpu temp?

These are my current temps with WCG Boinc running at 100% When my room is warm, the cores can reach 45 c and the cpu temp goes to 55 c. Can I push it harder?

I can push the HT Link speed closer to 3000 Mhz but when I do the CPU temp can go over 60 c but the cores are only maxing out to 50c. Is that ok?


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I believe overall temp. These CPU's have some bugged temp sensors, So I like to play it safe.
 
ChaoticAtmosphere said:
Hey Full good to see you again.

I have a question guys....

when talking max temps for the CPU are we talking the core temps or the overall cpu temp?

These are my current temps with WCG Boinc running at 100% When my room is warm, the cores can reach 45 c and the cpu temp goes to 55 c. Can I push it harder?

I can push the HT Link speed closer to 3000 Mhz but when I do the CPU temp can go over 60 c but the cores are only maxing out to 50c. Is that ok?
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That have to do with the CPU NB, when you raise the HT link speed to 3000Mhz, you also raise the CPU NB so it does get that hot.
 
JrRacinFan said:
~1.4v




Board or CPU NB?
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Doesn't work with just changing cpu volts.


Looking at making 260x14 work by the by.

Chicken Patty said:
You should be adjusting the CPU NB voltage. The board NB voltage I've never needed to adjust.
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What do I change them to? lol

Maybe I'm just rubbish, but this 720 is a lot lot harder to overclock than say e5200/q6600/1055t etc
 
Just go up one notch at a time till stable. Make sure the NB don't get too hot .


On my Phenom II I ran 2600 NB, @ 1.25v
 
Okay, here's where we stand right now....I got my CPU/NB v on auto...should I go manual or can I trust asus?


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Thing that gets me about auto is how much is it really? I rather set it manually and test it till I'm stable. But that way I know what it's set to.

BTW, nice clock on the RAM. :)
 
Chicken Patty said:
Thing that gets me about auto is how much is it really? I rather set it manually and test it till I'm stable. But that way I know what it's set to.

BTW, nice clock on the RAM. :)
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Thanks :) Yes it's very good RAM.

I guess I'll go manual for the voltage because I believe on auto it gives too much causing unnecessary heat. After I posted and ran a full screen games my cores went up to 49 c and cpu to 57 c, I paused WCG for a bit because I want to play Trackmania now....I'll work on it a bit more in a couple hours or so.
 
Keep us posted. But yes, try manual better.
 
pantherx12 said:
Doesn't work with just changing cpu volts.


Looking at making 260x14 work by the by.j




What do I change them to? lol

Maybe I'm just rubbish, but this 720 is a lot lot harder to overclock than say e5200/q6600/1055t etc
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What specs? Mainly board...
 
JrRacinFan said:
What specs? Mainly board...
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Same as in system specs cept cpu is a phenom 720 ( no unlocked multi) :toast:

Motherboard NB volts are 1.1 stock
 
Shouldn't need to adjust any board voltages at all, keeping them stock. Maybe CPU vdda to about 2.53 and Ht voltage to 1.85
 
JrRacinFan said:
Shouldn't need to adjust any board voltages at all, keeping them stock. Maybe CPU vdda to about 2.53 and Ht voltage to 1.85
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Cheers man that let me boot into windows although it wasn;t stable, playing with some other things now.

What would you recommend next?

( I wasn't overclocking HT so didn't bother with the voltage change last time, this time I've gone from 1.2 to 1.3 see if that works)

So far it's prime stable as I'm typing this.

By the way is cpu pll voltage essentially the same as vdda as it was around the same voltage of vdda 2.5 instead of 2.53 as that's what I changed.

If yes I guess those are the only voltages I need to play with?

What about cpu nb?

Anything info you could give me would be greatly appreciated, seems over-clocking older phenoms is trickier than I remember. heh
 
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