Phenom 9950 overclocking

[Chicken Patty]

Never mind air! How about H20'd Rigs man!

well thats why I said they run cool in general

BUt air people will be the happier of the bunch as air cooled rigs run across more of a wall than watercooled rigs becauase of temperature.

 

[Chicken Patty]

ok guys, you should all know we've been together in these forums for a while now, like a family and have helped each other out a lot, so when I accomplish something first thing I want to do is post it here especially where the AMD crowd is as you guys have been nothing short of awesome in my time span here on TPU.

What i'm about to post is just for you guys to see and to comment on what has been a big accomplishment for me as far as computers and overclocking. Just want to share it with you guys i dont want to start any intel vs amd crap, please dont turn this into a XS wanna be thread, thanks

 

[Assassin48]

Congrats CP

hmm 4.1ghz on a i7 920 is that the highest?

i wonder how far a extreme would go?

i feel a new build after the p2 940 maybe a
Core i7 extreme
3 way GTX 295
24gb of DDR3
Phase change on cpu
2 watercooling setups for mobo and gpus
HMMM??


NAH

 

[Chicken Patty]

Congrats CP

hmm 4.1ghz on a i7 920 is that the highest?

i wonder how far a extreme would go?

i feel a new build after the p2 940 maybe a
Core i7 extreme
3 way GTX 295
24gb of DDR3
Phase change on cpu
2 watercooling setups for mobo and gpus
HMMM??


NAH

Thanks bro. Well its actually only a few MHz under 4.2 GHz, I will try to go to 4.5 GHz, that would be sweet. Regardless the thing is darn fast.

Well back on topic, nobody is overclocking 9950's anymore dammit?

 

[Assassin48]

Its THE 20!!!

Were are the phenom 2s??????

AHHHHHHH!!!!!!

 

[Chicken Patty]

Its THE 20!!!

Were are the phenom 2s??????

AHHHHHHH!!!!!!

hahahha, I check everyday on the egg for them dude.

 

[Assassin48]

waited all night so as soon as i see one i am buying it Cp if you see one buy it for me!
on newegg and tiger have auto refresh on so i know when they come up!

 

[Chicken Patty]

waited all night so as soon as i see one i am buying it Cp if you see one buy it for me!
on newegg and tiger have auto refresh on so i know when they come up!

hahahahahha I wish I had the funds to do that.

 

[Assassin48]

how much you put down on that i7 setup whats the specs?

 

[Chicken Patty]

how much you put down on that i7 setup whats the specs?

my system specs are updated, just look there

 

[Assassin48]

so $1300
i see you got the evga board did you get the bundle they have on evga website

 

[Assassin48]

did you all turn off cool n quiet on the 9950 before overclocking?
I never saw it on my bios hmm going to do some research quick to the LAB!

 

[Chicken Patty]

so $1300
i see you got the evga board did you get the bundle they have on evga website

Well On the i7 i Spent $750. Board $300, CPU $300 and Ram $150

THe rest is what I Had before, but yes about $130 in the whole system.

 

[Chicken Patty]

did you all turn off cool n quiet on the 9950 before overclocking?
I never saw it on my bios hmm going to do some research quick to the LAB!

Yes I did. Thats a must.

 

[merkk]

Grats! CP good work . 4.0-4.20 range is what i'am hope to get with the new Phenom 2 940 cpu . Dude you need to think about waiting on the Phenom 2 940 for your other rig and get a dam video card for your I7 i think with a sec. video card you have a realy well balance rig you need a litte more pop on the video side .

 

[merkk]

Assassin48
On the foxconn board it call PowerNow = cool n quiet . It under cpu Config.

 

[Meizuman]

wPrime, I never knew this thing uses all of the cores at 100%

Temps before would go into the 70's or 80's under full load, now:

That i7 is one hot sucker...!!

 

[Chicken Patty]

Grats! CP good work . 4.0-4.20 range is what i'am hope to get with the new Phenom 2 940 cpu . Dude you need to think about waiting on the Phenom 2 940 for your other rig and get a dam video card for your I7 i think with a sec. video card you have a realy well balance rig you need a litte more pop on the video side .

Well I just RMA'ed my board, they said i'll have it back next year, so for sure i will be aiming for a 2nd card and a better PSU next, with that I think i'll have a killer rig!!

 

[Chicken Patty]

That i7 is one hot sucker...!!

yep, on default settings, some have gone up to and over 100ºc on the factory cooler.

 

[Assassin48]

Assassin48
On the foxconn board it call PowerNow = cool n quiet . It under cpu Config.

yea i saw that on newegg review page i never turned that off and my highest clock was 3.2 maybe by turning it off i can go higher?

i have been searching for the 940 and some website posted the eta of the chip at 12-27-08 so 7 days to go hopefully its true

 

[Natehax]

I'm still overclocking with my 9950--

I'm at a stopping point based on my cooling. I don't really want to crank cpu volts up past 1.35 because it runs around 52degrees at full load, but with it at 1.35 I have a choice: I can run at 3200 by switching the multiplier to 16x, or I can get 3250 by setting htt to 250 and leaving the multiplier at 13. Considering I have to completely redo my ram, northbridge, and htlink settings to make the latter work, which one is really preferable? I know I don't notice much change in the way of performance.

Anyways, I just wanna say that this is a great chip, I've been overclocking for a few years somewhat moderately, and after reading up on this chip / mobo combination I was pretty well floored. I've noticed bad things about ACC with my particular board though; when I turn it on and open up AOD, it shows all core temps at around 72 degrees. Not wanting to fry my poor processor, I reboot, turn it off, and go back without acc--34degrees idle. Mobo problem?

 

[Chicken Patty]

I'm still overclocking with my 9950--

I'm at a stopping point based on my cooling. I don't really want to crank cpu volts up past 1.35 because it runs around 52degrees at full load, but with it at 1.35 I have a choice: I can run at 3200 by switching the multiplier to 16x, or I can get 3250 by setting htt to 250 and leaving the multiplier at 13. Considering I have to completely redo my ram, northbridge, and htlink settings to make the latter work, which one is really preferable? I know I don't notice much change in the way of performance.

Anyways, I just wanna say that this is a great chip, I've been overclocking for a few years somewhat moderately, and after reading up on this chip / mobo combination I was pretty well floored. I've noticed bad things about ACC with my particular board though; when I turn it on and open up AOD, it shows all core temps at around 72 degrees. Not wanting to fry my poor processor, I reboot, turn it off, and go back without acc--34degrees idle. Mobo problem?

Usually using the fSB to overclock will yield better results than just the multiplier, but for example it depends on the chip, my 9950 loved high multis and hated FSB. That temp reading you are getting with ACC is not right, these boards read about 10ºc higher than what it really is. Try to use core temp to monitor your temps and not AOD or PC probe.

 

[fullinfusion]

I hear the Phenom II's are coming out in Europe December 27th.

Dam i hope it's not going to be much later her in north America for that sweety
I cant wait to go up against CP and get down into the testing

 

[Chicken Patty]

I hear the Phenom II's are coming out in Europe December 27th.

Dam i hope it's not going to be much later her in north America for that sweety
I cant wait to go up against CP and get down into the testing

should be interesting, check this out, this is updated from BTArunr

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=77634

 

[fullinfusion]

should be interesting, check this out, this is updated from BTArunr

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=77634

I have a really good feeling about this PII 940.... i think its going to spank the I7 once ya get the clock up on them.

And Cp is the intel chip that simple to o/c?
mabey ya wouldn't mind sharing whats up on the clock.... just want an idea mate.