Phenom 9950 overclocking

[Assassin48]

thats may of 09 they come out next week here in the usa

 

[Skywalker12345]

i got my 9950 for 160+shipping

 

[Skywalker12345]

anyone know whats good temp for these chips cuz mine idles around 45-49 and 55-60 load but that seems kinda hot

 

[miloshs]

mine was at ~23oC Idle, and 35oC load... i think your problem is the heatsink...
Altho i do have HR-01 Plus...

Might wanna get the 120mm heatsink, and check if you seated it right. Stock cooler shoud have it at maybe 35-ish idle and 50-ish load... i think

EDIT: Just checked out your fan... it seems like its supposed to keep a 85W TDP CPU at 40oC (ambient 24oC) when full throttle... Given the fact that 9950 is either 125W or 140W... those temperatures just might be true. Check it out http://www.silentpcreview.com/article645-page4.html

 

[Chicken Patty]

SAME HERE

got to be one of the first to get it with overnight shipping!!!

look what i FOUND!!!!!!!!
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/amds-phenom-ii-cpu-goes-on-sale-online-in-a-curious-quiet-fash/

and if you look at this one it says its sold out till the 12/27/08
http://www.keenzo.com/showproduct.asp?M=AMD&ID=3587577&ref=GB

I HAVE A FELLING ITS REALLY CLOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it should be today the 27th, fuckers better hurry up, i'm not going to get mine right away, but i want to see results and I will get my very soon.

 

[dustyshiv]

Temps of 140W TDP Phenom 9950

Guys,

Tried to OC my Phenom and got her stable at 3.1GHz w 1.472V Vcore.

But the temps went upto 65 degree C after runnin Prime95 for 45min with all cores on full load stable.

Im on water cooling.

Whats your take on temps? Anybody with 140w TDP phenom have tried to OC ? Could you post your temps guys?

My Specs are

AMD Phenom™ X4 9950 Black Edition Quad-Core Processor (140W TDP), Gigabyte MA790GP-DS4H, 2 X 2GB Corsair Dominator DDR2-PC8500 1066MHz, 500 GB Seagate SATAII + Seagate 600 GB SATA II, XFX Geforce 9800 GTX Black Edition@ 760 MHz Core Clock Frequency w 512 Mb GDDR3 Memory, Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer, D-Link DGE-560T PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Adapter, Corsair HX620W PSU, Lite-on DVD-RW SATA Interface, Sapphire Theatrix w ATI 550 Pro TV Tuner w Hardware Acceleration, Creative Inspire 5.1, Logitech Cordless Optical Mouse and Keyboard, Samsung Syncmaster 2220WM 22" Digital Monitor, Gigabyte Poseidon Case, ZALMAN Reserator 1V2 liquid Cooling w ZALMAN ZM-WB-5 CPU water block, Two 120mm ZALMAN Case fans with Blue LEDs

 

[Chicken Patty]

Guys,

Tried to OC my Phenom and got her stable at 3.1GHz w 1.472V Vcore.

But the temps went upto 63 degree C after runnin Prime95 for 45min with all cores on full load stable.

Im on water cooling.

Whats your take on temps? Anybody with 140w TDP phenom have tried to OC ? Could you post your temps guys?

My Specs are

AMD Phenom™ X4 9950 Black Edition Quad-Core Processor (140W TDP), Gigabyte MA790GP-DS4H, 2 X 2GB Corsair Dominator DDR2-PC8500 1066MHz, 500 GB Seagate SATAII + Seagate 600 GB SATA II, XFX Geforce 9800 GTX Black Edition@ 760 MHz Core Clock Frequency w 512 Mb GDDR3 Memory, Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer, D-Link DGE-560T PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Adapter, Corsair HX620W PSU, Lite-on DVD-RW SATA Interface, Sapphire Theatrix w ATI 550 Pro TV Tuner w Hardware Acceleration, Creative Inspire 5.1, Logitech Cordless Optical Mouse and Keyboard, Samsung Syncmaster 2220WM 22" Digital Monitor, Gigabyte Poseidon Case, ZALMAN Reserator 1V2 liquid Cooling w ZALMAN ZM-WB-5 CPU water block, Two 120mm ZALMAN Case fans with Blue LEDs

Hi there, i'm not sure how that Zalman water system does bro, but I had my 140W 9950 overclocked to 3.4 GHz @ 1.6v and max temps were somewhere around 52ºc. My daily setting of 3.2 GHz @ 1.42v idled at low 30ºc's and max was about 45ºc. I had a single fan radiator. What thermal paste are you using?

 

[fullinfusion]

Hi there, i'm not sure how that Zalman water system does bro, but I had my 140W 9950 overclocked to 3.4 GHz @ 1.6v and max temps were somewhere around 52ºc. My daily setting of 3.2 GHz @ 1.42v idled at low 30ºc's and max was about 45ºc. I had a single fan radiator. What thermal paste are you using?

Why do ppl still run Prime? i guess they wanna fry something! (use what AOD put in it's program)


Is the water block seating against the cpu proper?
How much thermal grease you applying?
after filling the radiator did ya remove it and tilt it in all directions to rid the air from it?
i dropped at least 10c after doing that..
and can you upload a photo of your rig and the location of the radiator...

 

[Chicken Patty]

Why do ppl still run Prime? i guess they wanna fry something! (use what AOD put in it's program)


Is the water block seating against the cpu proper?
How much thermal grease you applying?
after filling the radiator did ya remove it and tilt it in all directions to rid the air from it?
i dropped at least 10c after doing that..
and can you upload a photo of your rig and the location of the radiator...

yah, I always recommend everybody to run a 32m of super pi or a 1m of w prime, its uses all cores fully but doesnt give the stress of prime, that thing is dangerous.

 

[eidairaman1]

Ya know what guys, since there is all this new stuff comin out, im really wondering if i should go with a DUal SLot board or go with 1 that is as robust but is single slot, because im really unsure i will ever use the secondary PCIe 16 slot for anything.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Ya know what guys, since there is all this new stuff comin out, im really wondering if i should go with a DUal SLot board or go with 1 that is as robust but is single slot, because im really unsure i will ever use the secondary PCIe 16 slot for anything.

naw bro dont settle for one PCIe slot, you'll regret it, if one day you get the urge, your fucked!

 

[Skywalker12345]

yo i think its just i dont have enought thermal paste lol, i skimpped on that cuz i forgot to buy some yesterday when i got my cpu but whatever i have a little on there for now

 

[fullinfusion]

yo i think its just i dont have enought thermal paste lol, i skimpped on that cuz i forgot to buy some yesterday when i got my cpu but whatever i have a little on there for now

you just answered your own question man!

 

[Skywalker12345]

lol yeaaa, cuz i wanna push this cpu farther i have it at 3.2 at only 1.4V

 

[dustyshiv]

Hi there, i'm not sure how that Zalman water system does bro, but I had my 140W 9950 overclocked to 3.4 GHz @ 1.6v and max temps were somewhere around 52ºc. My daily setting of 3.2 GHz @ 1.42v idled at low 30ºc's and max was about 45ºc. I had a single fan radiator. What thermal paste are you using?

Hi Chicken patty....(Nice one for a username....lol)

Im using the Zalman ZM STG-1 thermal paste.

[URL="http://www.zalman.com/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=221"]http://www.zalman.com/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=221[/URL]

Thats the only thing available out here in Dubai.

Fullinfusion, There r no water bubbles in the tube. I will try to shake the reserator!!

I have a Thermaltake flow indicator with temp. monitor and on load...i.e the previous screen shot....it indicated the temp of the coolant as 47 degree C

Will take and post the pics now!!

 

[Chicken Patty]

Hi Chicken patty....(Nice one for a username....lol)

Im using the Zalman ZM STG-1 thermal paste.

[URL="http://www.zalman.com/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=221"]http://www.zalman.com/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=221[/URL]

Thats the only thing available out here in Dubai.

Fullinfusion, There r no water bubbles in the tube. I will try to shake the reserator!!

I have a Thermaltake flow indicator with temp. monitor and on load...i.e the previous screen shot....it indicated the temp of the coolant as 47 degree C

Will take and post the pics now!!

give us a few pics and lets see if we can find anything. try loosening your waterblock only a little bit. If its to tight on the board, temps can go up alot. that happened to me once, I loosened up the block and I dropped over 10ºc!!!

 

[fullinfusion]

give us a few pics and lets see if we can find anything. try loosening your waterblock only a little bit. If its to tight on the board, temps can go up alot. that happened to me once, I loosened up the block and I dropped over 10ºc!!!

i tighten the block up than in a cris cross pattern....than i start to loosen it up... not much but you should be able to give the block a slight twist back n forth with a little bit of effort... i find it works for me....

 

[fullinfusion]

I should also mention... i put a small BB sized drop on the cpu and spread it out even over the entire surface.... if done rite you should be able to slightly see through the paste... than put a couple drops of the thermal paste on the water block and with a plastic bag put you finger in it and smear the grease all over the surface... after that get a clean lint free rag and wipe off the grease from the water block.... mount it to the cpu and adjust the tightness and you should be good to go..


i smear the water block and wipe because it fills the microscopic scratches an such... i get way better cooling doing it the way I've mentioned

 

[Chicken Patty]

i tighten the block up than in a cris cross pattern....than i start to loosen it up... not much but you should be able to give the block a slight twist back n forth with a little bit of effort... i find it works for me....

yep it does. some people over tighten it, not good. If it slightly bends the board, it can cause instability as well. BSOd's/

 

[eidairaman1]

naw bro dont settle for one PCIe slot, you'll regret it, if one day you get the urge, your fucked!

Ok, so you say 790GX/FX then because i will probably Run ATI Only unless if a Universal Board comes out like the x58 for intel.

 

[Frenchie]

thats may of 09 they come out next week here in the usa

We're kinda backward (or is it forward) thinking here - It's a Brittish site so the date format is dd/mm/yy..

Mk 2's in 9 days time - Get in there

 

[eidairaman1]

way i write is 01DEC08 or 20081201

also i finally found a thread where there is a possible way to remove a HS with ASEpoxy Mixed with AS5
http://www.hardforum.com/archive/index.php/t-796434.html

My Problem is i didnt add enough AS5 to the AS Epoxy so its more stuck than the Ramsinks on my M9800 256 in my laptop.

http://www.heatsink-guide.com/content.php?content=compound.shtml

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=173583

 

[dustyshiv]

give us a few pics and lets see if we can find anything. try loosening your waterblock only a little bit. If its to tight on the board, temps can go up alot. that happened to me once, I loosened up the block and I dropped over 10ºc!!!

Chicken Patty,


Pics as requested!!

 

[Skywalker12345]

nice ram, i just bought a pair

 

[Assassin48]

Guys,

Tried to OC my Phenom and got her stable at 3.1GHz w 1.472V Vcore.

But the temps went upto 65 degree C after runnin Prime95 for 45min with all cores on full load stable.

Im on water cooling.

Whats your take on temps? Anybody with 140w TDP phenom have tried to OC ? Could you post your temps guys?

My Specs are

AMD Phenom™ X4 9950 Black Edition Quad-Core Processor (140W TDP), Gigabyte MA790GP-DS4H, 2 X 2GB Corsair Dominator DDR2-PC8500 1066MHz, 500 GB Seagate SATAII + Seagate 600 GB SATA II, XFX Geforce 9800 GTX Black Edition@ 760 MHz Core Clock Frequency w 512 Mb GDDR3 Memory, Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer, D-Link DGE-560T PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Adapter, Corsair HX620W PSU, Lite-on DVD-RW SATA Interface, Sapphire Theatrix w ATI 550 Pro TV Tuner w Hardware Acceleration, Creative Inspire 5.1, Logitech Cordless Optical Mouse and Keyboard, Samsung Syncmaster 2220WM 22" Digital Monitor, Gigabyte Poseidon Case, ZALMAN Reserator 1V2 liquid Cooling w ZALMAN ZM-WB-5 CPU water block, Two 120mm ZALMAN Case fans with Blue LEDs

mine were 18-25C idle and 28-36C load and it was a simple 3.2ghz @ 1.47v