Phenom 9950 overclocking

[Chicken Patty]

I've been considering going to a water cooling setup but for a cpu block, radiator(even though I have one I'm thinking of a double loop) 2 3870x2 blocks, pump, and money to make a waterfall reservoir i think I'd be better off just getting a Phenom X4 AM3 chip and throwing it in my system since they OC pretty well on air, and I get the 6mb of L3 which would benefit me since I do alot of video editing.

yeah bro, I say if you go water cooling, just cool the CPU, no need to cool the whole rig. In the case of ATI, custom fan profiles in CCC and you are good to go as far as cooling, make a sleep profile like I did with all fans on minimum, and you sleep in peace

 

[Chicken Patty]

Yeah I've read that around also. I'll give it a shot.

I know Meizuman got his to run 3.5 with the same board. Except he was on the F2 bios and i'm on f3h.

I hate flashing bioses, I bricked a board before and I dont want to risk it.

not every CPU is the same though, even in the better batches, you'll have a few that go less further. You've achieved a lot i'll tell ya, when I got my 9850 people were having trouble going over 3.0 GHz. Things haven't changed. Only that people became more knowledgeable regarding the platform, and have been able to tweak them better. Of course better components. However, regardless of components, nothing can replace the knowledge I learned about this platform over time of messing with it and overclocking it

 

[kenkickr]

yeah bro, I say if you go water cooling, just cool the CPU, no need to cool the whole rig. In the case of ATI, custom fan profiles in CCC and you are good to go as far as cooling, make a sleep profile like I did with all fans on minimum, and you sleep in peace

If I do that then I have to sell my Cooler Master Z600R, and that's just an impressive HSF in my eyes!! Also I've been having problems selling stuff on TPU but that could be due to no interest or there is interest but just no money out there due to this WONDERFUL economy.

 

[Chicken Patty]

If I do that then I have to sell my Cooler Master Z600R, and that's just an impressive HSF in my eyes!! Also I've been having problems selling stuff on TPU but that could be due to no interest or there is interest but just no money out there due to this WONDERFUL economy.

s**t is bad my friend. Hopefully they'll get better soon. What case are you going to be selling, the one you modded? Mind giving us a pic or two, don't remember much of it.

 

[kenkickr]

s**t is bad my friend. Hopefully they'll get better soon. What case are you going to be selling, the one you modded? Mind giving us a pic or two, don't remember much of it.

I was talking about the heatsink I'm using right now. It's going to be a long time before I sell my case, it's just to pretty to me.

 

[Chicken Patty]

I was talking about the heatsink I'm using right now. It's going to be a long time before I sell my case, it's just to pretty to me.

hmm, where did I get case from.


Oh, dear god thats a big cooler

 

[King_Jay16]

i have my HIS 4870 in now i had dropped everything bk to stock, gonna overclock it later, i modded a PSU and attached the Graphics card to it so i wouldn't pressure my 550w so now i can push the settings bk up and enjoy the games and programs a WHOLE lot better and faster too.

 

[Chicken Patty]

i have my HIS 4870 in now i had dropped everything bk to stock, gonna overclock it later, i modded a PSU and attached the Graphics card to it so i wouldn't pressure my 550w so now i can push the settings bk up and enjoy the games and programs a WHOLE lot better and faster too.

so you are running two PSU's?

 

[King_Jay16]

yea 2 PSUs one 550W and one 300W, using the 300W for the graphics card, which shud b enuff to cover 1 4870 1gb

 

[Chicken Patty]

yea 2 PSUs one 550W and one 300W, using the 300W for the graphics card, which shud b enuff to cover 1 4870 1gb

cool, never seen anybody do that

 

[p_o_s_pc]

cool, never seen anybody do that

i did that about 1 1/2 years ago

 

[Chicken Patty]

i did that about 1 1/2 years ago

well there you go. I thought about doing it once, but never did it

 

[p_o_s_pc]

well there you go. I thought about doing it once, but never did it

it works ok. I did it when i was trying to get a higher clock on my x2 4600+ and 7900GS thought it was my Hiper PSU stopping me but wasn't

 

[Chicken Patty]

it works ok. I did it when i was trying to get a higher clock on my x2 4600+ and 7900GS thought it was my Hiper PSU stopping me but wasn't

its not a bad idea to be honest.

 

[King_Jay16]

yea it works great, this is temp tho, untill i get a bigger PSU. its quite easy tho. and a cheap temp fix heheh

 

[3dsage]

yea it works great, this is temp tho, untill i get a bigger PSU. its quite easy tho. and a cheap temp fix heheh

Care to explain how to do it
I wouldnt mind giving it a shot, just for kicks and knowledge

 

[King_Jay16]

Yow bro, check this thread, since it has pic and thing so you can understand better

http://www.overclock.net/faqs/15751-info-can-i-use-two-power.html

 

[3dsage]

Good stuff man, i'm gonna give it a shot.
I will have my fire extingusher next to me also, lOl.

Maybe this will help me get higher OC on this chip, according to Guru3d a 9950 at 3.1GHZ at full load takes up 310Watts, plus all my other hardware. Im pretty sure i'm going over my 550Watt PSU limit.

 

[King_Jay16]

u have the same PSU as i do, yea you going over ur limit, can i suggest some settings for ur overclock?

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Good stuff man, i'm gonna give it a shot.
I will have my fire extingusher next to me also, lOl.

Maybe this will help me get higher OC on this chip, according to Guru3d a 9950 at 3.1GHZ at full load takes up 310Watts, plus all my other hardware. Im pretty sure i'm going over my 550Watt PSU limit.

your not over your limit. your video card doesn't take shit compared to the other posters 4870 your fine with the 550w

 

[King_Jay16]

well u may have a lil wattage room left, but anyway, you have to run ur vcore that high to get 3.2ghz stable, have you tried tweaking other settings? thats what i did and got my 3.3ghz

will post bios shot later so you can see

 

[3dsage]

your not over your limit. your video card doesn't take shit compared to the other posters 4870 your fine with the 550w

Old school hardware was ineffecient, according to Tom's hardware this card peaks at 280Watts draw loaded, and I have it overclocked, lol. Plus the 300+ watt draw of the 9950, 5 hard drives, DVD drive, 2 60mm fans, 1 70?mm fan. I'm pretty sure im at the edge of stability.

BTW I did the extra PSU and I had no luck with a higher OC, oh well.

I'm getting a 940 in a couple weeks maybe. Idk if I should go DDR3 with a 720BE or a 940BE with my same rig. Time for some research.

@King Jay16, yeah it needs that much juice to do a couple hours of OCCT torture

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Old school hardware was ineffecient, according to Tom's hardware this card peaks at 280Watts draw loaded, and I have it overclocked, lol. Plus the 300+ watt draw of the 9950, 5 hard drives, DVD drive, 2 60mm fans, 1 70?mm fan. I'm pretty sure im at the edge of stability.

BTW I did the extra PSU and I had no luck with a higher OC, oh well.

I'm getting a 940 in a couple weeks maybe. Idk if I should go DDR3 with a 720BE or a 940BE with my same rig. Time for some research.

@King Jay16, yeah it needs that much juice to do a couple hours of OCCT torture

I have to call BULLSHIT on toms hardware
look what i found

the overall power consumption of the GeForce 6800 Ultra must be somewhere between 77.5 Watts, and 123.5 Watts.

 

[3dsage]

Thats not including its draw on the PCI-e slot, thats only via the power connector on the card. so add another 75-100 watts to it.

No biggie though, I think the chip I have is just not capable of hitting 3.5GHZ which is what I was hoping when I got it.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Thats not including its draw on the PCI-e slot, thats only via the power connector on the card. so add another 75-100 watts to it.

No biggie though, I think the chip I have is just not capable of hitting 3.5GHZ which is what I was hoping when I got it.

no that was counting everything.. the post is of MAX power

the reason it has to be over 75w is because of a 6pin connector thats why it draws somewhere between 77w-123w