The AMD Phenom II OC'ers Club

[Corduroy_Jr]

true, but its only a 4+1 phase motherboard, so added a 120mm fan cut out on side panel of case that blows cold air on back side of motherboard, have prime95 ing running as we speak, chokes and vrms are not even hot

 

[Corduroy_Jr]

That cpu voltage at that clock is nice

that's totally stable?

If so nice work man

hehe thanks man, so far so good wish me luck

 

[Chicken Patty]

as long as things stay cool, nothing happens. Voltage with right cooling won't hurt you neither. So monitor your temps and touch the components. If you put your finger on your NB and you get burned, then we have issues. Get what I mean?

 

[Corduroy_Jr]

yeah your right. So if its stable i will aim for 4.2ghz, just a thought how much watts is this pII 955 consuming at this clock

 

[Chicken Patty]

yeah your right. So if its stable i will aim for 4.2ghz, just a thought how much watts is this pII 955 consuming at this clock

CPU alone according to this PSU Calculator, about 180W. What do you think?

 

[Corduroy_Jr]

actually not bad, i was guessing 200watt min

 

[Chicken Patty]

actually not bad, i was guessing 200watt min

180W seems about right though. So Just ran my i7 and Thuban and got the below. I like this CPU Calculator

Intel i7 @ 3.8 GHz 1.211v - 145W
Phenom X6 1090T @ 3.8 Ghz 1.392v - 170W

 

[Corduroy_Jr]

nice oh and thanks for the help, gonna play with this new cpu some more

 

[Chicken Patty]

nice oh and thanks for the help, gonna play with this new cpu some more

Anytime bro. Keep us posted on your progress

 

[Corduroy_Jr]

Anytime bro. Keep us posted on your progress

oh for sure man, like i said i am not even closed to being done still alot more tweaking to go

 

[Chicken Patty]

oh for sure man, like i said i am not even closed to being done still alot more tweaking to go

You can still tweak your RAM and NB. The NB on these chips are a huge performance increase when you crank them, if you haven't already

 

[Corduroy_Jr]

yep NB is key for performance with phenoms. NB is at 2.4ghz ht 2.0 mem at stock, other then that its the highest i went

 

[Chicken Patty]

yep NB is key for performance with phenoms. NB is at 2.4ghz ht 2.0 mem at stock, other then that its the highest i went

Mine was able to do 2.6 GHz NB at 1.25v. Sure you can go as high or higher

 

[Corduroy_Jr]

Mine was able to do 2.6 GHz NB at 1.25v. Sure you can go as high or higher

first run on both tests look ok?

 

[Chicken Patty]

first run on both tests look ok?

Seem fine to me. You know if you switch to the silver theme in Xp you get faster super pi times right?

 

[Corduroy_Jr]

aiming for 2.8ghz NB 2.6ghz HT crossing my fingers lol

 

[Corduroy_Jr]

Seem fine to me. You know if you switch to the silver theme in Xp you get faster super pi times right?

u got to be kidding hahah serious?? if so ill give it a try lmo

 

[Chicken Patty]

u got to be kidding hahah serious?? if so ill give it a try lmo

Read that in a Super PI tweak guide, there's tons of tweaks for that benchmark. I tried it myself, why do you think my i7 stays on silver?

 

[Corduroy_Jr]

any theme slows things down a tad, but silver to red to purple shouldn't make a difference lol

 

[Chicken Patty]

any theme slows things down a tad, but silver to red to purple shouldn't make a difference lol

Silver was the quickest for me, weird heh?

 

[Corduroy_Jr]

i cant see how but yeah that's totally weird, ill try it out when i ever get around to install windows 7 again

 

[Chicken Patty]

i cant see how but yeah that's totally weird, ill try it out when i ever get around to install windows 7 again

I meant in Windows XP, you are running XP right? If you notice in my screenshot, I am remotely connected to my i7 computer which has the silver theme going.

 

[Corduroy_Jr]

yea xp for now, its better for overclocking head room, that's my 2 cents

 

[Chicken Patty]

yea xp for now, its better for overclocking head room, that's my 2 cents

Depends. If you are benching new hardware Windows Vista 32 bit is great for 3d benching. However, I think Xp is all around better for 2d benching, regardless of hardware.

 

[Corduroy_Jr]

got ya?, in that case ill run a quick test now of super p.i mod