The AMD Phenom II OC'ers Club

[AphexDreamer]

Aircooling will do just as well, but not with as little noise. I think they are about $15 too exspensive too...

did you try 250mhzHT x16? 1666 ram? You should be able to get 2750 NB there, or even 3000..

Would it be worth slowing down the RMA and going for higher NB? What benefits would a faster NB bring me?

 

[cadaveca]

well, you could just up the NB multi...higher NB will cover the lack of mem frequency. overall bandwidth increase, latency decrease...affects cpu L3 speed too, BTW.

 

[fullinfusion]

Mine does it too, completely normal with LLC on

Load line keeps the voltage from moving around, llc of will fluctuate the voltage alot.. LLC on keeps it nice and stable, plus like CP said it's normal.

don't worrie about if its a click off from what the bios is set at... set it in the bios and all is good.

 

[AphexDreamer]

well, you could just up the NB multi...higher NB will cover the lack of mem frequency. overall bandwidth increase, latency decrease...affects cpu L3 speed too, BTW.

Does NB have to be the same as HT or just higher than HT? Any advantage to a higher HT Link or equal HT with NB?

Also what should I set my NB VID Voltage too?

 

[cadaveca]

Does NB have to be the same as HT or just higher than HT? Any advantage to a higher HT Link or equal HT with NB?

early bioses had a big that would have the NB multi fall back to 10 if the NB was pushed too far. You'd basically have to reset the bios, or change the value to something different, and then back again, to get the NB multi working again, so when Thuban first came out, the advice was to keep HTT and NB in sync to prevent this from happening when scaling HTT. there are also a few timings "optimized" for 1:1.

But that's benching/HTT testing....

NB has always been able to go higher than HTT multi, and now, HTT can go higher than NB as well.

HTT scaling doesn't make for much of a difference, however, I do notice small gains that are good for benching, but 24/7, it's too small to be really noticable. NB, however, can have a signifigant impact...

I've settled on 3.4ghz with my 955, and 2400NB. The NB speed makes all the difference for me..system is snappier, etc.

 

[fullinfusion]

good one Cad, better than I could spit out lol ... Aphex dont go above 1.40v on that chip for the nb

 

[cadaveca]

heh he's just running 1.1v now... i don't think he'd need more than 1.25vNB for 2800+.

BTW, the HTT sync issue was for those testing under cold, as cold boots can be hard to recover from, under sub-zero conditions. I've never actually run into the problem myself, but cdawall and a couple others on here did.

 

[AphexDreamer]

Ok hows this guys

Also I have two NB volt options one for the CPU which I set my CPU NB VDD to 1.3 and CPU NB VOlt to 1.412

and actually a third NB Voltage set to 1.3 I didn't know which one to raise so I raised them all lol .

Is this good?

EDIT: Also I couldn't get it to boot at 29xx Mhz NB

 

[solid_gear]

Hi, there. try to oc my Phenom II X4 :

 

[cadaveca]

Ok hows this guys


Is this good?

Like I said, I'm running 3400mhz only(and only x4), and I have 2x5870 and Eyefinity. I think it's more than you need, to be completely honest. I am very slowly beginning to lose all interest in overclocking...benefits just aren't really there for me. I think your cpu votls are too high... I recommend not going over 1.45v on cpu volts, and 1.3625 for cpuNB. I'm gone from extremely pushing it, to staying within very safe margins.

EDIT: Also I couldn't get it to boot at 29xx Mhz NB

2750 is good. Personally, I'd rather run CAS6 @ 1333mhz and 2750 mhz than 800mhz CAS8. I dunno that your ram will do CAS6 @ 1333 though.

 

[TheMailMan78]

do you have LLC on? that could be what the problem is or maybe your board is just overvolting slightly.<--have had that happen alot. My RIIG does it slightly and my Biostar and Asrock 790GX also did that.

Mine does it too, completely normal with LLC on

LLC? Im confused. Are you guys talking about the vCore?


Anyway my dumb ass left turbo on that last time I flashed the bios. Thats why it kept dropping to 3.6.

Now I'm debating on keeping it with 8 gigs at 800MHz or going to 4 gigs at 1066

 

[p_o_s_pc]

LLC? Im confused. Are you guys talking about the vCore?


Anyway my dumb ass left turbo on that last time I flashed the bios. Thats why it kept dropping to 3.6.

Now I'm debating on keeping it with 8 gigs at 800MHz or going to 4 gigs at 1066

LLC= load line calibration. In other words it is supposed to eliminate Vdrop. It adjust the vcore as needed to stop it from going below the vcore set in the bios.

 

[TheMailMan78]

LLC= load line calibration. In other words it is supposed to eliminate Vdrop. It adjust the vcore as needed to stop it from going below the vcore set in the bios.

You have an Asus board. Do you install any of their software?

 

[p_o_s_pc]

You have an Asus board. Do you install any of their software?

i installed Turbo V and PC probe.
Turbo V was nice for some quick bench runs and PC probe is the only software that reads the NB temp right for my board. everything else i didn't touch aside from the audio drivers.

 

[Chicken Patty]

i installed Turbo V and PC probe.
Turbo V was nice for some quick bench runs and PC probe is the only software that reads the NB temp right for my board. everything else i didn't touch aside from the audio drivers.

Turbo V is great because you can save your settings straight to the BIOS at least on my board. PC Probe is just great for monitoring anything board/CPU related

 

[fullinfusion]

i installed Turbo V and PC probe.
Turbo V was nice for some quick bench runs and PC probe is the only software that reads the NB temp right for my board. everything else i didn't touch aside from the audio drivers.

TURBO V bloooooooooooow'z bro!!!

I never ran such screwed software to clock the cpu!

Get the newest ver of AOD Overdrive! you can save profiles there also even during boot up

 

[fullinfusion]

LLC= load line calibration. In other words it is supposed to eliminate Vdrop. It adjust the vcore as needed to stop it from going below the vcore set in the bios.

thats what I said

 

[fullinfusion]

LLC? Im confused. Are you guys talking about the vCore?


Anyway my dumb ass left turbo on that last time I flashed the bios. Thats why it kept dropping to 3.6.

Now I'm debating on keeping it with 8 gigs at 800MHz or going to 4 gigs at 1066

Time for a mobo upgrade MM! 1066mhz dont cut it!

1333MHz at the least

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

1333mhz at cl 7 or better at the least

 

[fullinfusion]

1333mhz at cl 7 or better at the least

CAS 6 at the least!

Really cas 7? You think so?

Cas 7 min @ 1600MHz

 

[p_o_s_pc]

TURBO V bloooooooooooow'z bro!!!

I never ran such screwed software to clock the cpu!

Get the newest ver of AOD Overdrive! you can save profiles there also even during boot up

look at my specs. I am running a i7 so no AOD for me

 

[fullinfusion]

look at my specs. I am running a i7 so no AOD for me

Ah that's your Handy cap!

My bad lol

I thought we were in the AMD forum's?

Not I7'zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Ah that's your Handy cap!

My bad lol

I thought we were in the AMD forum's?

Not I7'zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

i post here because i used to own AMD's but got the i7 for the crunching power

 

[fullinfusion]

i post here because i used to own AMD's but got the i7 for the crunching power

We respect that, but really.... dont you think your posting in the wrong thread?

no pun intended but lets try and keep things on track hey!

 

[p_o_s_pc]

We respect that, but really.... dont you think your posting in the wrong thread?

no pun intended but lets try and keep things on track hey!

i don't post talking about my i7 and the mail man asked me a question about the Asus software because i have a Asus board. He knew that i have a Intel.Besides that i still know the workings of the AMD system's fairly well so i maybe of some assistance to someone.That is why i browse and post on this part of the forum. so no i don't think i am posting in the wrong thread. Don't be an asshat about it.
not trying to be disrespectful