The AMD Phenom II OC'ers Club

[brandonwh64]

I remember my old M3A78-CM motherboard! It made my 940BE OC to 3.9Ghz 1.55V and 3.8Ghz 1.47V. Hope this board (If it works) OC's nicely!

 

[scaminatrix]

im not sure who that was

 

[brandonwh64]

Memory Lane

 

[Irony]

Somebody probably said all this, skipped a page or 2.

@Diagle: CPU core voltage should be at 1.325 I think, stock. Leave it alone. CPU voltage doesnt have anything to do with fan voltage or speed, so dont worry about that. Fan is controlled by Cool n Quiet, so you should probably leave it enabled if you want quiet.

Also, the real temps on these Phenom IIs is about 10c higher than software states, so keep that in mind. If it says 42 then you're at 52 +/-.

Thermal paste is massively important, Make sure your fan is seated on the CPU and that TIM is not too thick.


Edit: I have a friend that wants to spend $125 on a new Graphics card. I told him 6770 or 550ti. Does anyone know of a better card for the moneys? Also, he's upgrading from a 5450, so just about anything would change his world.

 

[Athlon2K15]

I have a friend that wants to spend $125 on a new Graphics card. I told him 6770 or 550ti. Does anyone know of a better card for the moneys? Also, he's upgrading from a 5450, so just about anything would change his world.

if he wants to stick with DX11 a 450/550ti if not get a GTX280/285

 

[MGF Derp]

Somebody probably said all this, skipped a page or 2.

@Diagle: CPU core voltage should be at 1.325 I think, stock. Leave it alone. CPU voltage doesnt have anything to do with fan voltage or speed, so dont worry about that. Fan is controlled by Cool n Quiet, so you should probably leave it enabled if you want quiet.

Also, the real temps on these Phenom IIs is about 10c higher than software states, so keep that in mind. If it says 42 then you're at 52 +/-.

Thermal paste is massively important, Make sure your fan is seated on the CPU and that TIM is not too thick.


Edit: I have a friend that wants to spend $125 on a new Graphics card. I told him 6770 or 550ti. Does anyone know of a better card for the moneys? Also, he's upgrading from a 5450, so just about anything would change his world.

Can get used 460 1Gb and 6850 for that price. Look around and you will see.

 

[Irony]

Also, what board would one need to unlock a 960T? The same fiend also wants to get a 960T and wants to know how sure he can be that it will unlock.

 

[Norton]

Also, what board would one need to unlock a 960T? The same fiend also wants to get a 960T and wants to know how sure he can be that it will unlock.

Any board with at least a SB750 Southbridge should do it w/proper BIOS support for the CPU (not sure about SB700 or 710?)

I just picked up a 960T and will be trying to unlock it on several boards if I can find the time this weekend. I can post results when I do if anyone's interested.

My boards:

-Asus M5A99 (AM3+, 990X/SB950)
-Gigabyte 890XA-UD3 (AM3, 790X/SB850), unlocked a PII X2 555 Black w/no problem
-MSI DKA-790GX Platinum (AM2+, 790GX/SB750) unlocked PII X3 720 Black (fourth core unstable)

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Also, what board would one need to unlock a 960T? The same fiend also wants to get a 960T and wants to know how sure he can be that it will unlock.

its not deffinate untill its done check my sig rig

 

[Irony]

Good luck, I'll be waiting. His board is an MSI 760G with 710 sb. If it won't unlock on his board, I have an ASUS 880G to give him.

 

[Norton]

its not deffinate untill its done check my sig rig

I have a good shot. 3 generations of boards, 3 different manufacturers, and 3 different southbridges

Gonna try them all so if I can't get it unlocked and stable on any of these, it's likely the chip- and not the boards

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

PhenomII 960T@4.2

not much kip last night went bed 9 this morn but on whole worth it, ive waterblocked my 960T and after a harsh night of resets ive got it running at 4.2, needs high core volts but i may be missing something and ill be retweeking when i get it in its case ,what dya think?

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[PHaS3]

Hey guys! Hope you don't mind, I thought I would pitch in.

Upgraded to the Phenom II x6 1100T in December. I have it running at 3.8GHz, 2200MHz NB, all on stock voltage and cooling

Here are some pics::

 

[JrRacinFan]

@1 and only mrk

What's your max load temp?

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

What's your max load temp?

AOD says 30 on any core Asus AI says chip gets to about 54 max but I think thatll improve as it was 4am when i waterblocked it and due to it bein temperalily on box built i stupidly got baffled and put loop in wrong order gfx cpu rad res but ill sort that on final build and itll get 320 more rad then too, waiting on payday for a mobo waterblock(just nb and vrms)and a wb for the 5850


to be honest its not primed stable just stable in use and has ran all benches trulely and sweet, sandra (many times) all the main 3dmarks ciniengine etc ill prime it when cooling and pc are complete and push on for 4.5

 

[brandonwh64]

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

welll i got 4.3 prime stable with a fair amount of volts all round but ive backed it off a bit till my mobo wb's fitted(and bought), lovein phenomIIs just wish id got it earlier and a six core but ah well plenty to fiddle with,love it

nice oc brandonwh64 , i didnt realise you were crunching , good on ya ill be foldin for tpu when i get it boxed

 

[Senupe]

Asus M4N68T-M-LE V2 Overclock

Hello guys, i'm trying to overclock on this little girl in my sisters PC, but i can't even boot up at 3.6GHz with 1.4V on VCore, 1.26V on Northbridge (@2150MHz), 1.55V on RAM (8Gb 1333MHz @ 1433Mhz 9-9-9-28), the cooling it's stock but i'm not planing going too far just (3.6 or more if it's posible ) i tested the ram before at that speed and seemed to work, i don't know what it's the problem here.
I think i'm going to let the RAM at lower speed and the northbridge at less than 2000MHz. but really don't know if that's going to help me =/
The Processori'm using it's Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition.

 

[JrRacinFan]

Try running your HT link at the same speed as the CPU-NB. Might be one of those picky boards.

@Irony

See if you can get a 2nd hand hd6850, I've seen them go for around $120.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Hello guys, i'm trying to overclock on this little girl in my sisters PC, but i can't even boot up at 3.6GHz with 1.4V on VCore, 1.26V on Northbridge (@2150MHz), 1.55V on RAM (8Gb 1333MHz @ 1433Mhz 9-9-9-28), the cooling it's stock but i'm not planing going too far just (3.6 or more if it's posible ) i tested the ram before at that speed and seemed to work, i don't know what it's the problem here.
I think i'm going to let the RAM at lower speed and the northbridge at less than 2000MHz. but really don't know if that's going to help me =/
The Processori'm using it's Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition.

What voltage are you raising for the Northbridge? The Northbridge, or the CPU Northbridge voltage?

You need to raise the CPU NB voltage.

 

[LifeOnMars]

Sad to say (sort of) that I'll be leaving the club tomorrow as I'm recieving some new Sandy Bridge goodies. I'll miss the tweaking fun that can be had with Phenom II's but I'm sure looking forward to having some moar power.

Thanks to all the guys who helped me in the thread and contributed to the overall quality banter

De Das Dude, Ill miss your crazy overclocking antics LOL

 

[Chicken Patty]

You'll love messing with SB as well, but SB is just too easy. However best of luck and make sure you stop by the SB Overclocking and Feedback Thread.

 

[Irony]

Try running your HT link at the same speed as the CPU-NB. Might be one of those picky boards.

@Irony

See if you can get a 2nd hand hd6850, I've seen them go for around $120.

He ended up getting a superclocked 550ti. He's happy; it more than doubled his framerates with skyrim, so hes good. Since thats all he plays.

 

[JrRacinFan]

He ended up getting a superclocked 550ti. He's happy; it more than doubled his framerates with skyrim, so hes good. Since thats all he plays.

Nice! 550ti is more than enough to push most games high settings no AA.

 

[Irony]

Yeah, its his first real card. It barely fit in his mini tower case, its like half an inch from the bottom of the case and an inch from the side panel.

And since I crossfired my cards a couple weeks ago, he wants to get a new board and SLI his. he hasnt even had it a week yet, lol