The AMD Phenom II OC'ers Club

[GSquadron]

Thank god i didnt buy that mobo xD

 

[erocker]

Thank god i didnt buy that mobo xD

Why? Yours uses the same amount of chokes and it looks like it uses even less vrm's.

 

[Velvet Wafer]

Thank god i didnt buy that mobo xD

Im really sorry... but:

He, who sits in the Glass House, should rather not throw Stones at others
(rough translation of a german saying)

 

[LifeOnMars]

I'm downgrading and coming back to the land of Phenoms. Recently lost my job so I have opted for a very minimal gaming system with a bit of spare cash whilst I sort out a new job and plan a monster rig for the coming months.

I'm looking forward to what Bulldozer may offer in terms of price/performance ratio. Will be interesting to compare after coming from a very speedy Sandybridge chip.

Heres what I'll be rocking? for the next few months. Hopefully I can plan the proper monster rig in time for Battlefield 3

X2 555 with my current Corsair A70
4GB Kingston HyperX 1600MHz
500w Corsair PSU
HD 5770
Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H 890GX

It should get me through and can then hopefully use it as a media rig when I get a proper setup again.
I've totally forgotten the methods of Phenom II overclocking since having my 1090T rig back in January so I will be frequenting this thread for a bit of knowledge again

 

[de.das.dude]

There are many actual useful applications/games/etc. that can load the CPU just as much. If you know you don't use any of them, it's fine though in no way would I ever recommend someone to do it. Then again, cheap motherboards are easy to replace and I'm not everyone else.

well. im poor so i cant afford a better motherboard

 

[LifeOnMars]

So I got my parts today and I have been overclocking it slowly. It seems I got lucky as well and my X2 555 is now an X4@4Ghz. Very nice considering this is my downgraded rig and I only paid for a 3.2 dual core.

Now for some fine tuning.

I can't remember what sort of voltages I should have for my NB etc and also what frequency of NB would suit the 4GHz overclock? I remember that HT should stay at 2000 right?

My slowass RAM seems to be quite happy running at 7-7-7-20 1T 1333Mhz, any lower however and it throws a hissy fit. It's at 1.65 v already so may just leave it there.

Any pointers in how to eek out a bit more performance guys is welcomed as I just cannot seem to remember the finer points after having my Sandy rig for the past few months.

 

[fullinfusion]

So I got my parts today and I have been overclocking it slowly. It seems I got lucky as well and my X2 555 is now an X4@4Ghz. Very nice considering this is my downgraded rig and I only paid for a 3.2 dual core.

Now for some fine tuning.

I can't remember what sort of voltages I should have for my NB etc and also what frequency of NB would suit the 4GHz overclock? I remember that HT should stay at 2000 right?

My slowass RAM seems to be quite happy running at 7-7-7-20 1T 1333Mhz, any lower however and it throws a hissy fit. It's at 1.65 v already so may just leave it there.

Any pointers in how to eek out a bit more performance guys is welcomed as I just cannot seem to remember the finer points after having my Sandy rig for the past few months.

Great score man!!
let the HT run anywhere from 2000mhZ -2200mhz. I have my NB volts at 1.10v @ 3000MHz but every system has it's sweet spot. Id try 1.20v for now and up it if need after testing. Those timings are a bit slow for that speed hey lol
And 6-8-6-15 1T @ 1600mhz seem slow to me atm but hey it works for me.

 

[eidairaman1]

hmm i wonder why im not getting the update to this thread anyways check out my latest topic, looking to piece together a mega AMD overclocker gaming machine

 

[LifeOnMars]

I managed to get it up to 4.1Ghz , Ram is at the same timings 7-7-7-24-1T but speed increased to 1400MHz. My NB is up to 2730, HT@2100. Bus Speed of 210. Primed it ovenight last night and temps topped out at 52c. Everything playing smooth so I think we have a succesful 24/7 overclock people

Not bad for a low budget rig.

 

[erocker]

I managed to get it up to 4.1Ghz , Ram is at the same timings 7-7-24-1T but speed increased to 1400MHz. My NB is up to 2730, HT@2100. Bus Speed of 210. Primed it ovenight last night and temps topped out at 52c. Everything playing smooth so I think we have a succesful 24/7 overclock people

Not bad for a low budget rig.

That looks like a perfect set-up. Since it's Prime stable, your CPU volts are good, if you get any problems in games and apps, just up the CPU/NB voltage up a bit.

 

[LifeOnMars]

That looks like a perfect set-up. Since it's Prime stable, your CPU volts are good, if you get any problems in games and apps, just up the CPU/NB voltage up a bit.

Thanks E. Very impressed so far with regards how little I spent on it. I was chuffed when the CPU unlocked but even more so when I realised it was uber stable and could be clocked well.

I'm actually very impressed with this single slot HD 5770 as well. It is silent up to 70%fan, does not go past 60c at 25% fan and even though it has no voltage adjustment available it's now coping with a little overclock of 930/1200. At 1680x1050 it's playing eveything smoothly enough and I have a near silent setup

I'm definitely going to use it all in a media PC for the front room when I invest in a new monster rig. I may have to get a nice matx board and case for it and do it some justice.

 

[cheesy999]

Thanks E. Very impressed so far with regards how little I spent on it. I was chuffed when the CPU unlocked but even more so when I realised it was uber stable and could be clocked well.

I'm actually very impressed with this single slot HD 5770 as well. It is silent up to 70%fan, does not go past 60c at 25% fan and even though it has no voltage adjustment available it's now coping with a little overclock of 930/1200. At 1680x1050 it's playing eveything smoothly enough and I have a near silent setup

I'm definitely going to use it all in a media PC for the front room when I invest in a new monster rig. I may have to get a nice matx board and case for it and do it some justice.

just a hint, but the temp on a phenom ii core sensor is a bit out, however a lot of bios compensate for that and will give a correct reading off the CPU if you look for the BIOS value (show up as CPUTIN on HWMON on my board)

EDIT: Just realized you, like me are unlocked so the core sensors don't work anyway

 

[LifeOnMars]

just a hint, but the temp on a phenom ii core sensor is a bit out, however a lot of bios compensate for that and will give a correct reading off the CPU if you look for the BIOS value (show up as CPUTIN on HWMON on my board)

EDIT: Just realized you, like me are unlocked so the core sensors don't work anyway

There's two readings in HW Monitor for myself which correlate to the CPU temps. The one that is higher is the correct one and that's what I'm going by, this Corsair A70 easily cooled a 1090T@4.1 that I used to own so I'm not worried at all. Individual core temp sensors don't show as you correctly said.

NB temps seem really good as well and is relatively cool to the touch after an hr or two of gaming. All in all very pleased and this Gigabyte board has not thrown me any curveballs, only big positives so far. (Touches wood )

 

[eidairaman1]

check out my build thread

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=149008

 

[jeepdriver]

check out my build thread

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=149008

Bad link ?

 

[eidairaman1]

this site needs to have parsing n truncation of links removed!

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2342788&posted=1#post2342788

 

[LifeOnMars]

Having a bit of fun with overclocking in standard dual core form today. I'm currently priming @ 4.4GHz and generally seeing what I can get out of this chip...the higher the better. I'll let you know how I have got on in a couple of hours time.

 

[trt740]

these chips have come a long way over the years

I would like to join phenom II 945 3.9ghz ASUS M3A78-EM AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI using a TRUE black Edition Air cooler


http://img.techpowerup.org/090109/14.jpg

945ES verse a 955 Black edition.

Considering these are similar motherboards but I am now running 8 GB of ram, at tight t1 timing and 2600 N/B plus a 64 bit OS. All for under 300.00 dollars cpu, ram and motherboard. Serious bang for the buck. This setup seems fast as hell and it is very hard for me to upgrade but I'm getting the bug. As a after thought it shows how well the orginal system was made because it still can compete well

 

[LifeOnMars]

I managed 4.5Ghz in dual core form. At 1.5v temps never went over 42c. I tried it out on Bad Company 2 single player and other than slight loading lag at the start of the level it coped with the game easily, you really can play the game with a dual core!! It actually flies

Will probably settle down on the overclocking now and lock it into a really cool running 24/7 quad. Only thing that slightly lets it down is that I can't get CL6 timings on this RAM no matter what I do, oh wells

 

[trt740]

I managed 4.5Ghz in dual core form. At 1.5v temps never went over 42c. I tried it out on Bad Company 2 single player and other than slight loading lag at the start of the level it coped with the game easily, you really can play the game with a dual core!! It actually flies

Will probably settle down on the overclocking now and lock it into a really cool running 24/7 quad. Only thing that slightly lets it down is that I can't get CL6 timings on this RAM no matter what I do, oh wells

very nice and gaming is really about the video card

 

[LifeOnMars]

very nice and gaming is really about the video card

Absolutely, unfortunately it's an HD 5770 But, like I said earlier in the thread, my monster rig I'm planning for Battlefield 3 will be an all singing, all dancing, BEAST!! This one will get relegated fairly soon into a media setup.

 

[de.das.dude]

945ES verse a 955 Black edition.http://img.techpowerup.org/090112/Noc371.jpg



http://img.techpowerup.org/110717/955760.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/110717/955472.jpg


Considering these are similar motherboards but I am now running 8 GB of ram, at tight t1 timing and 2600 N/B plus a 64 bit OS. All for under 300.00 dollars cpu, ram and motherboard. Serious bang for the buck. This setup seems fast as hell and it is very hard for me to upgrade but I'm getting the bug. As a after thought it shows how well the orginal system was made because it still can compete well

no fair we cant see her face.

 

[Velvet Wafer]

One thing which was poorly mentioned, throughout this Forums, no matter if its Intel or AMD OCing, is, that after a few crashes, due to failed OC attempts,
you should revert the settings to a known one, that is absolutely stable, and do an sfc /scannow, in the CMD window, with administrator rights...
Because very often, there are system files that get corrupted upon a crash, which can lead to certain programs or games cease to work, or work properly, especially, if the backup file, of the corrupt file, gets corrupted, due to further crashes....this can effectively render your windows unusable, and can be a real pain in the a**.

if someone had told me that a few years earlier, i could have saved many hours of reinstalls and reconfiguring, so i thought, i rather warn you now, and save you that waste of time!

EDIT: DeDasDude, how can it be, that you are an air cooling expert "extraordinaire", if you still run on your stock cooler?
Not to diss you, but in my opinion, i wouldnt call myself that, with Equipment like that. Just a Tip, out of pure, friendly honesty

I also dont call myself "Watercooling Expert" even tho i supposedly have the biggest rad, and about the biggest amount of fierce fans on it, out of the forums

 

[de.das.dude]

One thing which was poorly mentioned, throughout this Forums, no matter if its Intel or AMD OCing, is, that after a few crashes, due to failed OC attempts,
EDIT: DeDasDude, how can it be, that you are an air cooling expert "extraordinaire", if you still run on your stock cooler?
Not to diss you, but in my opinion, i wouldnt call myself that, with Equipment like that. Just a Tip, out of pure, friendly honesty

I also dont call myself "Watercooling Expert" even tho i supposedly have the biggest rad, and about the biggest amount of fierce fans on it, out of the forums

aircooling as in case cooling, the over all thing. check my ghetto cooling mods and experiments

and how to scannow. i know OS gets borked as this happened to me

 

[Velvet Wafer]

aircooling as in case cooling, the over all thing. check my ghetto cooling mods and experiments

and how to scannow. i know OS gets borked as this happened to me

Well...i know your stuff, and its not bad...
but dont you think its pretty euphemistic to call yourself "Expert Extraordinaire",
when youre just good at DIY ghetto improvisation?
Not that it would bother me much, i just dont think it will benefit you, to overadvertise you in such a bold way!

just my 2 cents