Phenom II 920 owners - What are your overclocking results?

[johnnyfiive]

Aight, time to test for max oc that is actually stable. I'm thinking 3.5-3.6 will be this boards max stable limit. Really cruddy that I can't play with the NB multi.. properly.

 

[johnnyfiive]

I'll post up some benchies tonight. I'm surprise so many people passed up the 920. It's a bargain imo.

 

[Kei]

Most people buy whatever the highest priced/rated model they can afford is especially if it has a special name....like say Black Edition.

I LOVE the black editions, but I don't buy them just to buy them I buy them when I actually need them. The 920 is one of the most insane bargains I've ever seen.

Kei

 

[cdawall]

there is a cpu score to shot for

 

[johnnyfiive]

I got 40k in Vantage. I'll run 3DMark 06 now.

 

[johnnyfiive]

 

[cdawall]

damn you only scored 600pts higher than me with a GTX260

 

[johnnyfiive]

damn you only scored 600pts higher than me with a GTX260

I know! Your card is a monster!! I ran it twice because it had me second guessing if something was wrong with my setup

 

[Kei]

damn you only scored 600pts higher than me with a GTX260

He only scored 600pts higher because of the graphics card at all.

His system was clock much lower than yours...

Him
3.5Ghz cpu
2.25Ghz NB
500Mhz ram

You
3.9Ghz cpu
2.85Ghz NB
633Mhz ram

That and of course the 8800 series benches really well even now. Pretty amazing I think what that card can still do.

I haven't had a cpu score as high as your insane score, but I have run 5,147 for cpu score at 3.542Ghz. I haven't done anymore benching since that day maybe I'll try for a 2nd run. I know I can beat the score without too much effort but I don't know how high I can go with the single 4850 yet. I am pretty happy about that cpu score though! Stock is something like 3,910 using the same card.

Kei

 

[1Kurgan1]

damn you only scored 600pts higher than me with a GTX260

His processor is almost 500mhz slower than yours and 3dmark06 is such a CPU dependant program. That kind of mhz diff will drop the videocard ratings also. A better comparison would be to see he got 1k less on the proc and still score 1k more than what you got. That say alot for the videocard in my mind.

 

[Flyordie]

Ok batmang... you wunted pix... ;-)

Partially Empty... with the new SeaSonic 550W PSU...

The full setup...

And there she is... Chugging along at 3.1Ghz on the stock HSF (which does a decent job imho... has yet to crack 50C @ full load.)
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=495939

 

[johnnyfiive]

Looking good man! Bump that HT up, I wanna see 3.5-3.6!
I'm using a Scythe Katana II with the Scythe fan. I went back to my original setup. I'm at 3.5 at 1.47v. Idle's at 40c, load is around 58c.

 

[Kei]

Flyordie welcome to the club! Good to see another 920 owner joining us. Good temps too you guys, I had great results with the stock HSF as you already know and of course I have ridiculous results with the Xigmatek/Scythe combo I use. My stuff runs so cool I'm actually thinking about taking the big boy Xigmatek out and using the 964 cooler instead so that I can use any type of ram I want without blocking the slots anymore and still keeping my awesome temps.

Kei <--- off to 'Ceramique' his 4850 finally

 

[johnnyfiive]

3.2GHz, default voltages, 720mhz on the 260.

 

[R-Type]

Great thread, it got me to join to ask a bit of advice. I haven't overclocked an AMD platform since the 939 days (good old Opty 165) but I was well versed back in the day and have been pushing my intel rigs in the meantime. My main question is do I still need to drop the HT/NB multis to try and maintain the stock frequency to ensure stability? I noticed most of you have been pushing the ht and NB frequencies over stock as well, so I guess I'm just looking for a couple of pointers.

Thanks
Ryan

 

[johnnyfiive]

The HT and NB on the Phenom II's are MUCH more forgiving. I've been able to push the HT and NB up to 2,300+. Many people are having really nice clocks on the NB, 2,500+ isnt uncommon with the right cooling setup.

 

[johnnyfiive]

got something in the mail today.

 

[johnnyfiive]

3.6 validation:
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=499403

 

[computertechy]

hehe http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/1720.html

 

[johnnyfiive]

Cool, but thats not a 920. So not as cool.

 

[computertechy]

sorry lol

cheers anyway

should of got a 920, they are overclocking just as well

 

[R-Type]

I must have gotten a pretty poor binning chip, it takes 1.41 volts just to be stable at 3.2. I tried lowering the multi to 13.5 and using a higher htt to raise the NB a bit but that was failing even with 1.47 and reports of mosfets going on my biostar 790gx with 1.5 or higher kept me from pushing it. I did have it running at 3.5 with 1.49v but it would fail prime within 10 minutes. Oh well, for the $250 total I paid for the motherboard/processor/hsf, a 3.2ghz quad core is still a hell of a bargain!

 

[johnnyfiive]

Damn, that is a bummer R-Type! But 3.2 is perfectly fine, I'm sure you are loving the chip at that speed, I know I am!

 

[computertechy]

the 940 chip has improved my gaming so much compared to my 9950, this chip at stock is still perfect to work with!

the 920 being the same anyway, just got the misses a 920!

 

[Ryo129]

this is my first real overclock so 3.4 is as high as i'm going to go for now
validation:
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=503509

nevermind... disregard got ahead of myself prime95 killed me in about 10 min