The AMD Phenom II OC'ers Club

[JrRacinFan]

Erocker's post just through me off a bit.

He does that quite often. King of confusion

@Catnip

That work for you?

 

[catnipkiller]

@Catnip

That work for you?

working at home work (inclass) will be off in 1 hr and will try it i think the max nb i got was 2800 before bsod what is the max safe nb volts? my rams only 6400 ddr2 but it seems rock solid another thing i will be redojing my loop when i get the anit kink coli and rad mount because the gpu is blowing on one of my hoses but i want to find my max oc

 

[catnipkiller]

Wont post with 3.8ghz will post and bsod @ 3.7ghz fml.
@1.55v i tihnk its at its wall. and nb seems to max at 2600 how else can i up my nb?
and would turning on ACC help?

 

[JrRacinFan]

and would turning on ACC help?

Yes it may, give it a +2% to all cores.

 

[catnipkiller]

lol thz booted 3.8ghz and testing @ 1.55v so far 52deg

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1729459

 

[Chicken Patty]

lol thz booted 3.8ghz and testing @ 1.55v so far 52deg
http://img.techpowerup.org/110324/hhttttttt.jpg

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1729459

What you can do is if you are able to is the following:

Overclock only one core via AMD Overdrive little by little. As much as you can with the voltage you are running at the time. Once unstable try turning on ACC on that core only. Sometimes you gotta go positive on the ACC, sometimes it's negative. Once you find the ACC setting for that core that gives you the best stability you know what you have to set that core at. Once done, bring that core back down to stable clocks or default, and do the next core and so on.

I got this from a member by the name of "Kei" a while back, dude knew his stuff when it came to these chips. Worked great for him and for me.

 

[Athlonite]

my bios made me rage when i first got my mobo like RAGEEEE. the support team had to test the bios witch took them 3 months then they emailed me the bios but wont post it on the websight. anyways i dont get why my nb volts look so high on my bios but lower in amd over drive. and fan speed will not work at all on my mobo. over all i al not happy with foxconn.id say everyone should stay away from them.

they make good mobo's for OEM's but shit one's for the retail market they should stick with what they're good at... IF you want to OC go for good name brands like Asus, Gigabyte, MSI and Asrock aren't to bad either now there's prolly a few more names to add to that list but you get the gist of it, go hang out at a OC comp and see how many times you here the name Foxcon mentioned as great for ocing

 

[Chicken Patty]

they make good mobo's for OEM's but shit one's for the retail market they should stick with what they're good at... IF you want to OC go for good name brands like Asus, Gigabyte, MSI and Asrock aren't to bad either now there's prolly a few more names to add to that list but you get the gist of it, go hang out at a OC comp and see how many times you here the name Foxcon mentioned as great for ocing

I know there are many solid boards/brands, but as far as AMD, ASUS has treated me the best.

 

[MightyMission]

those crosshair 4 boards are very good and it looks like the ch4 formula/extreme will support bulldozer after a bios update (but with some features disabled) making them even more promising but this also means that ridiculous price tag isnt coming down any time soon!
shame as i would like one of those with the full cover mobo block on it...

 

[Athlonite]

Same here CP although Asus is one of the most expensive brands here in NZ you get what you pay for

 

[catnipkiller]

pc seems fine for now lol. this has been the only time iv ever seen my mobo stay on for more then 30 sec @ 3.8ghz and did a 1 hr stress test prime95 run and stayed around 54deg. this is with all chase fans on lowest. Thz to everyone that helped me break my 3.6ghz wall^^

 

[Chicken Patty]

those crosshair 4 boards are very good and it looks like the ch4 formula/extreme will support bulldozer after a bios update (but with some features disabled) making them even more promising but this also means that ridiculous price tag isnt coming down any time soon!
shame as i would like one of those with the full cover mobo block on it...

Yeah, if you click on my project log you'll see I got started with water cooling on this setup, but just got sidetracked and haven't been able to get going again. They are sexy with the full cover blocks on.

Same here CP although Asus is one of the most expensive brands here in NZ you get what you pay for

Exactly, for AMD I'd go ASUS anyday!

pc seems fine for now lol. this has been the only time iv ever seen my mobo stay on for more then 30 sec @ 3.8ghz and did a 1 hr stress test prime95 run and stayed around 54deg. this is with all chase fans on lowest. Thz to everyone that helped me break my 3.6ghz wall^^

Awesome bro!!! Glad it's fine at over 3.6Ghz. Keep us posted!

 

[fullinfusion]

I know there are many solid boards/brands, but as far as AMD, ASUS has treated me the best.

I can say the same here! Asus has been rock solid for me too... Now bring on the CHV

 

[Velvet Wafer]

I dont like to hype things, but so far, my Asus has also treated me the best till now, and was nearly perfectly what i wanted... just depends on the whole BD topic... i still hope for backwards compability....

 

[JrRacinFan]

Until a year ago(you guys know why) I was all about Abit. Settled for the next best name I have used in the past, Gigabyte, and they have been treating me VERY well.

@Catnip

You're welcome!

 

[Mussels]

i've used a mix of asus and gigabyte, and found giga to have more features at lower prices. yes, asus tend to OC better... but with an unlocked multi, it makes no difference. giga got me more PCI-E slots, DDL on the onboard, at less of a price. win.

 

[cdawall]

i've used a mix of asus and gigabyte, and found giga to have more features at lower prices. yes, asus tend to OC better... but with an unlocked multi, it makes no difference. giga got me more PCI-E slots, DDL on the onboard, at less of a price. win.

giga has weaker mosfet on it. would recommend still going with the stronger asus

 

[Chicken Patty]

I can say the same here! Asus has been rock solid for me too... Now bring on the CHV

You know Brad, since when we used to talk more often I remember you busted my balls about updating my BIOS, well guess what? I still haven't I plan to shortly as I've missed overclocking wayyyy too much. I just need to swap my Megashadow from my 2nd rig to my Thuban rig, the Xiggy is having a hard time keeping the six cores cool under 100% load from WCG. ...and I'm at stock clocks undervolted. Then again, my room has three rigs crunching/folding at all times so it gets warm in there.

I dont like to hype things, but so far, my Asus has also treated me the best till now, and was nearly perfectly what i wanted... just depends on the whole BD topic... i still hope for backwards compability....

I really hope they do have some backwards compatibility, that would be epic!

Until a year ago(you guys know why) I was all about Abit. Settled for the next best name I have used in the past, Gigabyte, and they have been treating me VERY well.

@Catnip

You're welcome!

Gigabyte has also treated me very well, I still got my 790FX UD5 going as a cruncher, rock solid never an issue or crash. Love that board!!! But as far as overclocking, I've used ASUS a lot more so I'm more familiar with them and they've gave me some tremendous results. So that's one of the main reasons I vouch for ASUS on this one, but I'm sure my experience with Gigabyte would have been great as well if I had used them more.

 

[fullinfusion]

i've used a mix of asus and gigabyte, and found giga to have more features at lower prices. yes, asus tend to OC better... but with an unlocked multi, it makes no difference. giga got me more PCI-E slots, DDL on the onboard, at less of a price. win.

And your reality is, How many slots you using? 2?

 

[Mussels]

And your reality is, How many slots you using? 2?

for now... but that will raise. crossfire + E-SATA + PCI-E sound card = not many leftover.

 

[fullinfusion]

for now... but that will raise. crossfire + E-SATA + PCI-E sound card = not many leftover.

I hear that, Im using top slot for a 6950, 2nd slot pci-e sound card, 3rd slot 2nd 6950 and the last slot is un usable due to the psu in the way...unless I can grab a single slot 6950 gpu

 

[Athlonite]

Just got through pumpin up the FSB and NB at the same voltages used for 3.41GHz CPU 1066MHz mem 2GHz NB and this is what I got not a big jump but it'll do aslong as it stays stable

 

[catnipkiller]

i think my pc is a shit ton faster 2600 nb @ 1066 5-5-5-15-23 @3.8ghz i couldent be more happy only took me 1 year to break 3.6ghz srry if i cant spell im a bit drunk. only porblem i see it my gpu is blowing on my return line from my ram(lolfail) new tubes shipping new mount shpping form new place and a few rando parts from crazzy pc i tape off part of my gpu so the tube wasent getting hit bu the hot pu air temps turned up the fan everything seels stable liek mad. srry i had to post im so happy im glowing. it been my goal to hit 3.8ghz and thz to ppl i have done this.

 

[Chicken Patty]

i think my pc is a shit ton faster 2600 nb @ 1066 5-5-5-15-23 @3.8ghz i couldent be more happy only took me 1 year to break 3.6ghz srry if i cant spell im a bit drunk. only porblem i see it my gpu is blowing on my return line from my ram(lolfail) new tubes shipping new mount shpping form new place and a few rando parts from crazzy pc i tape off part of my gpu so the tube wasent getting hit bu the hot pu air temps turned up the fan everything seels stable liek mad. srry i had to post im so happy im glowing. it been my goal to hit 3.8ghz and thz to ppl i have done this.

Glad you are happy with your rig, you even got drunk Have a good time and be safe bro!

 

[MightyMission]

northbridge overclocking!
its like having a whole different processor in there when you get above 3000