The AMD Phenom II OC'ers Club

de.das.dude · Dec 28, 2011

its true, huge difference if you can get a higher NB with a lower timed RAM!

claylomax · Dec 29, 2011

JrRacinFan said:
That's quite high, cut it back to 3.8Ghz and enjoy the lower temps with the lower core volts.

Did you forget the name of this thread?

JrRacinFan · Dec 29, 2011

claylomax said:
Did you forget the name of this thread?

Yeah, I must be getting weak at my old age. :roll:

TheoneandonlyMrK · Dec 29, 2011

scaminatrix said:
Don't know about voltages, but I would recommend to stick your RAM at 1600 and lower the latency. AMD prefers lower latency rather than high speeds so go for that.
Aim for 1600 7-7-7 1T, worst case scenario 8-8-8

at the min its at 1800 cas 9 9 9 24 , though i did think id set it to 10 11 10 i think not sure about the last one ,though i did think id set it to 10 11 10, i agree about changeing it but am waiting on going mad on it as i have 2x ocz flex2 memory waterblocks im going to fit, then its play time plus my pc is on the box it came in whilst i adjust its case somewhat but its gettin built up soon i cant help but mess tho

i did run memtestx2 (?unsure) and it said it had a latency of 57 which looked ok to me,,,,for now

obv my first mess with ddr3, and AMD since my ol Tbird Xp1500 pre q6600

sorry to waffle but PRE BUILD ON ITS BOX is brillaint, ive allways thrown it straight in a case and moaned a lot as i tweeked/crashed it endlessly but all accessable and that, its amazein im tempted to not bother with a case as its so easy to mess about with now

equex · Dec 31, 2011

I have a MSI K9A2 Platinum V1, 960T, and 4x1GB PC8500 memory. Very unfamiliar with memory latencies and such, but I'd like to overclock the 960T a bit more. I used AMD's software auto-overclocking thing on the desktop and it maxes out on 3400. Temps was around 29-30 celcius. Normal temps are 25 celcius with only TurboCore @ 3400, not each core as well. If anyone has some memory settings they know will work on this machine, please let me know about that too.

(My K9A2 Platinum V1 has a broken RAID port and is out of production, anyone have a 100% working V1 card for sale cheap?

Irony · Dec 31, 2011

@equex: DogShitJoint and theoneandonlymark have 960s. They might be of help. I think DSJ got his to 4.1. DogShit used to be on here constantly, haven't seen him in a while.

JrRacinFan · Dec 31, 2011

I have been pondering a 960t myself. Been quite fortunate in the unlocking game and from what Ive been seeing they are binned rather well. Just got to get the proper board to pair it with. Maybe its time to swap out your board equex.

Irony · Dec 31, 2011

JrRacinFan said:
I have been pondering a 960t myself. Been quite fortunate in the unlocking game and from what Ive been seeing they are binned rather well. Just got to get the proper board to pair it with. Maybe its time to swap out your board equex.

They're just 100 bucks. 3ghz new.

AMD Phenom II X4 960T Zosma 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W ...

equex · Dec 31, 2011

JrRacinFan said:
I have been pondering a 960t myself. Been quite fortunate in the unlocking game and from what Ive been seeing they are binned rather well. Just got to get the proper board to pair it with. Maybe its time to swap out your board equex.

I just upgraded from Athlon X2 to this 960T, as well as a cooler,two Radeon 6770's, an IDE RAID controller and some more fans and a monitor.. budget is blown and i have to wait as long as i can to swap out the mobo

960T seems good. Just need to figure out what mobo to get those extra 2 cores with! Also, I would have to buy DDR3 memory if I got a new board now. DDR2 gear is mostly out of stock here.

JrRacinFan · Dec 31, 2011

Oh I know. was thinking of selling off the 555 cheap for one.

equex · Dec 31, 2011

With my luck, by the time I can upgrade, 960T is unsupported

MGF Derp · Dec 31, 2011

JrRacinFan said:
Oh I know. was thinking of selling off the 555 cheap for one.

Hit me up with a price if you decide to sell. Want to go 2500K but Phenom's are almost too much fun.

TheoneandonlyMrK · Dec 31, 2011

havent been able to unlock mine, i am going to try a bit more when i get my waterblock on it tho, its on stock heatsink and fan @3.6 thats just a pre oc tho, something to be getting on with fsb hang on ill pic it give me min

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equex said:
Just need to figure out what mobo to get those extra 2 cores with! Also, I would have to buy DDR3 memory if I got a new board now. DDR2 gear is mostly out of stock here.

from what ive read most 990fx and in general most newer boards do support core unlocking as its a craved feature defo the asrock extremes and the gigabyte ud3-7most 990X boards ive seen unlock cpus too again ive had nil luck with this crosshairV though and im thinkin i need to try an earlier bios

Norton · Jan 1, 2012

equex said:
I just upgraded from Athlon X2 to this 960T, as well as a cooler,two Radeon 6770's, an IDE RAID controller and some more fans and a monitor.. budget is blown and i have to wait as long as i can to swap out the mobo 960T seems good. Just need to figure out what mobo to get those extra 2 cores with! Also, I would have to buy DDR3 memory if I got a new board now. DDR2 gear is mostly out of stock here.

Your K9A2 doesn't seem to support unlocking due to the SB600 southbridge- I have an MSI DKA 790GX platinum in my spare PC with the SB750 southbridge and it does support unlock through the BIOS.
Also, going to DDR3 is cheap now 2x2GB should run around $30- I paid $46 at the Egg for 2x4GB DDR3 1600

de.das.dude · Jan 1, 2012

i dont know why ppl spend so much on a gfx card and CPU and then buy the cheapest mobo around.

JrRacinFan · Jan 1, 2012

Are the 960T's black edition chips? Amazon says yes, newegg says no, chip isn't listed at AMD's site. What gives?

eidairaman1 · Jan 1, 2012

JrRacinFan said:
Are the 960T's black edition chips? Amazon says yes, newegg says no, chip isn't listed at AMD's site. What gives?

non BE 960T is this OPN
AMD Phenom II X4 960T - HD960TFBK4DGR

BE 960T is this OPN
AMD Phenom II X4 960T Black Edition - HD96ZTWFK4DGR (HD96ZTWFGRBOX)

Not Guaranteed to unlock to a full 6 core.

TheoneandonlyMrK · Jan 1, 2012

eidairaman1 said:
BE 960T is this OPN
AMD Phenom II X4 960T Black Edition - HD96ZTWFK4DGR (HD96ZTWFGRBOX)

thats the one i got from aria and its box says its a BE ,its got an unlocked multi

not sure what your saying their eiderman1 , are you saying one is better then other if so ,have i been slapped??

eidairaman1 · Jan 1, 2012

theoneandonlymrk said:
thats the one i got from aria and its box says its a BE ,its got an unlocked multi

not sure what your saying their eiderman1 , are you saying one is better then other if so ,have i been slapped??

Ok BE means the Multiplier is unlocked, non BE means not unlocked. You have higher chance of a BE also having good locked cores.

OPN means ordering part number. I was just posting it because of confusion with Amazon and Newegg.com Neweggs people seem lazy when it comes to writing descriptions of products they sell

Irony · Jan 1, 2012

If you click on the pic at the Egg, you can see at the top of the box it says Phenom II Black Edition.

JrRacinFan · Jan 1, 2012

Irony said:
If you click on the pic at the Egg, you can see at the top of the box it says Phenom II Black Edition.

Yes but picture does not necessarily represent actual item received when ordered.

AMD Phenom II X4 960T Zosma 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W ...

Crap price went up $10 overnight.

Irony · Jan 1, 2012

JrRacinFan said:
Yes but picture does not necessarily represent actual item received when ordered.

AMD Phenom II X4 960T Zosma 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W ...

Crap price went up $10 overnight.

I know. But the serial no. is also right, according to edair.

JrRacinFan · Jan 1, 2012

Yeah I guess you're right and I'm putting too much thought into it then.

TheoneandonlyMrK · Jan 1, 2012

had another go at tweeking the snott out of it last night ,it dosnt look to like a high cpu bus speed i get issues past 225 at the min but x15 for 3.6 and 4.1 on turbo nbcpu at2950 Ht @2950 memorry at 1840 9 9 9 24 still on the mini stock cooler i got with it and its stable, imho it will easily do 4 gig plus, i am having temp issues beyond this speed 3.6 but not bad

?? in some adds it says this 960T supports Hypertransport @4000 is that an upto point ie bull pr nonesense or should they all do 4000 on HT

ive not gone high on volts yet 1.42 on cpu and 1.32 nb so ive headroom me thinks

im mentioning adds because i can find no firm specs from AMD for the chip its a bit of a mystery this 960T

catnipkiller · Jan 4, 2012

Getting use to my new mobo ^^ ram is on back order so i went to my local pc store and picked up 8 gigs. If i play with my ram voltage it crashes then i have to jump it kinda weird :confused:

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