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What is your highest STABLE overclock?

Highest stable overclock what chip and how long


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What is the highest stable overclock you can get on your cpu? Please vote and post what CPU you have and what test you run before you call it stable.Also include voltage please. Maybe this will help people have any idea of what they can get out of a CPU
please vote you are welcome to vote on more then one CPU


also screen shots aren't needed but welcomed. please be honest on your clocks.

my highest on my X2 240 i have tried is 3.6ghz@1.37v
has to pass
2hr Linpack
1hr OCCT
30min AMD overdrive stress test
15min Othros
Wprime stability test
Super PI 32m(2 instances at same time)
3dmark 06 atleast 1 time

as you can see i test my overclocks with different programs to make sure they are "stable"
 
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i5 750 / 4.2GHz with Turbo / 1.47V

run OCCT custom, usually get back around 4 hours or so to verify its still running.
Prime 95 about the same.

I also run 2-3 passes of memtest86+ ver. 4.0 off a bootable disc to make sure timings are good to go.

Usually just to be sure, I set folding loose on both GPU's while Prime or OCCT is on.
 
i "was" have q6600 , 3.4ghz many loops 3d marks , wprime , xigmatic cooling.
also i run it on 3.6ghz some times but mine have high VID so extra voltage for 200mhz not worth
 
sneaky it sound like you have a nice little mix of test there. I would be willing to say that your rig won't have any problems with being stable and nice clock on the i5 but i would be alittle worried about that voltage :laugh:
 
sneaky it sound like you have a nice little mix of test there. I would be willing to say that your rig won't have any problems with being stable and nice clock on the i5 but i would be alittle worried about that voltage :laugh:

Well I dont smell smoke and the temps are ok...I have a i7 860 comming so I will be sure to look into my socket and see if I need to worry about anything. From what I've seen so far, Im not too worried.
 
<---In my specs.

12 hours OCCT prime stable
12 hours LinX stable

Dirt2 required a bump in north bridge voltage over LinX or OCCT.

Been stable as a rock for a while now.
 
<---In my specs.

12 hours OCCT prime stable
12 hours LinX stable

Dirt2 required a bump in north bridge voltage over LinX or OCCT.

Been stable as a rock for a while now.

92% of dirt in now...will see if I require a bump;)
 
the first dirt made my old X2 4600+ crash at 2.6ghz and it folded for months and ran orthos for 28hrs it crashed it in about 30min :laugh: i had to bump the vcore on it alittle. it seems to put alot of stress on the system in ways the test dont
 
Its been ages since i'v actually tried for a stable overclock. Probably best was Q6600 @ 4GHz 1.344vcore running IBT then WCG all day (using single stage phase change cooling). No screen shot of it though, it was lost when I re-formated.
 
Its been ages since i'v actually tried for a stable overclock. Probably best was Q6600 @ 4GHz 1.344vcore running IBT then WCG all day (using single stage phase change cooling). No screen shot of it though, it was lost when I re-formated.

:eek: phase for only 1.34v? thats a great clock on a Q6600 at that voltage. From what i have seen alot of them don't like to clock that high
 
AMD Phenom II 550BE @3.9Ghz, 1.40V
Gigabyte MA770-UD3
3Gb of DDR2800 (Generic),
Win7 X86,
RadeonHD4850.

As this is my gaming machine I've ran at this speed for aprox 3 months with no problems.
Unable to unlock all 4 cores but hey ho....at least i've got a decent OC out of the chip!
Happy new year all
 
former setup before going to phenom II in sig:

90nm AMD X2 6400+ BE @ 3.5ghz w/ 1.51v
MSI K9A2 Platinum 790FX & Patriot Viper DDR2
single 3dmark run stable

3.4ghz w/ 1.47v
"24/7 stable," 2 hours of OCCT with hours of stable gaming and i'm satisfied


current phenom II setup:
45nm AMD X4 Phenom II 965 C3 BE @ 3.9ghz w/ 1.475v
MSI K9A2 Platinum 790FX & Patriot Viper DDR2
"24/7 stable," 2 hours of OCCT, 1 hour of everest stability test, 3dmark stable
 
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45nm Intel q9550 E0
Ive stressed this chip to 100 runs of Intelburntest, and it didnt even cry, also my load temps are now 50c sense its now a regular 65-70f in the house and i repasted my Corsair H50 block.

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Its stable at these settings at these clocks for 24/7 use.
4.004Ghz @ 1.232volts
3.800Ghz @ 1.164volts
3.600Ghz @ 1.140volts or below(never tested this speed)
3.003Ghz @ 0.992volts
2.833Ghz @ 0.860volts

For 4.2Ghz i need 1.33volts because thats were the FSB starts to FINNALY stress the CHIP.
:P.

Im 3dmark06 stable at 1.34volts though at 4.3Ghz, but then the fsb wall requires me to add 1.45volts for 4.35Ghz bench stable. But hey this is very good for my chip.

So far I havnt had a single crash just testing with Intelburntest, so i feel great in that respect, that my system is stable. And will never overheat.
Sucks for people who have AMD Chips, but there are other programs out in the world that do a great job, like Linux and OCCT linpack i belive.
 
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E8500 C0 @ 4006 MHz / 1.318v

Tested:
OCCT - 7 hrs
Linpack - 10 runs
3DMark - 2 runs
Wprime, Prime95, SuperPi, Memtest - couple of runs
 
E8400 C0 @ 4050MHz / 1.344V under load
 
Your guys are gonna think this is one bad @$$ q9550 chip.
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^^^^ That right there is my stock clocks for my computer and i ran super PI stable at the clocks(off course) and it gave me 16 second PI. \
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^^^^ That right there is a 4.0Ghz over clock on my q9550 and i ran super PI and this is at stock voltage just to add the shock of how good my chip is.
It might be pretty common that chips like this are hitting peoples computers but what do you think
 
You are making me mad, please stop :D
 
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i7 920 @ 4.2GHz (HT)/1.34v is my highest stable. 4.3GHz is ok for gaming and benching but under stress testing it will eventually fail. Specs can be seen to the left.
 
You are making me mad, please stop :D

Me?, I cant help when the world gives me such great chips. One day i might sell it, but for now ITS MINE.

When life gives you lemons, you go to micro center and pick up a q9550 :)
 
My highest stable, thus far:

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Tried dropping the VCore but it will fail pretty quick if i do that: must be something with the various GTL and skew settings that i leave on auto.

This ain't a 24/7 OC: i usually have it @ 9*225 or 2.025 MHz.
 
I did crunch at 4.3ghz for a few months but I never confirmed stable. I'll have to see but it's definitely somewhere around there.
 
90nm AMD: Athlon X2 4400+@2.8GHz ran 24/7 for years
65NM Intel: Celeron D 352@4.68GHz Prime stable for 24 hours then reduced to 4.2GHz and ran 24/7 for a few months
90nm Intel: Pentium D 805@4.2GHz Prime stable for 24 hours then reduced to 3.8GHz and ran 24/7 for about a year
 
my q6600 at 4ghz+
don't have voltage info right now
 
former setup before going to phenom II in sig:

90nm AMD X2 6400+ BE @ 3.5ghz w/ 1.51v
MSI K9A2 Platinum 790FX & Patriot Viper DDR2
3dmark run stable

90nm AMD X2 6400+ BE @ 3.4ghz w/ 1.47v
MSI K9A2 Platinum 790FX & Patriot Viper DDR2
"24/7 stable," 2 hours of OCCT and i'm satisfied

Two different 90nm AMD's over 3.3ghz is very impressive! :toast:
 
thanks for the post guys.
I think i should share all of mine shouldn't I...
45nm Intel E7200@3.8ghz@1.37v stable 24/7 (crunching 24/7)
65nm Intel E1500@2.8ghz@1.31v stable 24/7 (crunching 24/7 )
65nm Intel P4 661@3.94ghz@1.25v stable 24/7(crunching 24/7)

45nm AMD X2 240@3.6ghz@1.37v stable 24/7 (crunching 24/7 )
65nm AMD X2 4200+@3.1ghz@1.37v stable 24/7(will be crunching 24/7 soon)
65nm AMD X2 5000+BE@3ghz@1.36v stable 24/7(crunching 24/7)

all of my AMD CPUs pass
2hr Linpack
1hr OCCT
30min AMD overdrive stress test
15min Othros
Wprime stability test
Super PI 32m(2 instances at same time)
3dmark 06 atleast 1 time

all my Intel chips have to pass
2hr Linpack
1hr15min OCCT
15min Othros
Wprime stability test 2times
Super PI 32m(2 instances at same time)
3dmark 06 atleast 2 times

Two different 90nm AMD's over 3.3ghz is very impressive! :toast:

I have to agree. But 90nm clocks better then 65nm when it comes to AMD alot of the time :wtf: amd messed up big time.
 
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