AMD 965BE C3 with H50 Water Cooler

[bboy-mass]

Hi guys,

I upgraded my 965BE to 965BE-C3 today and also treated myself to a Corsair H50 cooler.

Issue:

I was getting 3.7G stable (prime95 14hrs) with my revision2 and coolermaster V8.

Now, I'm failing on 3.9G with the H50 and my temps are Much lower using the H50 ????

Is it my board??

Is it my ram ???

MOBO: M4N79T-Deluxe
Ram: Corsair Dom 1333Mhz
Cooler:H50 running at 1700rpm (full speed)

BIOS:

FSB 200
Multi:19.5
CPU VID:1.5
Everything else on AUTO

Why doe's prime95 crash after pass2?

Anyone have my hardware and getting good clocks?

HELP.lol

R.
Bboy

 

[brandonwh64]

set ram to 1.9v and see if that will get you stable. also NB should be at 1.3v

 

[erocker]

I don't see why the north bridge would need to be at 1.3v since it's being overclocked by the CPU multiplier. 1.1v should be fine. At this point either try raising or lowering the CPU vcore. A 965 C3 should do 3.9ghz right around 1.45v if not less.

 

[brandonwh64]

i had problems with 3.9 and only thing that made it stable was a 1.3v NB :/ but not all chip are the same but it couldnt hurt to try

 

[bboy-mass]

Thanks guys, will try lowering voltage to 1.45 and set the NB to 1.3

I'm so happy with how quiet the H50 is and the temps it puts out (29c id) 44c fullload at 3.6G. I aint seen temps like that since dual core days.lol

Anyway, ill let you both know.

Thanks for input lads.

R.
Bboy

 

[bboy-mass]

Crashed again

I raised ram voltage to 1.9
I lowerd CPU VID 1.45
I raised NB/CPU VID 1.3

Lasted 4 passes in Prime95 and BLUESCREENED

Question:

Am I setting the correct NB voltage? In my BIOS I have NB Voltage and NB/CPU Voltage ???

R.
Bboy

 

[bboy-mass]

eROCKER,

You have the same MOBO as me, what are your BIOS settings and whats your OC ???

Thanks man,

Bboy

 

[brandonwh64]

hmm im all out of ideas

 

[Kei]

Join us over at the Phenom II Overclockers Club and you'll get all the help you need and more...

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79551

Kei

 

[brandonwh64]

Join us over at the Phenom II Overclockers Club and you'll get all the help you need and more...

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79551

Kei

yea mass these guys over there at the Phenom II overclockers club are the kings of this stuff! they will def hook u up!

 

[fullinfusion]

You dont need to run the ram so high.... lower the volts down to 1.65v
try setting the cpu volts to around 1.4750v, manually set the nb to 1.10v... also try using a lower multi and rais the fsb up 5mhz and give that a try.... these PII's dont like much voltage and found with using a few different chips that they like the above mentioned cpu volts... does that mobo have ACC? if so disable it for the time being.

 

[bboy-mass]

Thanks fussion.

 

[fullinfusion]

Thanks fussion.

no problem mate

 

[cdawall]

it could just be the chip you said temps were lower but what are they at a phenom will start to crash once you hit the 50-55C area with a good clock (stock speed@50-55C is fine but higher clocks always went unstable for me)

could just be you have a bad chip or something in your rig just don't mesh try 3.8ghz and see if thats stable

 

[bboy-mass]

Im testing 3.7G now.

CPU VID:1.35v
Multi:17.5
FSB:212
HT:2120
NB:2120

If its a bad chip, then thats two bad chips.

SHIT.

 

[brandonwh64]

3.7ghz! nice!

 

[3volvedcombat]

Be thankfull for 3.6Ghz though, because there is ALOT of people that would want a new gen 3.6Ghz clocked quad.



getting 3.8-4.0ghz is just for the e-peen, i remeber when a 3.6Ghz q6600 in someones rig was GODLY. But now 4.0Ghz is nothing.

 

[bboy-mass]

I'm now 3.7G stable in Prime95

I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but I sold my old 965BE today to purchase the NEW 965BE-C3 because peeps were saying how easy 4G was.

Oh well, at least my temps are lower and I love the H50.

Time to play Dirt2.

R.

 

[cdawall]

anything over 3.8ghz is a PITA on a phenom

alot of time+highend water is what it took for my 945ES BE to hit 3.9ghz stable this is also on IMO the best DDR2 overclocking board the crosshair II based off that wonderful 780A chipset with some crucial red 2x2GB DDR2 chugging away@1266


as for more recent chips you can run air for 3.9ghz (1.5v for me) and a xiggy with some big ultra kaze's on it

thats a 910 so a 955 should match and exceed that in every way possible

 

[brandonwh64]

here was my old one

 

[bboy-mass]

965be-c3 now stable in prime95 with a fan speed of 800rpm. Max temps was 52.5, so its stable.

Dont get me wrong guys, but its very, very unlikly that ive had two bad chips and concidering i have a decent mobo i think peeps on the www are bullshiting about this new stepping?????

Ive also been advised that prime95 is way toooo harsh on a cpu and that if A.O.D stress test runs without fail for 3hrs its fine???

Are people bullshitting and do you agree that prime is way too over the top??

Thanks for your help last night. Im going to spend the day playing mydriving sim instead of chasing 4gig.

 

[brandonwh64]

linx puts prime95 to shame. do about 6 passes of linx and if it doesnt crash or freeze then you got yourself a good stable clock

 

[Kei]

965be-c3 now stable in prime95 with a fan speed of 800rpm. Max temps was 52.5, so its stable.

Dont get me wrong guys, but its very, very unlikly that ive had two bad chips and concidering i have a decent mobo i think peeps on the www are bullshiting about this new stepping?????

Ive also been advised that prime95 is way toooo harsh on a cpu and that if A.O.D stress test runs without fail for 3hrs its fine???

Are people bullshitting and do you agree that prime is way too over the top??

Thanks for your help last night. Im going to spend the day playing mydriving sim instead of chasing 4gig.

Prime95 is in no way 'too harsh' on the cpu, it's a good to use if you have the time to run it.

Getting a chip that can't do 4Ghz is in NO WAY a 'bad chip'! You can't honestly expect to call something bad because it won't do 'X' speed over what it's rated to do. Please don't fall into that kinda nonsense, and you'll be fine.

Anyway, 3.8-4.x Ghz is not the easiest thing to get stable in Prime, AOD, or any other test. I honestly wouldn't worry much about it at all. Run wPrime or run a few passes in LinX if you're that worried about it. 4Ghz is entirely possible, and you don't NEED a C3 stepping to do it although it does help.

Anyway, I wouldn't bother spending the day chasing 200Mhz more lol....driving is FAR greater! What sim are you using anyway?

Kei

 

[bboy-mass]

I know, im just a nerd.

What sim??

Race07
lfs
dirt2 (not a sim but nice-now sli is sorted)
nfs shift(not a sim but fun)

anyway, today i did something very relaxing. Cable management and red led fans in my rig. Want some pics???

Looks nice and cooler too.

R.

 

[Kei]

I know, im just a nerd.

What sim??

Race07
lfs
dirt2 (not a sim but nice-now sli is sorted)
nfs shift(not a sim but fun)

anyway, today i did something very relaxing. Cable management and red led fans in my rig. Want some pics???

Looks nice and cooler too.

R.

Ahem! You forgot the greatest.... iRacing.

Kei