The AMD Phenom II OC'ers Club

[erocker]

2erocker:

Phase Change Metal Alloy (PCMA), precision Engineered Thermal Interface; Gary (the guy @ SWC) recommended me this. Check some vids @ YouTube comparing this to AS5, or better yet purchase one (warning: this Indigo Extreme is one pricey m**********r - ~19USD package, though i still gonna buy 2 or 3 ) & test it for yourself. Or ask bta or W1z to review it. I will see how it plays for me once got hold of it.

I have some samples on the way.

 

[YautjaLord]

Awesome. When is the review due? Gonna wait. Thanx.

 

[erocker]

Awesome. When is the review due? Gonna wait. Thanx.

It's not for a review. I will post up the results here.

 

[YautjaLord]

No prob, though it would've be even a bit better if someone of you TPU staff could do a review afterall. Still, thanx regardless - will wait.

 

[eidairaman1]

Tell you the Truth I look forward to BD n yes the Quad and Hex Core Ph2s are amazing for the price, They are not the fastest in town but you do get more for the price than LGA 1155. N Tell you the truth I dont like intels strategy, several desktop sockets makes my confidence in compatibility and future upgrades very low. I could care less about how great the cpus are but if your having to change sockets all the time its a waste of money.

TBH Might aswell go with 1366 and stick with it, 1156/55 to me are dead from the get go.

I know AMD has had AM2, AM3 and + editions now, + to me just means its automatically compatible with BD without a bios update that majority of average joes dont even know what a bios is or even would dare to update it.

Im suspecting AMD might wind up moving to a new socket for the Second Gen BD CPUs, unless if they can pull it off with AM3+ with a Quad Channel DDR3/4 controller and PCI E 2.1/3.0 Standard.

Im assuming BD only has a DDR3 controller on it, it be wasteful to have DDR2 on it since its been phased out.

TBH all this integration of glue logic into the CPU to me equals more stuff to fail and heat increases and signal noise. To me i see it as system on a single chip. peh might aswell not even have a motherboard or video cards anymore or even modularity if this keeps up... Mightaswell just get Embedded systems...

 

[Velvet Wafer]

Im suspecting AMD might wind up moving to a new socket for the Second Gen BD CPUs, unless if they can pull it off with AM3+ with a Quad Channel DDR3/4 controller and PCI E 2.1/3.0 Standard.

Then your suspection was right, if you take a closer look at AMDs roadmap, you will see, that AM3+ is a stopgap solution....
Enhanced Bulldozer (BD Gen 2) will be produced for the upcoming FM2 socket, which (hopefully) will be shared by the Next-Gen Bulldozer (BD Gen 3)

 

[boise49ers]

Does any one know if you can bump up the multiplyer with this elcheapo board ?
Biostar N688SB-M2S

 

[fullinfusion]

Does any one know if you can bump up the multiplyer with this elcheapo board ?
Biostar N688SB-M2S

Im sure most of us all don't know! But im sure you'll tell us

 

[texaschainsaw01]

Does any one know if you can bump up the multiplyer with this elcheapo board ?
Biostar N688SB-M2S

hey can you get some photos of the bios please cant find anything online so if you can upload some photos of the bios i will try and help

 

[erocker]

Does any one know if you can bump up the multiplyer with this elcheapo board ?
Biostar N688SB-M2S

That is determined by the CPU. I can't find that exact model anywhere on the internet, but the closest model is an AM2 motherboard that doesn't support Phenom II's.

 

[boise49ers]

That is determined by the CPU. I can't find that exact model anywhere on the internet, but the closest model is an AM2 motherboard that doesn't support Phenom II's.

Ah that could be the problem. It is the 2nd gamer on my specs. It isn't a Phenom. I didn't realize you can't adjust the multiplyer on the Athlons. So what routes do you take to OC them ? Thanks

 

[JrRacinFan]

Ah that could be the problem. It is the 2nd gamer on my specs. It isn't a Phenom. I didn't realize you can't adjust the multiplyer on the Athlons. So what routes do you take to OC them ? Thanks

Raise base clock along with locking other frequencies (ram, PCI/PCIE, NB, CPU-NB, HT Link).

 

[boise49ers]

Ah that could be the problem. It is the 2nd gamer on my specs. It isn't a Phenom. I didn't realize you can't adjust the multiplyer on the Athlons. So what routes do you take to OC them ? Thanks

http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/content.php?S_ID=517

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

Phenom x4 925 Oced to 3.2ghz
on a hyper tx3 idle 34C full load 44C soon to be Zalman CNPS9000
mobo= asrock a770de+

 

[de.das.dude]

Phenom x4 925 Oced to 3.2ghz
on a hyper tx3 idle 34C full load 44C soon to be Zalman CNPS9000
mobo= asrock a770de+

push it harder man.

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

Im not pushing it any farther till i get my new cooler. I dont trust this one, some times its 44 full load, sometimes its 52!

 

[de.das.dude]

mine goes to ~64C full load CPU burning.
but that was when it was 37C ambient. its a lot cooler now! 28C

but AMD's 4HP stock cooler kicks ass!

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

If you want a hyper TX3 I'll gladly sell you mine :3

 

[de.das.dude]

hyper tx3 has got only 3heatpipes. and its poopy. it prolly wont fit in my mini tower.

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

it is poopy lol, do you think a true 120 would? someone on here is selling one for $30

 

[de.das.dude]

it is poopy lol, do you think a true 120 would? someone on here is selling one for $30

its all about aluminium plate area, amount of airflow and number of heat pipes and how effectively the heatpipes take up heat (i.e copper base or direct contact).
also dependso n the arrangement of the heatpipes etc.

 

[cookiemonster]

Hi Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition overclocked to 3.8GHz on a Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H (rev 2.0) motherboard with a Zalman 9500 CPU Cooler.

 

[MilkyWay]

Thats me just done a few hours of OCCT and it never crashed in gaming either.

CPU 1.375v
VDDA 2.8v
CPU/NB 1.375v - 2665mhz
RAM 1.5v

Not sure but i dont think this cpu likes going at 3.6ghz (with a half decent voltage), i had tried moving the multi only, then fsb with the ram higher but its stable just now so might just leave it.

I dont think i have CnQ on but CPUZ is showing 1.355v sometimes 1.358v when ive got it set to 1.375v?

 

[de.das.dude]

i cant get 3.6 stable on 1.45v.
its too hot here X(

 

[eidairaman1]

Then your suspection was right, if you take a closer look at AMDs roadmap, you will see, that AM3+ is a stopgap solution....
Enhanced Bulldozer (BD Gen 2) will be produced for the upcoming FM2 socket, which (hopefully) will be shared by the Next-Gen Bulldozer (BD Gen 3)

AM3+ to me just means the boards support bd out of box without bios update. Im pretty sure majority of existing Am3 boards support it. It would be very nice if the server n desktop sockets were the same. It would cut down on production costs.