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AMD 960T CPU Upgrade

Such high vCore with such low +12v.
 
GoldenX said:
Such high vCore with such low +12v.
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Yeah I'm going to do some tests tomorrow and we will see if we can't get that number up a little bit. Stay tuned...
 
Always remember, software readings like this are not perfectly accurate, especially for those PSU rails.
 
hat said:
Always remember, software readings like this are not perfectly accurate, especially for those PSU rails.
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Yeah I just did some reading up on the matter and discovered there can be up to a 5% margin for error in rail voltage which would put this reading back into the realm of nominal.

Computer is still running flawlessly...
 
I would read a molex with a multimeter, just to be sure.
 
storm-chaser said:
Yeah I just did some reading up on the matter and discovered there can be up to a 5% margin for error in rail voltage which would put this reading back into the realm of nominal.

Computer is still running flawlessly...
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5%? On a good day maybe. I've seen wacky readings that would be impossible. Negative voltages, really high or really low voltages that the computer couldn't even run on...
 
hat said:
5%? On a good day maybe. I've seen wacky readings that would be impossible. Negative voltages, really high or really low voltages that the computer couldn't even run on...
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Yeah I'm gonna see if I can get those readings to change. Including pulling the 4pin ATX aux connection for starters. I also have an LED bar that plugs in with a normal molex connector, so I can bypass that as well. We'll see what we get...
 
Don't worry about those software readings. They're simply not reliable. The only way to get true readings is to connect a multimeter to a power supply and subject it to varying levels of load and see what it reads then.
 
I'm beginning to wonder how my Athlon II x4 would fare against my i5 2400 in gaming performance. I know the i5 is leaps and bounds faster by default, but it is a locked chip, and I can at least overclock the Athlon. Maybe 4GHz if I really tried?
 
It will still be a lot slower. My jump from a Phenom II to this Ryzen was big, and I ran the 980BE at 4,3GHz for daily use.
 
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Meh... I kinda already knew that, but I was hoping anyway. :kookoo:
 
It's still very fun, a locked CPU has a nice challenge with the manual HTT, HT-Link, CPU-NB and RAM overclock.
 
Nah, that's not the problem. The problem is the i5 being locked. The best I can do is +400MHz, and that requires another board... not worth it.
 
Enjoy some pictures of the final product. Last night I added a 750gb mechanical hard drive as extra storage. Power supply is holding strongl
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hat said:
I'm beginning to wonder how my Athlon II x4 would fare against my i5 2400 in gaming performance. I know the i5 is leaps and bounds faster by default, but it is a locked chip, and I can at least overclock the Athlon. Maybe 4GHz if I really tried?
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Even overclocked the Athlon won’t get anywhere near the i5 even being locked. You have to consider the large IPC difference back than between AMD and intel. Even at higher clocks AMD couldn’t match intel due to the poor IPC.

I have a newer model Athlon X4 and in newer games like BFV and WWII it just can’t hold its own anymore. It’s completely maxed out.

Also consider Athlons lack L3 Cache which is really beneficial in CPU intensive tasks
 
hat said:
Nah, that's not the problem. The problem is the i5 being locked. The best I can do is +400MHz, and that requires another board... not worth it.
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I mean, it's a fun project to overclock a locked AM3 processor, i didn't mean the i5.
 
GoldenX said:
I mean, it's a fun project to overclock a locked AM3 processor, i didn't mean the i5.
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Yes it is. I recently had fun with a locked AMD B75, a triple core "heka" with one extra core that is locked. So most times they can be unlocked into a full X4 denab. Stock it runs at 3.0ghz and with FSB overclocking got it to 3.7Ghz and 2600mhz on the CPU-NB. IIRC.
 
Yeah, I had plenty of adventures clocking many AMD platforms. One of them ended in disaster though, cause I was a reckless noob... I tried to clock a Phenom 9500 on a shitty board. Ruined the board, CPU and my new 9800GT. :(
 
hat said:
Yeah, I had plenty of adventures clocking many AMD platforms. One of them ended in disaster though, cause I was a reckless noob... I tried to clock a Phenom 9500 on a shitty board. Ruined the board, CPU and my new 9800GT. :(
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I have one overclock horror story of my own, involved an Asus A7N8X and my Athlon XP 3000+. This was the Barton core 2.1Ghz CPU and one of the early DDR systems in it's day. I had accidentally set the voltage wrong and fried the processor on reboot. The silver lining was that Computers4sure.com covered it under warranty and accidentally sent me two CPUs instead of just the one replacement I was expecting. So I sold one and kept the other (I still have it, in point of fact I am massing parts for a retro build). That was my favorite system, hands down. Really, it truly inspired my overclocking hobby.
 
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I had a Sempron 3000+ once that I clocked. I think that system might have an Athlon 3200+ in it now...
 
So, just a quick update for my friends online... This system is running great. I didn't expect it to last very long to be honest with y'all. But it's like the little engine that could. Keeps on firing! So far I've had it up and running for the past week with zero issues @ 4 Ghz overclock. I can play quake II, Doom II and Half-Life. Temps are under control and all is well for now! :)
 
So we are still running strong with the little Antec Power Supply. So far the system has been online for nearly two weeks with zero downtime running at the 4.0Ghz mark with my CPU-NB @ 3.0Ghz. The little engine that could! lol
 
Just a quick update, I've had the system running for nearly a month with ZERO downtime. The computer is now set up with a Logitech 400W peak THX sound system so the build is progressing nicely.

The overclock stands at 4.0Ghz with the Hyper 212 chugging along keeping everything cool. Power supply is still holding strong.
 
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