Phenom 9850BE low voltage overclocking results!

[Kei]

Hey Kei. I ran mem test. All night and no errors at 3.3ghz. Do I have to run it at 3.4ghz which is where it is not stable? Just wanted to make sure that at what I am now its ok. Let me know so I can leave it running tonight.

Or if anybody else wants to chime in

Yep, if it's not stable at 3.4Ghz and you think it may be the ram then run memtest again. BUT since it passed at 3.3Ghz already then I imagine that something else is stopping you from being stable right now.

Have you done a stress on the cpu only (use Everest System Stability Test but only the cpu and fpu options) to make sure that it's stable? If not then run that tonight and see how it goes. If it fails then I guess we know our answer haha...if it passes then we'll move on again.

K

 

[Viscarious]

Orly? Alright, Well Im finishing up Samurai Champloo at the moment but I'll take a peak at it. =]

 

[Kei]

Yep it's pretty good, it's a regular American tv show so it's in English (that's good to you though right? haha).

I don't really watch much television but if I find a series on the internet after it's been on television then I'll watch it as I don't have to wait for new episodes and I can watch it when I want. Plus I get bored sometimes so I'll watch a show in the internet.

Damn...I need to watch Champloo again, Jin is calling my name

K

 

[Chicken Patty]

Yep, if it's not stable at 3.4Ghz and you think it may be the ram then run memtest again. BUT since it passed at 3.3Ghz already then I imagine that something else is stopping you from being stable right now.

Have you done a stress on the cpu only (use Everest System Stability Test but only the cpu and fpu options) to make sure that it's stable? If not then run that tonight and see how it goes. If it fails then I guess we know our answer haha...if it passes then we'll move on again.

K

well using orthox, I ran a cpu stress test where doesnt test the ram or if it does its not much and its passed constant for about 30-40 minutes. When i do a blend test, it fails in like 2 or 3 minutes.

 

[Kei]

Then indeed test the ram again at 3.4Ghz...especially since you're on an Athlon so your ram speed may be different when you're at 3.4Ghz from 3.3Ghz due to the fact you can't control the exact ram speed like we can on the Phenoms. Meaning if you change from 3.3Ghz to 3.4Ghz that could make your ram go from say 800Mhz up to 900Mhz and you may not be stable at that speed, whereas on our Phenoms our ram speed doesn't change regardless of any settings changes we make unless we change the ram speed itself.

K

 

[Chicken Patty]

Then indeed test the ram again at 3.4Ghz...especially since you're on an Athlon so your ram speed may be different when you're at 3.4Ghz from 3.3Ghz due to the fact you can't control the exact ram speed like we can on the Phenoms. Meaning if you change from 3.3Ghz to 3.4Ghz that could make your ram go from say 800Mhz up to 900Mhz and you may not be stable at that speed, whereas on our Phenoms our ram speed doesn't change regardless of any settings changes we make unless we change the ram speed itself.

K

yes you are correct.

Imma go ahead and leave the ram testing overnight at 3.4Ghz and see what happens. If stabel then ill leave the CPU testing at 3.4 while at work. THen when I get back from work tommorow i'll post and we'll go from there. THanks for the help, have a goodnight everybody.

 

[Kei]

No problem, I hope it passes...good luck

sleep well all

K

 

[Viscarious]

Ntie-o mate.

BTW, Mugen is fighting the blind chick right now and he just got all cut up. hes tryin to continue to fight but hes lost way too much blood. So he fell on his face.

9950 only 235?! Hmmm

 

[eidairaman1]

AM3 here i come.

 

[kenkickr]

I tried your 8x test and 290FSB is as high as I can go @ stock voltage and everything else you wanted to know Kei. I tried going up in 1mhz incriments but system would reset bios settings after power down.

 

[atlantis6789]

have a 9850 carnt get to 2.8ghz help

went all out this time got my self a amd 9850 phenon on a asus crosshair 2 had problems with my first ram dominator 1066hz so changed it to xms800hz been trying to overclock it it runs fine and dandy at 2.7 no problems at all but if i try to turn it upto 2.8 sometimes i get to windows sometimes it fales before that can anyone help is there a program out there that i could use to overclock each core independently cause i have heard that there may be a problem with one core

 

[kenkickr]

Can't do it with your board, Crosshair=Nvidia. AOD only allows independent core overclock with AMD 790 chipsets. Have you adjusted the voltage in the bios by a notch or two? What are your bios settings? What CPU fan are you using and do you have good air flow to the HSF?

Throw up your system specs so we can better assist you.

 

[Chicken Patty]

No problem, I hope it passes...good luck

sleep well all

K

well, last night the first CPU test at 3.4ghz didnt pass. I raised the vcore a notch and it ran for about another 20 minutes longer than the first test. Maybe i need to raise it another notch???

 

[Kei]

well, last night the first CPU test at 3.4ghz didnt pass. I raised the vcore a notch and it ran for about another 20 minutes longer than the first test. Maybe i need to raise it another notch???

Okay what as the ram speed at the 3.4Ghz setting (and ram timings)?

K

 

[cdawall]

i got 2.8ghz working on getting it stable

 

[Kei]

I tried your 8x test and 290FSB is as high as I can go @ stock voltage and everything else you wanted to know Kei. I tried going up in 1mhz incriments but system would reset bios settings after power down.

Wow, another person that can get straospheric HT Bus speeds! Ken...you wanna pick out my next processor cuz apparently you're really good and 2nd chances haha.

What were you able to achieve at the 12.5x multiplier so far?

Btw I beat you guys and got a much higher FSB on my next test!

K

 

[Kei]

went all out this time got my self a amd 9850 phenon on a asus crosshair 2 had problems with my first ram dominator 1066hz so changed it to xms800hz been trying to overclock it it runs fine and dandy at 2.7 no problems at all but if i try to turn it upto 2.8 sometimes i get to windows sometimes it fales before that can anyone help is there a program out there that i could use to overclock each core independently cause i have heard that there may be a problem with one core

As was mentioned you will not be able to use AMD Overdrive (individual core overclocking) as you're not using a 790FX chipset.

Also you will be limited in what you can truly do with your Phenom as you're not using a true AM2+ board although of course the AM2 board (which is pretty I might add) is compatible with the processor.

What have you tried already and what are you current settings right now? Please scroll back 1 page and do the Max HT Bus test so that we know how much you can actually try on your setup and we can try to help you further.

K

 

[Kei]

i got 2.8ghz working on getting it stable

Hot damn! That's a bit higher than I could get my 9500! What settings are you using for it?

K

 

[cdawall]

Hot damn! That's a bit higher than I could get my 9500! What settings are you using for it?

K

NB is at 8x cpu at 11x255 1.3v NB is at like 1.3v HT is at 1.325v or something like that

 

[Kei]

Haha, you really did just pip me clock wise (highest I went was 11*253) sweet clock. I hope you can get it stable

K

 

[Kei]

So...did anybody with a 790FX board buy the 9950BE yet? I was the last guinea pig and bought the HD4850 so who's turn is it to go first this time?

K

 

[cdawall]

here we go

cpu is at 1.33v not 1.3v thats all it took to get stable

 

[servermonkey]

Wow, another person that can get straospheric HT Bus speeds! Ken...you wanna pick out my next processor cuz apparently you're really good and 2nd chances haha.

What were you able to achieve at the 12.5x multiplier so far?

Btw I beat you guys and got a much higher FSB on my next test!

K

LMAO

 

[Kei]

Schweet! I see you got your ram timings to work with you too now. That's a might sweet clock too (remember he was starting at 2.2Ghz Phenom 9500) and on a nice low voltage too!

Gonna do any stability testing on it? If so remember I recommend using Everest System Stability test over any since you're on a 9500 cpu. You can select the CPU and FPU options and leave the cache alone. If you do that you should be perfectly fine avoiding the TLB issue and get a valid test. You can test the rest using Memtest so we know the ram is stable and call it a day

And your wallpaper...I wonder when those are gonna hit the public I've seen it in person already but of course not on the road yet. I did see a new Challenger driving the other day though.

K

 

[Kei]

Haha, monkey desperate times called for desperate measures I thought you guys were gonna take over so I had to ummm...'retest'

It's okay though as long as I'm the only person that can do this I'm still the winner!

K

Btw, yes it's legit I promise.