JareeB
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did i hit a wall?
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JareeB
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yup let me look..
its changing a lil bit but its around 1.344, the last to numbers are changing
There ya go, it's probably set to 1.35v. Bump it in the Bios to 1.425 and then boot still at 3.0ghz. Download the OC tuner from ASrock's website and try to see if 3.1 is stable using prime95. Also, watch your temp's now that you're bumping voltage. The OC tuner also tell you your temps, it's a great tool. You can still adjust voltage in the OC tuner, but we know that 1.35 volts is not enough so go straight for 1.425.
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AMD doesn't OC much any more. 3.1 is pretty good. all chips are different - a rare one will go higher. Then again, some folks post their fantasized results. If going up a tad on voltage (watch your heat!!!!!) doesn't help, leave it at that. If heat is a prob, get a better HSF. I recommend Xigmatek S1283, or some such number, having tried things like OZC, Zalman, Tt, ArcticCooling,and Tuniq stuff (I practically drove Microcenter crazy).
CPUs are pretty easy to OC. Memory is much more of a pita with freq, timings, and voltages all playing a factor - and then certain programs will aggravate it. Also, with memory, certain memory slots work better than others. For example, an admin over on GSKILL suggested using slots 2 and 4 as primary, for my board, and it worked beautifully for me! But you can easily go insane trying to OC memory!!!
mx344
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^dude come on, your thinking about the old gen. amd chips, the new ones overclock about the same as there intel counterparts, maybe .1 or .3 lower but come on, you cant say that amd cant overclock much more than 3.1...
With the 7850 he should be able to get atleast 3.30ghz easy with some voltage changes.
With the 7850 he should be able to get atleast 3.30ghz easy with some voltage changes.
At what overclock setting?
I'm sure you posted this looking for a fight, so I won't give you one I'll just post facts. The First generation of Phenom's, which is what this is, is 65nm tech and doesn't overclock as well as the 45nm second gen of Phenom. But they can still overclock some.
My Phenom II 550 dual core is 3.1ghz stock, not only have I overclocked it prime95 stable to 3.8ghz, I have unlocked the other 2 cores and I have a quad core. Here's my proof-
JareeB
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right now im at X15 i chagned it to x16 with v at 1.425At what overclock setting?
I'm sure you posted this looking for a fight, so I won't give you one I'll just post facts. The First generation of Phenom's, which is what this is, is 65nm tech and doesn't overclock as well as the 45nm second gen of Phenom. But they can still overclock some.
My Phenom II 550 dual core is 3.1ghz stock, not only have I overclocked it prime95 stable to 3.8ghz, I have unlocked the other 2 cores and I have a quad core. Here's my proof-
JareeB
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thats what im at with not volts changed
Fatback
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Yea but you only went up 200MHz from stock speed. I went up 400Mhz from stock speed(which is 2.3Ghz). You should be able to raise it up some more at least another 100MHz.
Not all Phenom's overclock equally. The 9600be is famous for not overclocking well at all. It's 2.3 stock, for me I could only get 2.4 stable on stock voltage and 2.6 stable with high voltage was the absolute most I could get out of it. This is very common, I didn't just get a dud.
Fatback
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Yep I know I read all kinds of story's about how the phenoms don't OC well. Most people say the phenom 8650 can't get past 2.6 on high voltage. I guess I just got a lucky one.
FATALiiTYz
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My friend got his i7 920 to 3.6ghz with ease and this aint no fantasized result... lol
Yeah we're talking about a Phenom I here not a $300 cpu...