oc'ing x2 4400+

[Ignorantguy]

i want to maximize the potential of my proc. ive read oc101 and got the jist of it but i dont want to damage the cpu so if anyone has any experience with the x2 procs i would like your input on actually what to do. i have gigabyte K8NXP-SLI mobo which has EasyTune 5 should i use this or the bios to oc. what im concerned about is the voltage. im not sure what voltage to put it at when oced. i also have a watercooling unit...not sure if this means i can oc more or not.

 

[Archangel]

i wouldnt Oc the X2.. i tried, and its getting pretty hot then.
and,. a 4400+ x2 is really fast enough you wont notice a difference

 

[Ignorantguy]

you wont notice a difference

ive seen some ppl get 400-600m mhz increase with this proc

 

[Archangel]

yes.. but you wont notice a real performance increasment.
and you void your warranty if you do it

 

[Praetor]

ive read oc101 and got the jist of it but i dont want to damage the cpu so if anyone has any experience with the x2 procs i would like your input on actually what to do

Goto BIOS, start messing around ... say 10MHz core clock at a time... (i.e., pretty much what i said in the 101)

what im concerned about is the voltage. im not sure what voltage to put it at when oced

Well dont put any in until the machine starts destabilizing. When that happens, add one notch of vCore

i wouldnt Oc the X2.. i tried, and its getting pretty hot then.

It is? Im looking at a 3800 and 4800 which have burn temps of 46C on stock cooling (and thats even with the funky fan throttling)

yes.. but you wont notice a real performance increasment.

Uh.....

 

[Archangel]

you dont want to tell me that you really c a incrasment when gameing. when youve got a 4400+ or a 4800+ , because i didnt

and about hot,.. define hot. ofcourse i compare it to the meltdown temp.

 

[Praetor]

you dont want to tell me that you really c a incrasment when gameing. when youve got a 4400+ or a 4800+ , because i didnt

I dont recall saying anything about a gaming performance..... (and yes it is possible to notice ... try playing any DX8 class game or better while doing a single-thread rendering)

and about hot,.. define hot. ofcourse i compare it to the meltdown temp.

Well in that case you dont have to worry about heat at all (unless yer a complete moron or forget something) considering meltdown temp is 70-71.

 

[Archangel]

hmm... mine was getting 50 idle when i OC'd it.
but i didnt forget anything.

and now you say so.. indeed, nothing about gaming. sorry, my bad.

 

[Praetor]

hmm... mine was getting 50 idle when i OC'd it.
but i didnt forget anything.

Well there is definitively something wrong there:
1. What's your OPN?
2. Idle temps for me 3800, 4200 and 4800 were in the 28-34 range depending on both room temp and fanspeed ... Prime95 temp was 44-46C ... all of which are well below the killtemp (all done with stock cooler cuz i didnt get around to buying the aftermarket one yet)

and now you say so.. indeed, nothing about gaming. sorry, my bad.

No worries .. you are correct in that most people will never notice a performance difference in a game on a K8/K9 platform if they are running only the game as the main application ... which baffles me as to why people prefer to run high-model K8s as opposed to K9s

 

[Archangel]

what do you mean with OPN?

 

[Praetor]

OPN
Order Product Number, this is the funky code number written on processors that identify its make and model unqiuely. For AMD processors, you can read this right off the chip while for Intel chips, identification software is required to read this. While this kind of information isn't entirely useful to the majority of consumers out there,
- For those buying AMD chips, it helps to be able to verify that you are indeed getting the processor you want
- For overclockers and such you can hunt down information about your specific core etc