I think I found a stable OC!!!

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  1. Posts : 344
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       #1

    I think I found a stable OC!!!


    I just got my Phemon II x2 3GHz@3.9GHz!!!

    Here's what I got running for speeds atm... =) I bothered to see if I can get this stable now...

    CPU:3.9
    RAM:1400Mhz@1.6v
    Chipset:2080Mhz@1.0v
    HT:1580

    Oh it makes me so happy! Oh I hope I can get this stable, that's an extra 900Mhz on each core, almost a 30% increase per core! Oh that's nice.
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  2. Posts : 28,845
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       #2

    mushroomboy said:
    I just got my Phemon II x2 3GHz@3.9GHz!!!

    Here's what I got running for speeds atm... =) I bothered to see if I can get this stable now...

    CPU:3.9
    RAM:1400Mhz@1.6v
    Chipset:2080Mhz@1.0v
    HT:1580

    Oh it makes me so happy! Oh I hope I can get this stable, that's an extra 900Mhz on each core, almost a 30% increase per core! Oh that's nice.
    Hey MRB

    What flavor of BSOD did you want again? <g>

    btw you could tell us your system specs now and save the post bsod rush


    Seriously

    32bit or 64, what video, ram etc.

    thanks and good luck
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  3. Posts : 344
    Windows 7, Linux
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Phenom II x2 3@3750Mhz
    Crucial 1G 1600 (though getting another stick soon)
    Nvidia Geforece 8800GT
    Segate 160G
    ASRock M3A770DE Motherboard

    I have to underclock the ram though as I didn't get the higher speeds, which I should have and just clocked them to 1700. =( I wasn't thinking at the time though, how lame. Also on a side note, I had to drop it down to 3750 as I don't have my coppter heatsink on atm and temps are causing BSOD's. ARRRRRG. I hate having to figure out all these numbers and what voltages should work ect... lol But I do like getting 3750 per core, It's at least 25% increase =) and the ram doesn't have to be messed with! lolz. It's at 1666 atm now.

    [edit] For future notice, that motherboard does allow core unlocking, so if anyone wants to upgrade I'd recomend it as you can get a phenom II and at least try to unlock the cores, I had all cores unlocked but I'm guessing I have bad L2 caches as the disabled cores lock up under load. =( But it's a gamble, and at least you get the possibility to upgrade to x4 later!
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  4. Posts : 137
    Vista (Hate Win 7)
       #4

    Q9650 @ 4.5ghz = 50% oc.
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  5. Posts : 344
    Windows 7, Linux
    Thread Starter
       #5

    daaam NICE
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  6. Posts : 12,364
    8 Pro x64
       #6

    mushroomboy said:
    ARRRRRG. I hate having to figure out all these numbers and what voltages should work ect... lol
    Welcome to the world of overclocking

    Just when you think it's stable... BSoD
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  7. Posts : 344
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    Thread Starter
       #7

    smarteyeball said:
    mushroomboy said:
    ARRRRRG. I hate having to figure out all these numbers and what voltages should work ect... lol
    Welcome to the world of overclocking

    Just when you think it's stable...
    I know, I've done it over and over again lolz. It almost borders insanity.
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  8. Posts : 12,364
    8 Pro x64
       #8

    mushroomboy said:
    smarteyeball said:
    mushroomboy said:
    ARRRRRG. I hate having to figure out all these numbers and what voltages should work ect... lol
    Welcome to the world of overclocking

    Just when you think it's stable...
    I know, I've done it over and over again lolz. It almost borders insanity.
    lol, I did reach insanity.

    My machine has been overclocked to varying limits for a year. It's passed 24hrs P95 /24hrs memtest/ 30-50 passes of IBT etc several times yet I still had varying degrees of BSoD instances.

    A few days ago I had one BSoD too many, finally snapped and went right back to stock clocks.

    The thought of starting it all over again just leaves me cold at the moment
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  9. Posts : 137
    Vista (Hate Win 7)
       #9

    30-50 passes of IBT is too much, you will shorten the CPU's life.

    There is no need to run that many passes, 5 is the REC so say 10-15.

    You seem to have tested it in all types bar 3D, I have seen PC's passes all Prime/IBT etc and fail in a Games or 3D Mark, same goes vice versa.
    Last edited by helmutcheese; 30 Nov 2009 at 10:28. Reason: Typo's
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  10. Posts : 12,364
    8 Pro x64
       #10

    helmutcheese said:
    30-50 passes of IBT is too much, you will shorten the CPU's life.

    There is no need to run that many passes, 5 is the REQ so say 10-15.
    Yeah, I only did that many runs once or twice when I was frustrated. I ended up ditching it altogether because it was too harsh with no guarantee of stability anyway.

    You seem to have tested it in all types bar 3D, I have seen PC's passes all prime etc and fail in a game or 3D Mark, same goes vice versa.
    lol, that's where I 'truly tested' the OC's and got the vast majority of Blue Screens.

    Some games worked without a hitch, others failed sporadically and some just crashed and burned straight away. The crash dumps were never conclusive.

    I was literally tearing my hear out trying to work out whether it was hardware or a dodgy driver that followed me through different builds/OS'es.

    I'm still not 100% sure, although I'm leaning towards h/ware. I probably pushed something too far for too long
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