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Trying to push my little CPU just so it can be ready for my new 5770 for my ultimate gaming experience.

I want to get it to 3.6 but amd overdrive isnt letting me.

This is far as i can go.

I can push to 3.2 but when i do stability test it stops so i have to put it back to this.

Help!

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1637385

That processors stock is like 2.6 or .8 right?

How good is your cooling? 3.2 isn't bad at all

The stock is at 2.6

My cooling is exeptional. At stock cooling my tempatures go from 28-32. On max load can sometimes hit 40 but averages at 37-38

From: Squancy
The stock is at 2.6

My cooling is exeptional. At stock cooling my tempatures go from 28-32. On max load can sometimes hit 40 but averages at 37-38

Decent cooling, I'd stay at 3.2 if those are your temps

You have no idea why it stops you from going higher? Possibly just the heat…?

Usually 40C is a good temp when overclocked, I guarantee you won't have any lag problems on games running a quad core at 3.2ghz…(with a 5770) unless it's your internet

its not heat. My system crashes at 3.3 and at 3.2 its not very stable.

I dont know what it is as i have SEEN some people hit 3.3-3.5

Im thinking its the timings of my ram. But im not sure

From: Squancy
its not heat. My system crashes at 3.3 and at 3.2 its not very stable.

I dont know what it is as i have SEEN some people hit 3.3-3.5

Im thinking its the timings of my ram. But im not sure

Ah hmm…

Can your motherboard bus's handle it? If your heat output is low I would think it was motherboard problems over ram, no?


just because.. people over clock their cpu's out the roof without touching ram

just so you know software overclocking is not as good a manual bios overclocking.

if you know how to do bios overclocking try that, you should be able to get it higher like the ones you read about.:)

dont get me wrong software overclocking is good for inexperienced overclockers

From: Bobzilla69
just so you know software overclocking is not as good a manual bios overclocking.

if you know how to do bios overclocking try that, you should be able to get it higher like the ones you read about.:)

dont get me wrong software overclocking is good for inexperienced overclockers

Oh he's using software? Thought cpu-z just shows specs of your computer


yea I wouldn't ever do it through software

What should the temperature be?

From: Nava2
What should the temperature be?

My cpu at 3.4 is 40 under load, that's his temp at 2.6

I'm not using any fancy liquid cooler or anything either, and I see a lot of people posting about overclocking & their temps being even lower, so I don't think it should go up there to 50-60 that's like pre-built dell computer temp :D

From: grats
My cpu at 3.4 is 40 under load, that's his temp at 2.6

I'm not using any fancy liquid cooler or anything either, and I see a lot of people posting about overclocking & their temps being even lower, so I don't think it should go up there to 50-60 that's like pre-built dell computer temp :D

I'm at 3.8 and 42deg.

I think I'm fine :D

From: Nava2
I'm at 3.8 and 42deg.

I think I'm fine :D

Yeah exactly lol, you're running nice a cool

intel and amd processors today can handle even up to like 80-100C (depending on processor) but you don't want to do that.. ever … lol

How do you find out temp? :)

From: Dynamite
How do you find out temp? :)

CPUID hardware monitor

they also make CPU-Z which OP had posted

if your motherboard / cpu has sensors for everything you'll see a very detailed chart

Or you can just use Core temp.

Ill just leave it at 3.1 and see how it runs for a couple of weeks. then ill try giving some more juice.

http://hwbot.org/hardware/processor/phenom_x4_9950

what cooler do you have?

From: grats
Yeah exactly lol, you're running nice a cool

intel and amd processors today can handle even up to like 80-100C (depending on processor) but you don't want to do that.. ever … lol

No, not even close. Unless by processors you mean GPU's.

80C is high enough that most motherboards would automatically shut down.

From: grats
Yeah exactly lol, you're running nice a cool

intel and amd processors today can handle even up to like 80-100C (depending on processor) but you don't want to do that.. ever … lol

Most AMD chips cant go over 60c for too long..

Do you use fan cooler ? and if so how much rpm does it get up to?, my cpu is on 3ghz and when i run it on max it gets to 66 celsius each core, so im wondering of if its worth overclocking at all , or if it woud underclock when it gets to 75 or something like that.

From: tom99
Do you use fan cooler ? and if so how much rpm does it get up to?, my cpu is on 3ghz and when i run it on max it gets to 66 celsius each core, so im wondering of if its worth overclocking at all , or if it woud underclock when it gets to 75 or something like that.

Is that 66C idle or at load?

Idle, you may want to clean out any dust or buy a better case/heatsink. If it's at load that sounds better, it's still a little high though. Mid 50s is a good amount to aim for at load imo. Anything more and I don't overclock further.

But it also depends a lot on the CPU, you can literally boil water off a P4 but if any modern CPU's got that hot they'd probably die.

My cpu is an athlon x4 it used to idle at 32C but now its in the 47s, and mid 50s under load.

From: fyodor
http://hwbot.org/hardware/processor/phenom_x4_9950

what cooler do you have?

I use a hyper 212+

Idles my baby at 28-30 degrees.

Right now its at 37 idle at 3.1 ghz

From: Capricorn
No, not even close. Unless by processors you mean GPU's.

80C is high enough that most motherboards would automatically shut down.

How high they can go without destroying themselves is different than high how till the motherboard shuts down

a big majority of the factory bought computers from dell idle at like 65C


but yea, amd can't get nearly as hot as intel

Here is a screenie for you guys can look at Full load.

Im only using AMD overdrive to show that its full load and the temps as well as you can see in the left hand corner the temps and the clock speed. Will be pushing to 3.3 soon.


Click on image to make it bigger

From: Squancy
Here is a screenie for you guys can look at Full load.

Im only using AMD overdrive to show that its full load and the temps as well as you can see in the left hand corner the temps and the clock speed. Will be pushing to 3.3 soon.


Click on image to make it bigger

use prime95 to stress your cpu and overclock your cpu through bios. I do like amd overdrive for monitoring it though.

Im doing everything manually. :)

I just like that it shows me everythign on one screen.

Btw i have a question. If i increase the voltage on my board what are the cons of doing this?

Possible capacitors blowing up?

EDIT: ROFL i beat some up to date CPU's on this list. This CPU is pretty FAST!

[Fri Feb 04 21:44:11 2011]
Compare your results to other computers at [url]http://www.mersenne.org/report_benchmarks[/url]
AMD Phenom(tm) 9950 Quad-Core Processor
CPU speed: 3100.87 MHz, 4 cores
CPU features: RDTSC, CMOV, Prefetch, 3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2
L1 cache size: 64 KB
L2 cache size: 512 KB, L3 cache size: 2 MB
L1 cache line size: 64 bytes
L2 cache line size: 64 bytes
L1 TLBS: 48
L2 TLBS: 512
Prime95 32-bit version 25.11, RdtscTiming=1
Best time for 768K FFT length: 14.844 ms.
Best time for 896K FFT length: 17.930 ms.
Best time for 1024K FFT length: 20.138 ms.
Best time for 1280K FFT length: 25.573 ms.
Best time for 1536K FFT length: 30.372 ms.
Best time for 1792K FFT length: 36.919 ms.
Best time for 2048K FFT length: 41.619 ms.
Best time for 2560K FFT length: 54.571 ms.
Best time for 3072K FFT length: 65.634 ms.
Best time for 3584K FFT length: 80.335 ms.
Best time for 4096K FFT length: 90.693 ms.
Best time for 5120K FFT length: 119.274 ms.
Best time for 6144K FFT length: 148.821 ms.
Best time for 7168K FFT length: 183.080 ms.
Best time for 8192K FFT length: 208.164 ms.
Timing FFTs using 2 threads.
Best time for 768K FFT length: 11.578 ms.
Best time for 896K FFT length: 13.811 ms.
Best time for 1024K FFT length: 15.669 ms.
Best time for 1280K FFT length: 21.891 ms.
Best time for 1536K FFT length: 25.614 ms.
Best time for 1792K FFT length: 29.977 ms.
Best time for 2048K FFT length: 34.331 ms.
Best time for 2560K FFT length: 45.704 ms.
Best time for 3072K FFT length: 54.599 ms.
Best time for 3584K FFT length: 65.237 ms.
Best time for 4096K FFT length: 73.200 ms.
Best time for 5120K FFT length: 69.538 ms.
Best time for 6144K FFT length: 83.813 ms.
Best time for 7168K FFT length: 102.014 ms.
Best time for 8192K FFT length: 114.032 ms.
Timing FFTs using 3 threads.
Best time for 768K FFT length: 10.440 ms.
Best time for 896K FFT length: 11.895 ms.
Best time for 1024K FFT length: 13.262 ms.
Best time for 1280K FFT length: 21.645 ms.
Best time for 1536K FFT length: 24.928 ms.
Best time for 1792K FFT length: 28.265 ms.
Best time for 2048K FFT length: 31.953 ms.
Best time for 2560K FFT length: 44.051 ms.
Best time for 3072K FFT length: 51.218 ms.
Best time for 3584K FFT length: 59.075 ms.
Best time for 4096K FFT length: 66.054 ms.
Best time for 5120K FFT length: 50.026 ms.
Best time for 6144K FFT length: 60.357 ms.
Best time for 7168K FFT length: 72.362 ms.
Best time for 8192K FFT length: 82.406 ms.
Timing FFTs using 4 threads.
Best time for 768K FFT length: 10.008 ms.
Best time for 896K FFT length: 11.378 ms.
Best time for 1024K FFT length: 12.537 ms.
Best time for 1280K FFT length: 20.675 ms.
Best time for 1536K FFT length: 23.749 ms.
Best time for 1792K FFT length: 26.664 ms.
Best time for 2048K FFT length: 30.077 ms.
Best time for 2560K FFT length: 41.909 ms.
Best time for 3072K FFT length: 48.696 ms.
Best time for 3584K FFT length: 56.799 ms.
Best time for 4096K FFT length: 62.278 ms.
Best time for 5120K FFT length: 43.552 ms.
Best time for 6144K FFT length: 50.737 ms.
Best time for 7168K FFT length: 61.806 ms.
Best time for 8192K FFT length: 71.482 ms.
Best time for 58 bit trial factors: 3.767 ms.
Best time for 59 bit trial factors: 3.751 ms.
Best time for 60 bit trial factors: 3.763 ms.
Best time for 61 bit trial factors: 3.748 ms.
Best time for 62 bit trial factors: 3.766 ms.
Best time for 63 bit trial factors: 7.000 ms.
Best time for 64 bit trial factors: 7.009 ms.
Best time for 65 bit trial factors: 6.892 ms.
Best time for 66 bit trial factors: 6.835 ms.
Best time for 67 bit trial factors: 6.834 ms.

I hit 3.4ghz on this baby :)

@ 1.44 volts and a multiplier of x17

here is my validation

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1637992

EDIT: also sitting at 41-43 idle.
Will see how it does 100% I will post screenies after someone comments as i dont want to Tri post :P

So please someone comment below. lol

From: Squancy
I hit 3.4ghz on this baby :)

@ 1.44 volts and a multiplier of x17

here is my validation

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1637992

EDIT: also sitting at 41-43 idle.
Will see how it does 100% I will post screenies after someone comments as i dont want to Tri post :P

So please someone comment below. lol

kkk :)

My garbage laptop is running at like 43-48 degrees right now :)

From: Capricorn
Is that 66C idle or at load?

Idle, you may want to clean out any dust or buy a better case/heatsink. If it's at load that sounds better, it's still a little high though. Mid 50s is a good amount to aim for at load imo. Anything more and I don't overclock further.

But it also depends a lot on the CPU, you can literally boil water off a P4 but if any modern CPU's got that hot they'd probably die.

That is at 100% , cpu fan runs on 2008rpm.

Okay, so it seems that 3.4gz overclock is not stable at all. I ran AMD Overdrive stress tester and it immediately crashed.

Im now went all the way back down to 3.0 ghz as for some reason 3.1 didnt want to work at 1.26 volts?

I had to notch it all the way up to 1.4v and even then it still wansnt stable

Im very confused because you can see that in my previous post when i was at 3.1 ghz i was able to keep the voltage at 1.26.

3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 all wanted me to go higher than 1.4v and thats something i did not feel comfortable with.

Ive left my computer on all night running prime stress and it is very stable and very coool.

Right now at 100% we are looking at 43 degrees. Amazing.

and at 0% we go down all the way to 32 degrees.

Very nice and very cool.

OH and 3.0 i have the voltages at 1.296.at 15x.0 multi

Let me validate this.

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1638966

you should get some hwbot points and join a team :>

i had my comp running at 4 ghz but once i started running simba for more than 2-3 days it ran into errors :< so now i either stop autoing for a few days to figure out a good solution, or i keep autoing and have mine at stock until i stop getting lazy.

e:

im running i7 870, some ripjaws, 5770 etc.