Phenom II IMC & Ram Overclocking Guide

[Slappa]

Hey guys,

I'm new to this forum, however I'm pretty spread out on a number of other forums.

I'd like to share with you guys my Phenom II IMC & Ram Overclocking Guide. I have written this guide to cater to all Phenom II users wishing to overclock their ram properly. I have consolidated much common knowledge around the web and wrote a few of my own tips in. enjoy

Phenom II IMC & Ram Overclocking Guide « Slappa's Blog

Thanks for looking!

[LarkStarr]

well sir, Welcome to our crazy corner of the web, and thanks for the link! I'll take a look into it for sure.

[Slappa]

Originally Posted by LarkStarr

well sir, Welcome to our crazy corner of the web, and thanks for the link! I'll take a look into it for sure.

Heh, I realized that I'm from Calgary and I still hadn't been on a Canadian hardware forum until now.

Thanks for looking dude!

[DkRk]

That's a very well-written and easy to understand guide! Great for both beginners and novices. I've got it bookmarked for when I aim to beef up my 955 some more in the near future.

[Slappa]

Originally Posted by DokkRokken

That's a very well-written and easy to understand guide! Great for both beginners and novices. I've got it bookmarked for when I aim to beef up my 955 some more in the near future.

Thanks dude! Everyone loved my original AM3 Overclocking guide so I decided to move onto the ram and IMC aspects. Thanks for checking it out!

[_dangtx_]

looking good. so basically upping nb speed gives you a nice boost in performance right? :) lets look at some numbers vs stock nb.

[Slappa]

Originally Posted by _dangtx_

looking good. so basically upping nb speed gives you a nice boost in performance right? :) lets look at some numbers vs stock nb.

Yep. A lot of i7 vs Phenom II benchmarks are done with everything at stock. Phenom II really kicks up against i7 combined with a nice NB overclock paired with speedy ram.

[MARSTG]

I prefer to keep my Phenom at lower multiplier but increased FSB, this puts the ram at work too. I haven't really tested my new OCZ Reaper kit but given the thing has CL3 I guess should work fine at 1066. I guess there aren't too many Phenoms II out there still on DDR2?

[upcoast604]

Still on DDR2 here.

[Supergrover]

Originally Posted by MARSTG

I prefer to keep my Phenom at lower multiplier but increased FSB, this puts the ram at work too. I haven't really tested my new OCZ Reaper kit but given the thing has CL3 I guess should work fine at 1066. I guess there aren't too many Phenoms II out there still on DDR2?

TBH I dont know why ppl only multi clock, I mean I can see it if you have a shitty board and ram but if you have even a half decent board and ram then why not? Sure it takes a little more time and effort finding the max values of motherboard, ram and making those numbers work with the max cpu clocks but for me that is overclocking.
Then again I am getting long in the tooht overclocking and that is how we used to have to do things before unlocked multi's .

And yes my 720 PII is still using ddr2 but it will be getting a retirement to the HTPC here in the next couple of weeks.