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Old May 17, 2011, 08:47 AM
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Attached are results from the (still running) prime 95 test.



Most of what I've found online peg 3.8Ghz as the usual upper limit on this chip

The way I set my OC was to Turn the CPU and RAM multipliers back and then up the "FSB" till the NB is running around 2600mHz and the HT is around 2100Mhz if I remember correctly. I've also attached a screenshot of the OC tab on everest rather than try to mention every detail of my settings.



All voltages (Aside from CPU) are manually set to what the board automatically chose before I started playing with settings.

This is the first PC I've ever overclocked and I'm wondering, did I get an un usually good chip or did I "cheat" somehow when I was setting up my OC? I'm liking the 4.0Ghz that's displayed on my coretemp gadget when I start up, but if I'll get better performace by dialing back the ghz and upping something else I'm all ears.
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Old May 17, 2011, 08:54 AM
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CPU voltage at 1.5V is quite high. Definitely not something I'd run 24/7.
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Old May 17, 2011, 08:56 AM
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Yeah I know I'm pushing it, but I'm not expecting it to last years and years, this board/cpu were purchased whith an upgrade to an X6 in mind, as soon as bulldozer knocks their prices down some more.
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Old May 17, 2011, 09:05 AM
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Well, then I don't think this chip is a golden chip or anything, I think it's more of most people don't go to 1.5V. Either way, if it's stable then that's all that matters.
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Old May 17, 2011, 09:15 AM
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You're probably right, I just wondered if I was seeing an artificially high clock due to the way I adjusted my multipliers.
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with decent cooling youll be fine. as long as you dont get spikes and the like :)

the norm for a be.
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Old May 17, 2011, 09:57 AM
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the norm for a be.
I doubt it matters much but this is not a black edition chip, just a standard athlon x3, unlocked.

Voltages are stable (if that's what you're referring to) and the 212+ had it sitting at 46 degrees after 3 hours of blended prime95 (currently 47 after almost 5 hours).

Thanks for the vote of confidence dangtx.

On a side note, I've been meaning to ask you about your handle, tx isn't an abreviation for transmitter is it?
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weird, i shouldve looked at the l3 cache. the title in cpuz got me haha

really,youll be fine. with decent cooling. ive been pumping 1.55v on some builds
with soso heatsinks for a while

nope,just me name, minus the underscores :) why?
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I'm an avid remote control airplane pilot, and tx is a common abreviation for the transmitters we use, after a crash it's not uncommon for guys to try to blame it on radio interference.......... in other words "that dang tx!"
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