amd x6 1100T unstable at 3.5 Ghz?

[soccerballtux]

But if majority of people are able to push it over 4 ghz, i should be able to atleast push it about 3.5

yeah, the odds are unlikely your CPU can't do it, it's probably something else going haywire.

 

[soccerballtux]

The max safe temp for that CPU is 62. If you are already hitting 60, you don't want to start messing with voltage until you get better cooling.

this is also a good point, but I'm personally OK with 70 since some of the dual core chips on same architecture design are 70.

 

[soccerballtux]

My 1045T (same CPU, different binning) didn't want to go much above 3.5Ghz. Silicon Lottery indeed!

how did you determine this? I am a master of overclocking and am skeptical you have problems that I couldn't solve.

 

[soccerballtux]

On this subject i have read phenom II's specially Thubans are really good OC'ers. And specially with Multiplier. I am gonna work with FSB as i had no success with setting NB speed and voltage and see what happens

NB overclocking is basically pointless. Leave the HyperTransport alone.

CPU-NB on the other hand, yes this is worthwhile. Start with just the core frequency though until you get that to the max, then turn off that OC and swap to the CPU-NB

you probably already know this and are referring to the CPU-NB/L3 cache.

definitely start with one variable at a time. That's the only way to narrow it down. If you add 3 variables, you don't know which change it was that causes instability.

Start with multiplier overclocking, IE keep the bus at 200mhz and just bump the multiplier.

To give you an idea, I needed either 1.44v or 1.4725v to hit 4ghz on my Ph2-965. I gave 1.3v IIRC to the CPU-NB to hit 2.6ghz.

You can use PhenomMSRTweaker to do overclocking in software very easily.
I didn't use that to do the CPU-NB overclcoking, I did that exclusively in the BIOS. But being able to change the cores inside windows made overclocking much easier.

 

[az09]

NB overclocking is basically pointless. Leave the HyperTransport alone.

CPU-NB on the other hand, yes this is worthwhile. Start with just the core frequency though until you get that to the max, then turn off that OC and swap to the CPU-NB

you probably already know this and are referring to the CPU-NB/L3 cache.

definitely start with one variable at a time. That's the only way to narrow it down. If you add 3 variables, you don't know which change it was that causes instability.

Start with multiplier overclocking, IE keep the bus at 200mhz and just bump the multiplier.

To give you an idea, I needed either 1.44v or 1.4725v to hit 4ghz on my Ph2-965. I gave 1.3v IIRC to the CPU-NB to hit 2.6ghz.

You can use PhenomMSRTweaker to do overclocking in software very easily.
I didn't use that to do the CPU-NB overclcoking, I did that exclusively in the BIOS. But being able to change the cores inside windows made overclocking much easier.

THanks man you were really help ful.

Couple questions.

1) I meant to say that i am overclocking CPU-NB not just NB.

and what you mean by this
"Start with just the core frequency though until you get that to the max, then turn off that OC and swap to the CPU-NB"
select CPU-NB frequency to my core frequency? which is 3.7 ghz? im confused also with the last part. what u mean by swap it

2)How much VOltage should i set to hit 3.7 ghz. i have tried hitting 3.7 ghz via voltage 1.3775 and CPU-NB to 2.4 ghz CPU n-b volt to 1.175v but IBT fails within 5 mins .

3) My Core voltage in CPU-z fluctuates under load (not so much, but fluctuates from 1.30 to 1.34 so forth)? :S anyone have any explanation to why is that happening?

I also have 4 sticks of RAM if that might be acaffecting my OC

and oh my temperature while trying to hit 3.7 ghz was still at 55C maximum

 

[fixbsod]

qft

I'd hesitate to label any chip as having a safe overclock range that "everybody else" gets.
typically people brag about their success, the failures go unnoticed.
Often people will just run a bench or two and the system isn't really ever stable.

 

[schmuckley]

I wouldn't run Prime95 on a Thuban...gets too hot.
Try Hyper-Pi 32m twice..
It's best if those are kept below 55c.
hmm..Nvidia chipset..board seems solid enough.

here's the right way to OC k10 :
http://www.overclock.net/t/777378/o...verclocking-guide-with-too-many-smileys/0_100

you do the multiplier last..that way you're just fiddling with vcore and multi...and everything else is already dialed in.

 

[az09]

Can some one tell me how do i overclock my RAM to see if that make my System stable at 3.7 Ghz.

Currently my RAM sticks are running at 5-5-5-18 1.8v 2 sticks and other 2's are 5-5-5-15 v 2.1 Same brands ( i think Mobo auto set to lowest one or somethimg?)

 

[Reynod]

Try booting with just two sticks to see if one pair at the existing setting are ok - just to see if one pair perform better at the existing settings.

Then relax the timings slightly on all when you put them back in to see if you can get all four to run ok.

Use the search function at the top of the forum area under memory and there should be plenty of similar topics you can glean some help from.

Good luck.