ASrock board o/c well?

[song414]

Curious if it overclocks well. If you have it can you post your results? Also the limitations on it. I want to overclock my 165 to 2.5ghz minimum with ocz pc 4000 gold ram. Would this motherboard be able to do that with a artic 64 pro? Also what is the max voltage it can do?

 

[jonesthewine]

Mine will go to 235-240 FSB at 1.45 volts...it's quite stable there. It's not an enthusiast-level OCing board, but still performs well, and is one of the best values around. Click here http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=29&threadid=1637097&enterthread=y for the details.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: song414
Curious if it overclocks well. If you have it can you post your results? Also the limitations on it. I want to overclock my 165 to 2.5ghz minimum with ocz pc 4000 gold ram. Would this motherboard be able to do that with a artic 64 pro? Also what is the max voltage it can do?

Yes they do overclock well, just a few MHz shy of what a DFI board can do.

 

[Googer]

The opteron 165 runs at 1.8GHz. Pusing it to 2.5GHz is a bit extreme. Many AMD Chips max out 400MHz higher than stock speeds. There are a few "Golden Samples" that can hit 500-600MHz but they are the exception rather than the norm. I find it silly when people go out and spend an extra $500-1000 (on Water and Phasechange cooling) to overclock a budget opteron 165 to 2.5GHz when they could have saved money by buying the faster chip to begin with.


$350 Opteron 165
$900 Phanse Change CPU Cooler
------
1250 total cost.


An AMD FX60 Dual Core 2.6GHz is only $1,015 at this moment.

Add in the extra $100-150 higher price of a DFI or ASUS Deluxe ($200 retail or 150 More than a budget board) motherboard and you have spent more money and have less perfornamce than if you had bought a better CPU.

Even if you choose water cooling you will end up forking over $200-350+ that you could spend on a faster chip in the first place. It really is dumb.


Just like those ricers who spend 70k on a CIVIC that is not anywhere nears as nimble or as fast as a 50k Vette or 35k Ariel Atom.

The point is don't spend more than $35 trying to get this to perform like an FX 60 or 4800+. If you max out at 2.2GHz sit back and be happy about it. Dont waste money that you could have spend on a 4400+ or 4800+.

 

[song414]

Originally posted by: Googer
The opteron 165 runs at 1.8GHz. Pusing it to 2.5GHz is a bit extreme. Many AMD Chips max out 400MHz higher than stock speeds. There are a few "Golden Samples" that can hit 500-600MHz but they are the exception rather than the norm. I find it silly when people go out and spend an extra $500-1000 (on Water and Phasechange cooling) to overclock a budget opteron 165 to 2.5GHz when they could have saved money by buying the faster chip to begin with.


$350 Opteron 165
$900 Phanse Change CPU Cooler
------
1250 total cost.


An AMD FX60 Dual Core 2.6GHz is only $1,015 at this moment.

Add in the extra $100-150 higher price of a DFI or ASUS Deluxe ($200 retail or 150 More than a budget board) motherboard and you have spent more money and have less perfornamce than if you had bought the cheaper chip.

Even if you choose water cooling you will end up forking over $200-350+ that you could spend on a faster chip in the first place. It really is dumb.

lol wasnt planning on getting watercooled. IF you look around there are tons of people hitting 2.5ghz-2.8ghz on air cooling with this chip.

I simply wanted to know if i would see a noticable performance drop in o/c speeds if i went with the asrock board.


How would this memory pair up with it?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227219

i thought asrock only supports up to 2.7v with memory how would this affect the memory since it operates at 2.8v

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: song414

Originally posted by: Googer
The opteron 165 runs at 1.8GHz. Pusing it to 2.5GHz is a bit extreme. Many AMD Chips max out 400MHz higher than stock speeds. There are a few "Golden Samples" that can hit 500-600MHz but they are the exception rather than the norm. I find it silly when people go out and spend an extra $500-1000 (on Water and Phasechange cooling) to overclock a budget opteron 165 to 2.5GHz when they could have saved money by buying the faster chip to begin with.


$350 Opteron 165
$900 Phanse Change CPU Cooler
------
1250 total cost.


An AMD FX60 Dual Core 2.6GHz is only $1,015 at this moment.

Add in the extra $100-150 higher price of a DFI or ASUS Deluxe ($200 retail or 150 More than a budget board) motherboard and you have spent more money and have less perfornamce than if you had bought the cheaper chip.

Even if you choose water cooling you will end up forking over $200-350+ that you could spend on a faster chip in the first place. It really is dumb.

Just like those ricers who spend 70k on a CIVIC that is not anywhere nears as nimble or as fast as a 50k Vette or 35k Ariel Atom.

The point is don't spend more than $35 trying to get this to perform like an FX 60 or 4800+. If you max out at 2.2GHz sit back and be happy about it. Dont waste money that you could have spend on a 4400+ or 4800+.

lol wasnt planning on getting watercooled. IF you look around there are tons of people hitting 2.5ghz-2.8ghz on air cooling with this chip.

I simply wanted to know if i would see a noticable performance drop in o/c speeds if i went with the asrock board.


How would this memory pair up with it?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227219

i thought asrock only supports up to 2.7v with memory how would this affect the memory since it operates at 2.8v

I believe you missed my point. Dont be a Ricer who spends 100k on a $5,000 used car.

Save your $70 buy this RAM* and use the $70 to buy a faster processor.


*The RAM in the link is usualy 99% identical to the more expensive stuff.

 

[Ike0069]

Opteron 146@2.70GHz on 1.425 volts.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Ike0069
Opteron 146@2.70GHz on 1.425 volts.

Single core CPU's will clock higher than Dual Cores.

 

[JasonE4]

Originally posted by: Googer
The opteron 165 runs at 1.8GHz. Pusing it to 2.5GHz is a bit extreme. Many AMD Chips max out 400MHz higher than stock speeds. There are a few "Golden Samples" that can hit 500-600MHz but they are the exception rather than the norm. I find it silly when people go out and spend an extra $500-1000 (on Water and Phasechange cooling) to overclock a budget opteron 165 to 2.5GHz when they could have saved money by buying the faster chip to begin with.


$350 Opteron 165
$900 Phanse Change CPU Cooler
------
1250 total cost.


An AMD FX60 Dual Core 2.6GHz is only $1,015 at this moment.

Add in the extra $100-150 higher price of a DFI or ASUS Deluxe ($200 retail or 150 More than a budget board) motherboard and you have spent more money and have less perfornamce than if you had bought a better CPU.

Even if you choose water cooling you will end up forking over $200-350+ that you could spend on a faster chip in the first place. It really is dumb.


Just like those ricers who spend 70k on a CIVIC that is not anywhere nears as nimble or as fast as a 50k Vette or 35k Ariel Atom.

The point is don't spend more than $35 trying to get this to perform like an FX 60 or 4800+. If you max out at 2.2GHz sit back and be happy about it. Dont waste money that you could have spend on a 4400+ or 4800+.

Actually the dual core Opteron 165s have regularly been hitting 2.5 and way above on air. It's almost a guarantee to hit 2.5 even on the stock heatsink.