Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe Overclocking w/ Opteron 144

[ramuman]

Guys I have a Venice 3200+ that I haven't really overclocked yet as I intend to get a Opteron 144 once they are readily available. I was messing around just to get ready for it and I dropped the multiplier on my Venice to keep it near stock speeds, dropped memory and HT multipliers and locked the PCI-E and PCI buses and I went to town on the HT frequency.

I was able to get at least 340 on it from 200 stock before I stopped going higher. Now if at least 340 is stable with the Venice in spec, then the mobo should be able to get around that when I overclock the Opteron right?

Reason I ask is, a lot of the early reviews pointed out this wasn't a very overclocking friendly board. Of course VCore is limited to 1.55 and many of the DFI's features are missing - but 340+ on the HT bus basically means I can overclock any chip to its max (at 1.55V or less) right given I keep the RAM near stock and the PCI-E and PCI busses locked?

This will affect my decision on if I should get the 144 with the 9x and go for 2.8 or pay more for the 10x of the 146.

Thanks all!

 

[Doctorweir]

Umm...what mod do you intend to use to make the 940-pin Opteron fit into the socket 939 of the A8N-SLI? 😕
EDIT: Nevermind...just saw this one is indeed 939 😉
Btw, my A8N SLI puts out 1.6v with the 1.55v setting...so at least a little more juice...

 

[ramuman]

Yup, I was looking at the Venus 939 Opterons. I could have a FX-55 realistically at 2.6 😀. About the voltage thing, you're right, mine reports a bit higher than the set value - but I also don't know how much to trust it since the mobo reports all other voltages incorrectly compared to my multimeter.

Anyways, I just want to make sure I won't be bound by my motherboard on the 9x 144 overclock 🙂