Athlon 64 Venice core series code YBBLE

[DidlySquat]

I just got a new Athlon 64 3000+ YBBLE 0524EPFW series Venice core. There is very little information I could find on overclocking the YBBLE series, most chips out there are either CBBLE or LBBLE. Does anyone know anything about this series, and is it a good overclocker ?


I'm going to try to overclock tomorrow and will be posting my results...stay tuned.

 

[n7]

Well, that's quite new. Week 24.

I doubt you'll find much on it, since almost no one has one...keep us posted

 

[DidlySquat]

Just started overclocking this CPU on my Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe, and so far I reached 280 mhz (HTT) x 9 = 2520 mhz and passing short runs of super-pi and prime-95. Voltage is still set to auto in BIOS and is showing 1.47 V according to cpu-z. Nvidia monitor shows 37C undel load (using Thermaltake Venus HSF). Memory (Corsair ValueSelect PC3200) is at a 2/3 divider and is running well below 200 mhz at 2.5-3-3-7. I know this ram can do at least 220 mhz at 2.5-3-3-7.

This looks much better than my previous winchester (selling it to a friend) which topped out at 266x9=2394 in the same system. And so far I haven't encountered any signs of approaching the max so there could be a lot more upside. Will give another update soon. Peace out.

 

[n7]

Keeping bumping it up

 

[angryswede]

i m just curious what is the difference between the processor stepping and the series number?

 

[Cheezeit]

thats pretty nice...

I have a lbble

 

[DidlySquat]

My glass ceiling is below 295x9=2655 mhz becuase it fails prime within a few minutes at this speed even with voltage at the max that A8N-SLI can give (1.55V). Now running longer tests at 290x9. Dissapointment for sure as I was hoping for at least 300x9=2700.

 

[n7]

Well, Asus is getting an increasingly bad rep lately when it comes to OCing.

DFI/MSI/Epox own the OCing arena right now.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Yeah, if you want higher voltage(unsafe IMO) the DFI is the way to go. Unfortunately most of these newer chips don't scale well with volts, I've seen many people switch to the DFI and give em 1.65-1.7 or more only to get another 20-30mhz

 

[DidlySquat]

Yeah ,you're right it doesn't help to bump up the voltage. I'm back down to 280x9=2520 for more tests, and I really can't seem to get 285x9 to be stable. Pretty disappointing.

 

[Xcobra]

dude, thats a 765 MHz over its stock speed. why is that disappointing?? thats pretty damn fast cpu right there

 

[DidlySquat]

I thought that the vast majority of venice core A64s overclock to at least 2500 mhz, and the good ones can get to 2750 or above. Mine is at the lowest end of that range. In fact even 2520 mhz is not yet verified to be prime stable. Also that's only 120 mhz higher then what my winchester could do, and that winchester wasn't a great one either. In fact, many winchesters can do better then this Venice. I think that's pathetic.

I'll be jumping off a bridge now....;-(

 

[DrZoidberg]

Don't jump off a bridge. My overclock is even worse. I recently bought a Venice 3200+.
Having trouble overclocking it. Tried 2.4Ghz and it sometimes wouldnt even boot up even when my RAM was set to DDR333 instead of DDR400 and Hypertransport was set to 4x instead of 5x. Currently set to 2.2ghz Prime95 and HL2 stable :frown: Then again i havent spent much time trying to overclock, probably can get 2.3ghz.

I blame my Asus motherboard, but then DFI motherboard in Australia is expensive $100 more than Asus so I could have spent $100 more on CPU and get 3500+ and easily 2.4ghz.

 

[DidlySquat]

I use 3x hypertransport and RAM at DDR266 setting so I know these are not what's blocking the CPU. I believe if HTT is >1000mhz it could cause instability


btw, I have a regular evga 6600GT, and overclocking it to 580/1160 no pronlems.

 

[Duvie]

What is the power supply?? temps??

 

[DidlySquat]

Temps are lower 40's, power supply is Antec TruePower 380W. I think that should be enough for a system with a single 6600GT, single HD, single DVD drive, 1 GB memory. Here are the complete specs:

CPU: Athlon 64 3000+ Venice core series YBBLE 0524EPFW @9x280=2520 mhz 1.5V 32C/45C (idle/load)
Motherboard: ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe
HSF: Thermaltake Venus A1838
Memory: 2x512MB=1GB Corsair ValueSelect PC3200 2.5-3-3-7 @2x180 mhz = DDR360 (2/3 divider)
Video: eVGA 6600GT 580/1160 mhz (core/mem)
Storage: 250GB Maxtor DiamondMax 9 7200 rpm PATA
Optical: NEC DVD-RW
Case: Antec Sonata w/380W TruePower PSU

 

[monster64]

I have a a8n-sli too. What bios you using? 1008 can give 1.65 volts, if that PSU can manage.

 

[Bona Fide]

Oh true^^^^

Make sure you have the latest BIOS, as they will have new support for Rev. E (Venice) processors.

 

[formulav8]

It seems to me that, the first letter being a high letter in the alphabet that it marks a cpu to be used on the lower speed cpu's. 'C' seems to be what you would want, 'L' seems to be for the lower speed core too. A 2600+ Sempron I bought was a 'L' stepping.

At least, that seems to be what AMD did with the Socket 'A' cpu's. 'AIUGB', and 'AIUHB' steppings was better than 'JIUCB' steppings. You never saw a higher clocked Socket A cpu's with a 'J' stepping, only the 'A'. The 1700+ and such speed cpu's used 'J' steppings for the cores.

Of course different processes and such will change the stepping letter. So, the letters should be based on the cpu's using the same process.

I think that the first letter being high is a indication of it failing at the high end sector and that marks them to be used in the lower speed cpu's.

But of course, I don't have any 'Concrete' evidence to back up my claim. Just the experience I have had. So in other words, you can take it with a grain of salt


Jason

 

[monster64]

Actually L>C>seems to be Y