OC Temps & Voltage for Opty Rig

[computergeek22]

I have an Opteron 165 w/ A8r32 mobo. I've overclocked my processor to 2700mhz at 1.44-1.46 volts at temperature around 57C at load(prime95) and about 44C at idle. Are these safe temps/safe volts for this opty to last me for a while? Please note that temps are taken from the motherboard and my old temp monitor measured 3-4C less than this mobo usually.

 

[1Dark1Sharigan1]

Those temps are fine. 57c and 1.46v is well within the safe threshhold. What HSF are you using? Stock or aftermarket?

 

[computergeek22]

Prime95 testing right now. Prime95 fails everytime i hit 56-57C with 2700mhz. Bumped it down to 2600mhz at 1.42-1.44v - average 56-57C with Prime95 testing. I am using a Scythe Ninja Heatsink with 1 120mm nexus mounted on it. One Nexus exhaust and an antec tricool on top set @ low. All of this in a p180 and it would be very quiet if it weren't for that ****** 7900 gt cooler which I'm going to replace soon. Thanks for all the help, btw!

 

[computergeek22]

Also a quick thing I forgot to mention. I've not given AS5 time to set in yet according to the 200hours setting time on the AS5 website. Only been 3-4 days with the rig up and i've run prime on it maybe 20-25 hours total. Do you think that temps will go down further upon the AS5 setting in?

 

[Doctorweir]

57 seems to be a critical Temp...when I reached that in the past, my core 0 also failed soon. Currently with another water block I can stay below, so I keep the 2700 😀
However my idle is ~34C...but that may be due to water and RMClock...

 

[computergeek22]

It's weird, though, doctorweir, both cores right now are able to run at 57C with 1.41v at 2600mhz but not at 2700mhz as before. Granted, I did lower the voltage a bit to 1.42 from 1.44-1.46. Currently testing prime95, one hour has passed so I guess I'll just leave it on 2morrow and see if this o/c lasts.

The benefit of water is you can run it silent as well as cool while on air you have to give or take. Hey if this o/c is prime95 stable then I have an fx60 so I'm not complaining!

EDIT* I stand corrected my idle is not 44C(I think I measured right after prime). It's more like 38-40C.

I also noticed something weird but concerning. Under idle my vcore goes up to 1.46 while under load (i.e. Prime95) it goes DOWN to 1.42.

 

[computergeek22]

Okay this is an update:

60C load
40C idle

Opteron 165:
290 x 9 = 2610mhz @ 1.44-1.46v

G.Skill 2GB HZ:
This ram chokes at 260 even at 2.7v. I lowered the voltage and am running it on a 133 divider.

237MHZ or DDR474

3-4-4-8 @ 1T

Suggestions?