Overclocking on socket 940

[Liberator21]

I just scored two Opteron 265's on ebay for $64... I've heard of people, okay actually one specific person, oc'ing on a specific 940 mobo up to 2.7 or something. Anyhow, this will make a great, cheap, quadcore cruncher!

Anyone remember his name or have some info for me? Thank

 

[Mloot]

n/m

 

[Liberator21]

n/m what? I can almost remember this guys name...

 

[Idontcare]

PM Zebo, if anything he'll know exactly who to send you to.

 

[Liberator21]

Thanks will do

 

[heyheybooboo]

Your best OC shot with 2p Opty 265s would be the MSI KT8 Master2 FAR

The Gigabyte GA-7A8DRH v2 may get you a stable OC.

You need to research fully everything from form factor, power supplies, ram, cpu support, etc. if you are going to succeed. This is not a ""plug and pray"" project

You may be able to find an 'AGP pro' card which will work well with the MSI. I would also verify the stock HSF (heat pipes) clearance on the MSI

I've got a Tyan Tiger K8WE with a pair of Opty 275s that is one fine rig. I think it's the best mobo for your 265s but not really an OC powerhouse. It's not worth f'king up with a software OC - lol

 

[mooseracing]

I have a Tyan K8WE S2877, no single BIOS options so I used software. I'm running dual 270's at 2.31ghz, runs 24/7 stable as can be. Anything higher it will drop like a rock, mainly because the software is bumping HTT.

I haven't found a single board that has decent bios oc'ing to get that far.

 

[heyheybooboo]

Originally posted by: mooseracing
I have a Tyan K8WE S2877, no single BIOS options so I used software. I'm running dual 270's at 2.31ghz, runs 24/7 stable as can be. Anything higher it will drop like a rock, mainly because the software is bumping HTT.

I haven't found a single board that has decent bios oc'ing to get that far.

What software are you using ???

There was a thread a few weeks ago where someone claimed they got AMD Overdrivve to work on a s939 - can't remember which mobo. All I know is it wouldn't run on my MSI nf4

 

[Zap]

A friend of mine had an Asus board that IIRC had BIOS overclocking features. He built it originally around four years ago with a pair of single core Opterons, and later upgraded to dual dual-core. I think it used an Nvidia Nforce 4 Pro chipset and was the Asus K8N-DL board.

 

[Liberator21]

Great advice! I'm looking into all those boards at the moment...