Should I get an aftermarket cooler

[TraumaRN]

So got my new X2 running and after playing with it for a few hours I've managed to get it relatively stable at 2.55Ghz with 1.50 on vcore with only the stock HSF(which is that POS small aluminum one not the nice heatpiped one.) So it's just a simple question of would an aftermarket cooler benefit me? Or even just picking up the heatpiped opteron HSF from e-bay? I ask because I can post this baby up to 2.875Ghz but not windows boot up, i can boot to windows all the way up to 2.65-2.7 but it'll freeze after a few minutes.

Will an aftermarket get me anywhere in 2.6ish or am I just being greedy? I mean I'm not complaining with 2.55, I mean the volts are a little high but my temps are great.

idling at 39C and loading to 46C......sooooo thoughts/commment?

Alright UPDATE: Changed ratio to 10X seems to help, booted easily at 1.42 250X10

Ram is running clean at DDR 416 2.5/3/2/7 Everything seems stable initally with 3Dmark, super pi etc. Gonna shoot for 260X10 which is honestly all I want. I'm happy as a lark with 2.6, especially with the stock HSF. Will update more later.

UPDATE 2: For whatever reason this chip wont go beyond 2.55 Ghz. Oh well it's only the stock cooler and the stock thermal gunk. Idling now at 36C at 1.475V @2.55. Is stable at 2.65 with 1.55 volts but i'm not gonna push my luck that hard for another 100 mhz. Perhaps if I get a different cooler.

Anyways prime and SPI stable.

3DMark03 17,588
3DMark05-8,402
3DMark06-4,661

 

[996GT2]

Idling at 39C and loading at 46C is pretty good for a dual core on 1.5V. If you get a good aftermarket cooler you may be able to push to 2.6 Ghz with a bit more VCore but I doubt you'll get any kind of MAJOR overclock out of it.

Btw try 2 instances of Prime95 at 2.55 GHz and see if you can get 12+ hours with no crashes. Then do SuperPi 1.4/1.5 MOD 32M and see if it passes. If you can pass those two, your computer can be considered pretty stable.

 

[avi85]

I don't mean to derail the thread, but just wondering how high you got the 4200+ at stock voltage

 

[TraumaRN]

Originally posted by: avi85
I don't mean to derail the thread, but just wondering how high you got the 4200+ at stock voltage

Stock Volt which was 1.375 I got her stable up to 2.42(220x11) after that was instability. Kinda sucks too that it took 1.5 to get me 2.55. Although I rebooted at 1.475 and it seemed OK so I might be able to back it down a smidge. Overall I'm satisfied with what I got. Nearly an FX-60 ya know.

EDIT: And CPU is LDBFE 0613 TPAW, BH-E4

Originally posted by: 996GT2
Idling at 39C and loading at 46C is pretty good for a dual core on 1.5V. If you get a good aftermarket cooler you may be able to push to 2.6 Ghz with a bit more VCore but I doubt you'll get any kind of MAJOR overclock out of it.

Btw try 2 instances of Prime95 at 2.55 GHz and see if you can get 12+ hours with no crashes. Then do SuperPi 1.4/1.5 MOD 32M and see if it passes. If you can pass those two, your computer can be considered pretty stable.

Well it's passed 3DMark 03,05, 06 CPU tests without crashing/freezing. It passed SuperPi 32M just fine......I havent Primed it yet but it was stable after 4 hours of oblivion with the ambient room temp at 28C, CPU maxed out at 48C with that. Seems stable so far. I may or may not run Prime because everything else has checked out at this point.

 

[inveterate]

i thought 4200s go to 2.7 easy.. hmm.. idk much bout ur mobo, but use a lower multipliar and up the fsb. didn't know beyond 1.45 volts was safe for dual core. You learn something everyday.

 

[BlueWeasel]

My 4200+ will arrive tomorrow from ZZF. I'd definately switch to the 10x multiplier and see if that helps.

What is the stock voltage for the X2 4200+? AMD lists it as 1.30v 1.35v (exactly like that). Is it 1.35v?

 

[TraumaRN]

Updated bump

 

[TraumaRN]

Another update bump....