OC Help: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T (Thuban)

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Evanonian

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Hi everyone!

I just bought a Gigabyte GTX 760 and it should be here later today, I've been hearing decent things about my CPU not being too much of an issue.

I was also told overclocking it from 3.6 to 3.8 - 4 GHz wouldn't be very hard with a Evo 212 cooler. Furthermore, I was told that I should see a significant improvement in frames at 4Ghz.

Does all this sound reasonable and would over clocking this CPU risk any permanent damage?

I'm also using a MSI m5a97 Mainboard (No revision)

In advanced, thanks

P.S. - I'm also using a Corsair CX750 PSU
 
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Your CPU should not bottleneck your GPU, even at stock speeds (in most games, some games are extremely CPU limited, such as Guild Wars 2). On the other hand, an overclocked CPU can never really be worse than one at stock speeds (assuming you have a fully stable overclock), so I would recommend giving it a go if you like getting the most from your hardware. If you ONLY change the CPU multiplier, then there is absolutely no danger of permanent damage from overclocking. This will likely get you up around 3.8 GHz, or possibly higher if you are lucky. In order to reach 4 GHz, you will probably need to increase the voltage of your CPU a little. This is relatively safe as long as you do so only in small steps and monitor CPU temperatures...
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Evanonian

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http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A97/ I have this.
 
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Your CPU should not bottleneck your GPU, even at stock speeds (in most games, some games are extremely CPU limited, such as Guild Wars 2). On the other hand, an overclocked CPU can never really be worse than one at stock speeds (assuming you have a fully stable overclock), so I would recommend giving it a go if you like getting the most from your hardware. If you ONLY change the CPU multiplier, then there is absolutely no danger of permanent damage from overclocking. This will likely get you up around 3.8 GHz, or possibly higher if you are lucky. In order to reach 4 GHz, you will probably need to increase the voltage of your CPU a little. This is relatively safe as long as you do so only in small steps and monitor CPU temperatures closely (even if you don't monitor temps, no harm SHOULD come to your CPU, as it SHOULD shut itself down before reaching a dangerous temperature, but it never hurts to be extra safe). I recommend monitoring temps with Coretemp (although there are several good options) and testing for stability with Prime95 small FFT (if your overclock can survive 20 minutes or so on that at acceptable temps, it should be rock solid in any ordinary application). Good luck and have fun!
 
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hi its a 4+2 vrm design and it has some cooling on them so overclocking should not be a problem. just dont over do it. 3.8ghz is ok :)
Things like prima 95 etc give you a abnormal high cpu that could damage components. normal day use is fine ;)
 
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Novuake

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Source? :) Please.

I know the LE and Rev2 are 4+2. Was under the impression that was why they created a Rev2.

Although I still would not OC on 4+2 past the normal turbo boost unless the cooling is exceptional.
 
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yes you have to watch ur vrm temps but 3.8ghz should be ok.

4+2 look between the cooling fins :p
http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conrad.de%2Fmedias%2Fglobal%2Fce%2F8000_8999%2F8700%2F8730%2F8736%2F873685_BB_00_FB.EPS_1000.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conrad.de%2Fce%2Fde%2Fproduct%2F873685%2FMainboard-Asus-M5A97-Sockel-AMD-AM3&h=1000&w=1000&tbnid=QTkhslX64UnVOM%3A&zoom=1&docid=_1hQOSXW0Elb_M&ei=7ZSrVJnBA8n5Uo_Cg5AL&tbm=isch&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=873&page=1&start=0&ndsp=38&ved=0CCgQrQMwAg
 
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Evanonian

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Which is my VRM Temp on Speedfan?

 
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Evanonian

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Is the 3.7 turbo worth anything and how do I go about using it if it is.
 
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It happens automatically. There are differences between turbo and OC though:

- Turbo happens on a per core basis as needed
- Turbo will never allow your CPU to exceed it's thermal design power (in your case, 125w)

In games that utilise extra cores well you would feel more benefit from overclocking (battlefield games for example), but in games that are heavily single threaded you will feel it a lot less.
 
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im using Case : Cooler master 430 elite
Motherboard : Asus M5A99X Evo R2.0
Psu: corsair ax760i
Processor : amd phenom II x6 1100T@ 3.80ghz
Memory : Team Group Vulcan 2 x ddr3-2400 total 8GB
Cooler : Noctua NH-D14

and recommend the "Motherboard : Asus M5A99X Evo R2.0" as it has a stronger phase control 6+2
 
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