- Aug 24, 2016
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Hello, i have slight concern about my overclock on AMD Athlon II X4 620 (2.6 Ghz Stock) Overclocked to 3.00 Ghz using FSB. I have locked processor with maximum multiplier of 13, and stock FSB at 200 Mhz (i added 31 to a total od 231Mhz), Stock Voltage is 1.404 Vcore.
There is multiplier for the HT Link and i lowered it to 9x = 2080 Mhz but there is no multiplier for the NorthBridge, there is only a set speed, even when i set it at 1800 for example it still run's at 2300Mhz.
Now i have looked at other people's athlon's and saw that they have much lower voltage on this chip, and i tried undervolting it but seems my motherboard doesn't support that, i only have option to add voltage (Foxconn A88GMV AM3) , I have tested Prime 95 for 2 hours, and it is stable, also i have been using it for the past 2 week's without stability issue's while gaming and surfing, i am using tower cooler LC CC 120 (cpu temps never go past 40), and i have 1 fan directly on the vrm's and mosfets.
Now the question :
can you hurt mobo, or cpu, if it's stable at stock voltage overclock ?
i know that adding voltage especially on low end mobo without heatsink on vrm's can harm it, but at stock voltage, is there any downside for the mobo/cpu ?
Thank's in advance.
Regards,
Aleximus.
There is multiplier for the HT Link and i lowered it to 9x = 2080 Mhz but there is no multiplier for the NorthBridge, there is only a set speed, even when i set it at 1800 for example it still run's at 2300Mhz.
Now i have looked at other people's athlon's and saw that they have much lower voltage on this chip, and i tried undervolting it but seems my motherboard doesn't support that, i only have option to add voltage (Foxconn A88GMV AM3) , I have tested Prime 95 for 2 hours, and it is stable, also i have been using it for the past 2 week's without stability issue's while gaming and surfing, i am using tower cooler LC CC 120 (cpu temps never go past 40), and i have 1 fan directly on the vrm's and mosfets.
Now the question :
can you hurt mobo, or cpu, if it's stable at stock voltage overclock ?
i know that adding voltage especially on low end mobo without heatsink on vrm's can harm it, but at stock voltage, is there any downside for the mobo/cpu ?
Thank's in advance.
Regards,
Aleximus.
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