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Well I just got myself AMD overdrive.

.... o by the way, I am a n00b at overklocking, so if I say something stupid or.. yeah you get the picture

...Amd overdrive, and started of by going to Advanced user. I then increased the multiplier from 12.5x to 13.0x so that I get a core speed of ~2400Mhz. Boom crash. So here is the question, does this mean I can't get the cpu over 2400Mhz? What about the reported 2.6-3.0 on stock cooling stuff that was reported? Was there something I did wrong? I know I should have increased in smaller steps.... patience.

Anyhow do I have to change something else to be able to get up to and over 2400?

I tried reading I guide, but they are all so specific. Overclock a P4.. overclock a A64..

Any tips?

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forgot to say I have a phenom Black edition

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add more voltage for higher clocks

Hey Arnagath,

It would be useful to know a little about the specs of your machine (mobo, ram, cooling solution etc) in order to better help. My immedeate thoughts are that you would be better to overclock through the bios menus rather than with overdrive, although I have read that this is quite a good tool.

Also as the Phenom is pretty new there isn't a great deal of specific info out there just yet, this article may be of some use http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=501.

Good luck with it m8.

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System specs:

Antec Case Performance One P182

Corsair HX Series Modular Power Supply 620W

Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe AMD 790FX 4DDR2-DIMM 2PCI 4PCIe SATA Raid Audio GB-LAN Firewire Socket AM2+ ATX
ASM3A32-MVPDLX

AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core 2.3GHz 4x1MB (L2+L3) 95W BLACK EDITION Boxed (with stock!!! cooler)

OCZ Reaper HPC 4x1024MB (tot. 2048MB) DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHz 3-4-4-15
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 500GB 7200rpm 16MB SATA2

BFG GeForce 8800GTS OC 675MHz GPU 512MB DDR3 TV-out HDTV DUAL DVI RETAIL PCI Express

Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit

thanks for the article I am reading up on it now.

Message edited by Arnagath on 01-18-2008 at 07:32:48 AM

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Currently, the Phenom isn't the greatest overclocker. However, 2.6Ghz should be doable.

I do not have any experience with AMD overdrive. I prefer to change the settings in the bios.

Increase the cpu multiplier to 13x and raise voltage slightly. Stress test using Prime95 for at least 6 hours.

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Ok cool i'll try that out.

How much is slightly? 0.05 volts?

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Arnagath wrote :

Ok cool i'll try that out.

How much is slightly? 0.05 volts?

It's as much as needed really... If it's unstable put some more volts into it.

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Alright, i'll give it a shot

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