AMD Phenom II X6 1055t overclocking: max voltage, speed, turbo

[rafarataneneces]

Hello. I bought the ASUS Crosshair IV Formula motherboard and the AMD Phenom II X6 1055t processor.

on Intel, I know the Core 2 Duo accepts 1.40v without damaging the processor. I think 1.40 is the absolute max voltage, I think I read that on Intel (although the recommended max is 1.3625)

what is the absolute max voltage for the 1055t

So far, I disabled Turbo, and I set the voltage to 1.475v. I placed the CPU speed to 3863 Mhz, which is pretty good.

I have the Corsair V80 CPU cooler, and I bought the Artic MX-3 thermal compound. Right now the temperature seems pretty good.

Right now the temperature is 30C, I read these processors report 10C lower than their real speed. who knows.

I appreciate any responses. Please don't tell me

"each CPU overclocks differently"
I already know that

I want to know the absolute top voltage, and any tips on overclocking this baby

UPDATED: Also, please check this picture:

At the moment, AMD overdrive and Everest have 2 different values.
What is the correct value of the voltage?

what is the maxium voltage?
Right now, I used 1.475v in the BIOS, and at 100C the max temperature is 55C

but when I use Acronis True Image home, and use maxium compression, the temperature reached 63C
Thank you very much

 

[Lmeow]

I'd assume the absolute max for the Phenom II X6 1055T is around 1.5V.

Download Prime 95, and check your temperatures. Make sure they are below 55°C.

 

[rafarataneneces]

Thanks

Right now I'm running at 1.475, the CPU speed is 3820 Mhz, which is +1Gz of overclocking

What is the temperature that I should run the processor?

I will take pictures tomorrow, this processor is insane, REALLY fast, I love it

 

[Lmeow]

Download Prime 95, run the program with all six cores and after 10 minutes, make sure the temperatures are below 55°C.

 

[rafarataneneces]

I encoded a video, all CPUs to 100%, and the max temperature is 55C

is that ok?
anyway, the computer seems stable at 4.0 Ghz right now

so I love it, I love overclocking!
I really need the extra speed for encoding videos

voltage now is 1.475

 

[Lmeow]

If the max temperature is 55°C, then it should be fine.

 

[rafarataneneces]

I was able to reach 4100 Mhz, but the max temperature is 59C while encoding a video on Premiere an dusing all 6 cores at 100%

I read the max temperature is 65c, so that's too close, I also had to use 1.5v,

with 4088 Mhz I was able to reach a steady 55C, so if you ask me, 4C extra for 12Mhz is absolutely not worth it

The final stable speed I was able to reach was 4088Mhz, I still need to test it in games, but at full load the computer remained stable. I also enabled Cool & Quiet technology, so hopefully the processor should stay cool when it's not at full load

 

[rafarataneneces]

Hello. I've been having fun overclocking my chip to 4.0Ghz
however, using Acronis True Image home, maximum compression, the CPU reached 63C

the process takes 18 minutes, I say the CPU was hot for 5-8 minutes

I do one of these backups once per month

my question is, will that break the CPU?

 

[rafarataneneces]

If the max temperature is 55°C, then it should be fine.

What happens if the speed goes up to 63c?

When I encode a video on Premier at 4.0Ghz, the temp goes up to 55C-56C, something like that

but on Acronis True Image home, when I compress a 70GB hard drive with maximum compression, the temperature goes up to 63C

I want to be clear about it, I use Acronis True Image home once a month, but still, am I doing something too risky?

I wouldn't run the CPU at 4Ghz if I would use this software every single day, but hey, I use it like once a month, so do you think it's OK to do that?

 

[rafarataneneces]

ok I did the experiment with Prime95

I reached around 80-85% CPU load, the temperature was around 48C
the highest it got was 52C

So I guess it's alright

Today I learned, not to run Acronis True Image Home with MAXIMUM compression.

It gives little advantage, it takes double the amount of time, and the temperature of the CPU raises around 7C-8C

I never thought I would end up using Acronis True Image home in order to test my overclocked CPU processor!!!

haha

 

[rafarataneneces]

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[Lmeow]

Sorry for not responding sooner.

If it' reaches 63°C for a few minutes, it's not very good for the CPU and if this is just done once a month then I wouldn't worry too much, the most you'd have to do is underclock it during the process and overclock it back up once you're done.