Can't get AMD 9650 past 2.6

[method320]

I have an AMD Phenom 9650 (Stock is 2.3) and I can't get it past 2.659GHz. Any configuration I try, if I get it to 2.7 it simply won't post. It's not a heat issue. The motherboard I have is an Asus M3N78-VM. I have 8 GB ddr2.

 

[method320]

Anyone?

 

[bdcrlsn]

The original Phenoms weren't good at overclocking. You simply may have hit the OC ceiling on your chip, where no amount of voltage or tweaking will get it any further.

 

[method320]

I've thought that too but I've seen others get higher frequencies, such as 2.8 and even 3.0

 

[jaspreetsinghbabbra]

your chip is a very bad chip ...... Amd first gen phenoms were very bad in performance as well as overclocking.....

Sell the bloody chip and buy the new phenom 2 processor...... And oc the hell out of it he he he.

Sry bt u hve to accept it.....

 

[method320]

It's actually not that bad of a processor...It runs great and pretty quick at 2.6. It's a quad, I don't need a beefy as *** processor. I'm not running 10 instances of crysis ffs.

 

[method320]

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