Bulldozer overclock

[ch33r]

Hello there, I am new to overclocking. I hope you can help me. Im planning to build my next PC in early 2012 with a bulldozer CPU. That FX-8170 looks like its a 3.9 with a turbo 4.5 Does that mean you can turbo to 4.5 with the stock fan?? I assume not which leads me to my next question. What is the best quality liquid cooling system for overclocking. My budget on a liquid cooler is 300. What liquid cooling system will allow me to turbo to 4.5, have all 8 cores on full load at 4.5, stable at no more than 60 celcius, 50 prefered. Also, whats the best liquid cooling system to get up to 5 GHz if I can even go that high. I want to be able to push to at least 4.5 preferably 5 and STABLE. What would you recommend for a high quality strong liquid cooling system, and also, whats the best coolant liquid to use with that.

 

[dogman_1234]

Hello Ch33r,

Currently, there is not that much info on Bulldozer. I would like to create a guide for you and the rest of the community, but sadly, there is still much to learn about BD.

Cheers.

Dogman.

 

[brentkhack]

Yea im sure the WC companies are still doing R&D right now to see what products they will offer. So u will have to wait till then. Plus wait closer to your build date to figure it out. Todays best is tomorrows loser.

 

[ch33r]

hmmmm ok. But arent liquid cooling systems universal for the most part?? or will there be a bulldozer specific cooling system??

 

[squareenixx]

Well I am upgrading my liquid cooler to get my phenom 965 to 4.5GHZ so I won't need bulldozer until 2013 I suspect and it will be cheaper then also.


AMD have been doing well with high clocks with Zambezi and I think in turbo mode the 4.5ghz is probable.



With the new instruction sets pcsx2 will run at superspeed now.

 

[rubix_1011]

hmmmm ok. But arent liquid cooling systems universal for the most part?? or will there be a bulldozer specific cooling system??

Watercooling is watercooling...blocks fit most chips...you just have to find the appropriate bracket/mounting hardware for your chip/socket.

 

[cheney]

Hello there, I am new to overclocking. I hope you can help me. Im planning to build my next PC in early 2012 with a bulldozer CPU. That FX-8170 looks like its a 3.9 with a turbo 4.5 Does that mean you can turbo to 4.5 with the stock fan?? ...

As of early Sept 2011, nobody knows how Bulldozer will turbo or overclock. There are heavy rumors Bulldozer will release this month, but no joy yet. The thing to consider is that Intel's Ivy Bridge (the die shrink of Sandy Bridge down to 22nm) is due in early 2012.

According to http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/01/03/intel_sandy_bridge_2600k_2500k_processors_review/2 of 100 D2 stepping CPUs, all overclocked better than 4.4 GHz and 40% went to the 4.6-4.7 GHz range.

I would expect the early 2012 die shrink to do still better. So if I were building a machine in early 2012, I'd wait for the new Intel chips to arrive. Even if I didn't put one in my machine, I'd wait for it to drive down the price of every other slower chip.