Stability issues phenom II

[mitchellbuehler]

Hello, it seems that either my mobo is messed up or my procesor, because the highest I can overclock to and be stable is 4.2 ghz. I have a corsair h60 and it keeps the temps low, and I even tried overvolting a bit then overclocking, still to no avail.

Here is my setup:
AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE
MSI 870A-G54 mobo
2 liteon disk drives
1TB seagate 7200 rpm sata 3 HDD
450W coolermaster psu
MSI R6670 1GB gddr5

Can anyone help me out?

 

[mitchellbuehler]

Nevermind. My mobo has a limit of 4 GHz.

 

[purple stain]

If you can't go any further without adding an extreme amount of voltage then you've reached the limitations of the silicon in that chip.

 

[ilysaml]

Never seen anyone got stable 4.5 GHz with PII with air or normal water cooling, you look pretty awesome with this achievement.

 

[purple stain]

^+1

 

[mitchellbuehler]

thanks.

 

[purple stain]

What are your current clocks?

 

[mitchellbuehler]

The highest I can go and be stable with a h60 cooler is 4.0 GHz

 

[ilysaml]

Oh man, you're doing more than great , the Phenom II is reaching 4.0-4.3 anything above that is considered as a world record for normal users with air & water coolers