Phenom II x4 955 Overclock

[irfan88]

Is this a good overclock

I have my Phenom II x4 955 BE clocked at 4Ghz at 1.4125 volts in the bios. I have the CPU paired with a Hyper 212 plus cooler and have also changed the fan to Cooler Master Xtra flow 120mm Red LED fans in Push/Pull setup.

at idle, the temps are 36 to 38 degrees celcius and at load, they never cross 52 degrees.

I ran Intel Burn test for 10 minutes and LinX for 20 minutes as well. No errors were found. What do you think. I tried to reduce the voltage but I get blue screen while running Intel Burn test. so had to settle for a higher voltage. Is the voltage too much?

I tried running 3.8Ghz at 1.35 volts and it was stable.

 

[irfan88]

If anyone can help me out with this, please?

 

[spp85]

You may settle with that 3.8ghz OC . Personally i don't recommend running today's CPUs at 1.4V and above on a long term basis. If you upgrades your CPU with in a year or two then no problem you can stay with that 4.0ghz OC, otherwise stay at 1.3xx V range.

 

[deadon2]

I've run mine at 3.9 and 1.5v for almost a year now. No stability or heating problems.

I couldn't get mine stable at 4Ghz.

 

[Hydroc10]

All your numbers look good. You'll have to raise voltage above 1.35 to around 1.368v to get a stable 3.8ghz clock. AMD says the max for the 955 are 1.425v and 62c so everything looks good.

 

[irfan88]

I've run mine at 3.9 and 1.5v for almost a year now. No stability or heating problems.

I couldn't get mine stable at 4Ghz.

but many of you guys on Tom's suggest that 1.4 was good for a 4Ghz overclock. I have seen many people raising the voltage to 1.5.