Hi all, I have an AMD Phenom II x6 1090T @ stock 3.2Ghz and I am looking to safely overclock it on stock heat sink and fan. I bought it on November 2011 along with an ASUS M4A77TD Pro motherboard and 4 gigabytes of Team-Elite DDR3 RAM @1333Mhz (which CPU-Z identifies as running at 667Mhz for some reason). The main reason I wish to overclock it is because an Intel i5/i7 is on the horizon so I thought that I might as well squeeze my Phenom II since it's not going to be around for more than 2 years.
Here are some specs for anyone kind enough to impart some knowledge
CPU: AMD Phenom II x6 1090T (@3.2Ghz)
Motherboard: ASUS M4A77TD Pro
Memory: 2x Team-Elite 2Gb DDR3 (1033Mhz) = Total of 4 gigs
Storage: 500Gb Seagate or Western Digital (can't remember :/, but it's SATA II 6Gb/s if I remember correctly)
PSU: Xclio 850W (cost me about 110 Euro about 2 years back so I think it's quite dependable)
Case: Antec 900 (so ventilation is not a problem)
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Up till now, I went into the BIOS and OC'ed my CPU by 5% via the Jumper Free Configuration option. I used the 'Overclocking Profile' so I just went for 5% and thought I'd settle for that for now (speed is about 3.33Ghz). Is this too much? I'm not willing to run Prime95 because at stock speed, temps go up to about 82 C after 4 minutes (if that's even possible). I use my PC for gaming mostly (BF3, Crysis 2, Smite, Hitman Absolution, Far Cry 3, Hawken, Skyrim) so I believe that the CPU won't be anywhere near 100% load in-game (I'll leave that to my graphics card ).
That's my current situation in a nutshell. Anyone offering advice regarding overclocking my processor is more than welcome to fire away
Here are some specs for anyone kind enough to impart some knowledge
CPU: AMD Phenom II x6 1090T (@3.2Ghz)
Motherboard: ASUS M4A77TD Pro
Memory: 2x Team-Elite 2Gb DDR3 (1033Mhz) = Total of 4 gigs
Storage: 500Gb Seagate or Western Digital (can't remember :/, but it's SATA II 6Gb/s if I remember correctly)
PSU: Xclio 850W (cost me about 110 Euro about 2 years back so I think it's quite dependable)
Case: Antec 900 (so ventilation is not a problem)
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Up till now, I went into the BIOS and OC'ed my CPU by 5% via the Jumper Free Configuration option. I used the 'Overclocking Profile' so I just went for 5% and thought I'd settle for that for now (speed is about 3.33Ghz). Is this too much? I'm not willing to run Prime95 because at stock speed, temps go up to about 82 C after 4 minutes (if that's even possible). I use my PC for gaming mostly (BF3, Crysis 2, Smite, Hitman Absolution, Far Cry 3, Hawken, Skyrim) so I believe that the CPU won't be anywhere near 100% load in-game (I'll leave that to my graphics card ).
That's my current situation in a nutshell. Anyone offering advice regarding overclocking my processor is more than welcome to fire away