AMD 955 Black Edition Phenom II - Page 2

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Alright I appreciate it. I don't have a camera haha.

One last thing, can you give me the Bios version you are using?

i just overclocked my 955 to about 3.8 and im running at about 36-40c tops , having done stress test or large cpu load due to having a trash gpu but this temp seem ok? i thought about maybe lowering my cpu volts a bit but if its not neededt then ill just leave the bios as is

alright i run the stability test in the amd overdrive and it keeps failing(rebooting system) so iv been messing with bios trying to find a stable spot for 3.7-8 anyone know some voltages or multplier vaules to set at? im not sure exactly what to change to get it stable besides cpu voltage but i dont want to raise it to much due to heat? i also tried doin just the multiplier only but that was unstable then i tried mix of multipler and fsb but still unstable, im going back to voltages to see if i can stable it out during the test... IDEAS WOULD BE GREAT !

alright thx iv got it stable for the most part... it fails under extreme load all 4 cores at 100% but other then that it runs for hours solid might up the cpu volt a bit to help stablize it more

will i need to raise ram volts when i oc cpu and ram? im having a hard time stabilizing the cpu at 3.7-3.8 but i increased my ram ratio to hit higher mhz so was wondering if i needed to raise the rams volts a bit to stabilize?

alright well i got it stable at 3.6 on stock volts.. only upped the multiplier... what should i do to hit 3.7-8? maybe raise fsb and lower multipler? wanting to get as high as i can on stock volts but ill raise volts if needed

figured that i might set it at 3.7 by upping fsb and lowering the multi and uping the volts to 1.35-1.4 tops... ill just mess around with it later thx

wow thats insane... i can only go as high as 3.6~ on stock volts.. havent had much luck getting anything else really really stable... i can hit 3.7 but atm 3.6 does just fine

im stable at 3.71 at around 1.38-1.39 volts so im happy ill go higher if i need to but the gain wont be that much cause at 4.0 ill run to hot anyways 3.8 or 3.9 would be as high as i would go

i stay about 30C and at load i hit like 47-48C never goes above that though... on idle it hits 26C

2.4v??????

the ram speed i can live with, but i want to get the cpu past 4ghz but i have run out of voltage, i can not up it any more in the bios, is there any way around this. currently its at around 1.45v.

it just seems a bit strange that i was able to set them to 2.4 when i first instaled them but i can;t now, i checked on the asus site before i bought the board and ram to make sure that the board supported the ram. and it did.

it only goes up to 2.247v in bios

if i have it set to auto it wont boot to windows

that is weird, my RAM voltage tops out at 3.5v

Would you say i need a repaste with my 955 and Zalman 9900 if im at 3.8ghz and 1.44v 52-55 load?

So your saying its not a bad seat?

60 bucks was alot for just a so-so

my other question is am i in danger with those temps?

Another thing you can do is check that both surfaces are flat, if you see that either the CPU or the sink are not flat you can try lapping for better contact....

Naw, im just here to help and learn....

Let me know if you get better temps =)

If those temps at max LOAD ex.1hour prime large, you will be fine max temps for cpu are 62c after that is when its bad, but lower is better

What kind of memory are you using, and what are your timings?

I'm running the same proc, and I'd like to see how my DDR2-800 memory may or may not be holding me back.

BTW, I don't go past 47.5C when running Prime95 x64 at 3.762GHz when using an AMD stock heatsink from a Opteron 165. Not bad for a used $10 heatsink.

215MHz × 17.5 × 2-cores
1.344V Vcore
CnQ disabled
ACC enabled

I can get to 3.838GHz (202 × 19) stable with Prime95 using both large and small FFT sets with a Zalman CNPS-9700 tossed on and Vcore set to 1.425V. Core temperature never exceeds 44.0C with the small FFT stess test or 45.5C with the large FFT stress test.

I can get to 3.90GHz (200 × 19.5) stable with Prime95 with the small FFT sets and Vcore at 1.450V, but it tends to fall over within 10 minutes using the large FFT sets.

I can boot to my desktop fine at 4.0GHz (200 × 20.0), but Prime95 falls over within a minute or so. Nice for the big four-oh amusement value, but not much else.

FYI, my ambient office room temperature is toasty 28C. But then, it is 38C outside. I could crank the AC some more, but then the rest of the house would be an icebox.