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Was wondering what other people's experiences are with OC'ing Phenom II's - and thoughts on my temps?

 

AMD Phenom II 965 C3

 

Idle - 29c

Gaming - ~49c

Prime95 - 55c

 

FSB: 200

Multiplier: x19

CPU-NB: 2600mhz

 

Voltages-

Vcore: 1.475v

CPU-NB: 1.3v

 

Ram-

9-9-9-24-1T @1.65v

 

If i lower the CPU-NB to 2400mhz, i can lower the voltage to 1.22v, and bring the max temps in Prime95 down to 52c, but from what i've read OC'ing the CPU-NB helps a lot with these old AMD chips. Also, i have Cool N' Quiet & C1E enabled with this OC, and it's stable.

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Most C3s can do 4Ghz, try feeding it a bit more voltage you have 10c of headroom.

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Most C3s can do 4Ghz, try feeding it a bit more voltage you have 10c of headroom.

My mobo doesn't allow me to change the LLC, which means i need more volts to get stable. For 3.9GHz, i need 1.49v and hit ~57c. For 4GHz, i need 1.52v, and hit around ~65c. This is with the CPU-NB OC'd to 2600mhz.

 

I have my rig on for practically 24/7, so i'd rather keep it under the ~62c AMD recommends.

Shot through the heart and you're to blame, 30fps and i'll pirate your game - Bon Jovi

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My mobo doesn't allow me to change the LLC, which means i need more volts to get stable. For 3.9GHz, i need 1.49v and hit ~57c. For 4GHz, i need 1.52v, and hit around ~65c. This is with the CPU-NB OC'd to 2600mhz.

 

I have my rig on for practically 24/7, so i'd rather keep it under the ~62c AMD recommends.

Have you updated the BIOS? Or is it a old rev of the board that didn't have LCC?

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Have you updated the BIOS? Or is it a old rev of the board that didn't have LCC?

BIOS is up to date, and there is no LLC option there. 

 

Running V20.3, latest one from MSI's product page for my board. 

 

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BIOS is up to date, and there is no LLC option there. 

 

Running V20.3, latest one from MSI's product page for my board. 

That's a bummer :(

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That's a bummer :(

Think i'll grab an FX-8350 for christmas.

Shot through the heart and you're to blame, 30fps and i'll pirate your game - Bon Jovi

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Think i'll grab an FX-8350 for christmas.

Or an 8320 ;)

 

or take it as a sign and move to the dark side

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Or an 8320 ;)

 

or take it as a sign and move to the dark side

AMD is the darkside, since they always end up losing in the long run. :(

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AMD is the darkside, since they always end up losing in the long run. :(

guess there's no reason to invest more into their platform then :)

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I had a 955 @ 4Ghz@1.486v 2600NB @ 1.26v and it routinely ran ~65c at small FFT load so long as its stable don't worrie about the temps you don't need to be worried about hurting something until 80c It will get unstable and crash long before it gets that hot tho

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Been dicking about with voltages again. Passed an hour of Prime95, currently been playing SWTOR for ~3 hours without a hitch, seems stable.

 

1.5v vcore @4GHz

1.32v cpu-nb @2600mhz

 

Idles ~30c

Gaming ~50c (hovers around 47c, but peaks 50c at times)

Prime95 ~57c (with cpu fan @80%, run with a custom fan profile so i idle with 20% fan speed, goes up to ~42% when gaming)

 

Wish i could alter the LLC, this board has some fucking stupid vdroop.

Shot through the heart and you're to blame, 30fps and i'll pirate your game - Bon Jovi

Take me down to the console city where the games are blurry and the frames are thirty - Guns N' Roses

Arguing with religious people is like explaining to your mother that online games can't be paused...

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