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PC SPECS

CPU - FX-60 @ 2.60ghz with Cooler Master Hyper 212 (One Fan) + Arctic Cooling MX-2
RAM - Kingston Value Ram 1gb DDR400 x 3
Motherboard - ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe
GPU - Colorful ATI Radeon X1950GT 512mb 256bit
PSU - FSP Epsilon 600w
HDD - 2x Sata 1x PATA
Optical - 2 x DVD-RW 1x CD-ROM
Diskette - 1 x

need suggestions

Goal - to OC the CPU to at least 3.00ghz
as for RAM, dont think much cuz its kingston value ram (C3), nothing much can be done anyways, nak oc pun ape je dapat (but i letak heatsink just for the style)


This post has been edited by gtoforce: May 16 2008, 07:53 PM

i dunno dude
even when i dont tweak
sometimes when i boot, it'll say "overclocking failed, press f1 to enter setup or f2 to load default values..."

if i tweak one thing, its the same message
what the heck eh?

it wont work
i up one thing
lets say the FSB, then the boot up will say overclock failed
ala, whats worse is
even if i dont tweak, sumtimes the bios even said overclock failed
haha
weird huh?

DFI is one hell of overclocking horse
but super hard to tweak here and there cuz minor mistake board wont post and u wont know what mistake u did

biostar - suck
better go for ECS

anyways, i just wanna resuscitate this thread

here's my OC results
still doing it gradually

Methods


n/b: actually i oc it little by little, firstly from stock 2.6ghz to 2.7ghz and did prime (5hours) & Super PI 1m,8m,32m all stable but forgot to take pic until my bro reminded me...haha

Stock



so here's the next step

1) AMD Athlon FX-60 @ 2.870ghz
Fsb - 205
Multiplier - 14

CPU-Z



Super PI


Temps during Super PI (it was the same during & after test)
Using Asus PC Probe


will continue with further
as can be seen from the probe, no increase in vcore or any other voltages are done
thats the virtues of FX series and that i need not tweak the ram cuz
i) its unlocked multiplier, so ram divider no use
ii) my mobo does not allow me to tweak the ram speed...it already starts at 166mhz...haha

later i might need some advice on the HT link speeds (if there's anything wrong)

by the way, since prime95 skarang sudah baru, which is the best test
small fft, in place fft or blend?
i mean i wanna save time...haha
and that everywhere i ask, they said super PI is better than Prime cuz Super PI tests all system with maximum stress while Prime is more towards CPU and focus is for long hours use...

what do u think?

This post has been edited by gtoforce: May 16 2008, 07:51 PM

suda
haha
kao tao tak latest bios update is august 2007
ahahaha
yang paling baru ade tapi asus nyer web cam tongong sket
but since now im still fine testing it at 2.94 ghz, so takyah update
plus i got a better cooler
hehehe

2) AMD Athlon FX-60 @ 2.940ghz

CPU-Z


Temperature during Super PI


Super PI


so far stable
played rainbox six vegas 2 for 30mins at max, universe at war & world in conflict
no hang reboot bsod
will try 3.0ghz after this

3.0 so far tak stable under super PI but can still play game
tapi tanak ambik risk
haha

max vcore is 1.400 in the bios
but there's an option for vcore overvoltage to be enabled (option between +100mv or +200mv)
maybe i try
haha
wanna prime this first

u know what dude
orthos and prime failed
sekejap je
tapi weird thing is, super PI i tested two simultaneously 32m, both worked fine after almost 40mins
and i played lost planet at max for 3 hours nothing happened
why eh?

i want phenom fx too
haha
my only hope for AMD is unlocked multipliers
hahaha

yeah
but if super PI not stable, even at 16k, then i have to start worrying
3.0ghz still cannot stand super PI
but thats with lower volts
i havent given it over voltage
will try later and upload pics

3dmark 06 with 1950gt and 3gb ram is 4745 -

currently am testing the system at 3.0ghz and this will be it for the day (penat repairing my cousin's old system and fitting xigmatek Achilles on it)

but 3.0ghz stable at 1.5v is normal kan?
thats the max voltage it can go, does it mean i cant up the speed lagi?

yeah
if i add the over volt, it can only go to 1.56v - 1.57

ahaha

okay
here's an update at 3.0ghz
super PI is stable
but havent started orthos/prime yet
mau tido
today morning heading to pahang

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Added on May 18, 2008, 1:54 amwill try 3.1-3.2 tonite
ehehe

i think 3.1/3.2 shud be max cuz at 3.0 and more volts, (i reduced the max volt from +200mv to +100mv and now stable at super pi) heat already 55
haha

This post has been edited by gtoforce: May 18 2008, 01:54 AM

i still dunno why orthos and prime failed and super pi stable at 3.0 ghz

200fsb x 15multiplier
ram at 166mhz
vcore at 1.45
temp - idle 48 load 52

now its sedap
prime is already running without fail
so it should be ok
wat i did was i had to diminish a bit of the FSB - now its 207 x 14.5
the VCORE is still at max
look at the pics
is the vcore ok?
i mean Hyper PI is ok but couldn't take the pics yet
will do it again when i tido
but the temps are really good arent they
its too bad that this is an old CPU

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Added on May 19, 2008, 1:55 amoh and anywhere near 3.8 or 3.1, its either nothing is stable and/or BSOD
or windows wont boot (pc will POST though)
3.2 ghz, pc wont POST

This post has been edited by gtoforce: May 19 2008, 01:55 AM

its not X2
but its using the same core although some X2 is manchester
my core is the same with some 3800+
but mostly 4800+ and 4600+

mine is dual core FX
the only one in s939
im already satisfied with 3.0ghz now
thinking of lowering it back at stock
haha
i dont like it my cpu kena voltage too high just to add some mhz
oh well

plus the diff tak banyak sangat on games anyway

i need advice on the timings dude
ddr1 mau OC i dunno the timings...
rite now its

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Added on May 20, 2008, 1:32 amim not sitting back at stock
im using 2.95 ghz cuz its the most stable currently


This post has been edited by gtoforce: May 20 2008, 01:32 AM

will try tonite
but how do i check the divider?