if my budget rm300??

Biostar TA770 290
Abit AX78 260
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9950 x4core looks really good! definatly the way to go!, 2.6ghz stock - easily overclockable past 3.00ghz?

i may be really stupid (i hope not) but i checked on newegg's website, i dont think they deliver to the UK?....but have found a UK site within the last 2mins which list this Black Edition CPU for around £136 + delivery in UK - bonus!

also found 2 different black edition 9950's: one being 125w and the other 140w, both 65nm technology, which in your professional eyes would be better everyday use and overclocking?

my board is MSI K9A2 platinum 790FX board with heat pipes and nb cooler, but would u suggest an aftermarket 3rd party cooler, or really cold passive cooling? at moment with my current cpu my N/B temps are around 29*load

thanks again for your help. i will hopefully be getting this x4 core chip in the next couple of weeks and then back to the drawing board, and my never ending quest to make things faster!!

also i suppose that means if i can grab a stable bios for my board using 1066 ram without the bug, i can increase the overclocking headroom even more by dropping dividers cant i?

its all fun + games aint it!?!?!

Yea..Deneb. Hopefully will return back to AMD.

-pWs-

Guys some question, should I run 333x9 instead of 300x10? I'll get better memory speed if I done so (856MHz instead of 750MHz) but I don't think it will give any improvements. Anyone done this before?

I would choose 300x10 and tighten the timing.

-pWs-

but mayb 333x9 will gv more performance in SPI...



yep.. as anep's sugestion it gud for 300 budget..
if u wan top up a little bit can go for biostar 790 chipset, ta790gx 128M, XE, A2+ both can get blow 350
thy support for phenom, for sure no prob to OC phenom too... n in case 1 day u wan upgrate to pehnom thn dunid change mobo d..

This post has been edited by cdlim87: Nov 14 2008, 09:56 PM

333x9 quite slow compare to 330x10
even on spi lag few milisecond

so here we are, i think this is about my max stable operating frequency while running ram at max (i think) @ 1000mhz.
heres some screenies....



will post bios screenies later 2day.


thanks again for everyone's help with this overclock, also if u think u might have any ram tips, or sweet timings im not picking up on please let me know.

ya oh?
i tod higher HTT will perform beter in SPI...

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Added on November 14, 2008, 10:06 pmgood job there...

This post has been edited by cdlim87: Nov 14 2008, 10:16 PM

thnks bro, i will try to check my budget first....
so it suit with my rig???

depends also on ur ram speed also i think

u can refer to bro sepulgilo to... if u go to ta790gx 128M, as he use it to OC 38f3.. old generation proc too,, but still working well... u saw his result now 3300MHz Vcore blow 1.4v
but the bios is not so easy la.... mayb u oso will whn u 1st use it..

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Added on November 14, 2008, 10:13 pmthat to be sure bro... ram vy important in SPI score... if the same ram and cpu speed i blive higher HTT will get beter result..

This post has been edited by cdlim87: Nov 14 2008, 10:13 PM

I'll try to tighten the timing a little bit, I don't know if Hynix FP-Y5 module can handle 4-4-4-12 2T at 750MHz though

bro, u also can try step by step 5mhz increase ur HTT, to check wat ur mobo max HTT.. m2n-e can support 200-400, if it can do around 380,390 thn will nice to ply....
(**but remember lower&loosen every thing that should lower&loosen to make sure no other thing to wall it)

I know all the tricks actually, I tried 400x8 before, it can't boot, at most it reaches 380-ish I think. I don't think I wanted to maxed everything, my CPU can reach 3.2GHz at 1.4125V, I think it can go higher but I don't want it to roast everything in the process

My Hynix FP-Y5 maxed at 900MHz 5-5-5-15 2T @ 1.95V. Now I tried to tighten the timing, it can only reaches 5-5-4-12 2T @ 750MHz, SuperPI 1M only shaves mere .02 sec

My heavy overclocking days is over...my PC now only serve the purpose to play some games (CnC3 KW, Max Payne 1 and 2) while chatting on Skype

ic... for me if my proc n go further i will try it to the limit thn put it in the board at the 1st page....
thn aft that lower down for normal or game usage.. OC too much will shorten proc life span.. and to be sure the heat and curent usage...
lower down can save a lot curent usage for long run...

Using CnQ with oc setting

Great Idea..
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my OC update :

Try 3.4Ghz with ram setting 667 to test can push this "weird" ram capability..

faaaaiiiiiiiillllled . BSOD ...Must try all setting to achieve this OC.

Prob maybe with my HD3850 suck much power than expected..
My PSU power consumption "cukup2 makan " for my rig

This post has been edited by MENCHELSEA: Nov 14 2008, 11:04 PM

yep.. in use now... coz i dun1 it too hot.. as at stock speed it will 40c++(normally 42c,46c idle),
i still using stock cooler, n no gaming as now exam period.. so js use CnQ, really quiet