Smoove910
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Nampa, ID | reply to jchambers28
Re: [Modding] 4th core on a tri core cpu
so are you overclocking through the BIOS, or through Overdrive?
I would recommend going through the BIOS. Also, it's showing your voltage at like 1.42. Try going up to 1.45-1.475. That should net you 3.6-3.7ghz. |
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jchambers28
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| going threw the bios voltage it set to 3..5 V. Over drive is lying here is the software that came with mobo |
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Smoove910
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| yea, as I said earlier... you should be able to bump your voltage a little more and get another 100-200mhz clock speed.
Currently you are running 1.42v. You are probably safe up to 1.5-1.55v.
I'd push it to 1.45-1.475 and raise your multi another notch. |
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jchambers28
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1 edit | I tried that it would not boot to windows. what is causing not to boot to windows when I raise the settings. |
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Smoove910
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Nampa, ID | what happens if you start raising your HT (FSB)... Default is 200 mhz. You can try raising it to 205mhz and see if it boots. Raising to 205 mhz will get you to 2587.5mhz |
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jchambers28
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| got it raised. |
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Smoove910
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Nampa, ID | reply to jchambers28
nice! Check for stability now... If it's stable, raise it a little more. Check for stability again... .repeat.
Watch your temps!
Good job! |
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jchambers28
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Alma, AR | Cant get any higher than that. It wont boot to windows. |
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Smoove910
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Nampa, ID | the last thing I would try is maybe adding another tick of voltage to your NB and your ram.
Other than that, I think you may have reached your ceiling. |
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archaned
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Brooklyn, NY | reply to Smoove910
Wasn't able to keep windows running long with it at 1066. I'll probably try to mess with the other settings when I have the time, but i'm pleased with it at 800 with the low timings. |
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jchambers28
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should I use the cool and quiet feature that is built into the cpu . If I do that will I lose performance. - |
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Smoove910
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Nampa, ID | I have mine enabled. There's no need to run at 3.5ghz all day, every day. It works well too! |
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archaned
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Brooklyn, NY | reply to jchambers28
yeh i have cool n quiet enabled. i only play COD4 on occasion,
so don't need fully power everytime. |
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Ken Peterson
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Wow, that's got to be the cleanest looking internal case shot I have ever seen! Good job!  |
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Smoove910
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| said by Ken Peterson  :Wow, that's got to be the cleanest looking internal case shot I have ever seen! Good job! Thanks Ken! It was a fun build, but truly had it's share of obstacles. Especially due to being a uATX setup. |
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jchambers28
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Alma, AR | reply to jchambers28
since I went to a cooler master scout case my temps have dropped some. |
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Napsterbater
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Here are some pic of my Phenom II x3 720 BE (4th core unlocked) on my Asus M4A79T Deluxe.
I had it at 3.52 (17.5 Multi) with a core voltage of 1.525 but to get the 4th running I had to up it to 1.55 and bring the multi to 17 giving me 3.41 x4
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ASUS M4A79T Deluxe | AMD Phenom II x3 720 BE AM3 w/4 Cores @ 3.41Ghz(OC) | 4Gb DDR3 Memory @ 1600mhz | Sapphire ATI HD4870 1GB 800mhz/1000mhz(OC) | 2x500GB HDD's Raid 0 | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Build 7600 (RTM) | Windstream DSL 12m (14.9m Sync)/766k |
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Smoove910
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Nampa, ID | Is your system 100% load stable? I can boot with my 4th core, but cannot get it running stable regardless of voltage. |
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Napsterbater
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Milledgeville, GA | As far as Iv tested it I have yet to crash with it at 3.41 x4, Iv been gaming and pushing it for about 2 weeks now.
Now of course if you cant even get the 4th to work at stock speed with bumped voltage it could be defective. |
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Smoove910
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| Try running an instance of Prime95 on each core for 8 hours to verfiy. Gaming doesn't necessarily stress the CPU 100% while you are playing since it's more of a GPU intensive task. Awesome you got a free core regardless, I'd just throw some crazy work at it to ensure the stability. |
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