Putting together final overclock Phenom II X4 960T 4 cores & 6 cores

[Stealth3si]

Ok here's my situation.

I found max safe limits. Now I just need to dial in the right combo to get them stable.

I have a five settings that I want to get stable but don't know which one is better on a scale of 1-5 which one is best?



CPU multiplier in order of 2-5 as shown above:

2 = x19
3 = x18.5
4 = x16
5 = x15.5

[ShrimpBrime]

Well considering they're all really close, I say choose the one with the fastest NB and Ram speeds combined.

#3 looks really nice, but lacks the Cpu speed. Work on that one.

[Stealth3si]

ok. #3

not complaining but man it's baking like an oven in here..

Additional Comment:

I have a trickly question about #3 and #4 if someone can answer this.

Comparing the differences between #3 and #4, how much, looking at #3, is 23mhz loss in CPU speed in exchange for gaining 53mhz Ram speed, 10mhz NB speed and 150mhz HT speed compared to #4 which gains 23mhz in CPU speed but loses 53mhz Ram speed, 10mhz NB speed and 150mhz HT?

[moosteve]

Originally Posted by Stealth3si

ok. #3

not complaining but man it's baking like an oven in here..

Additional Comment:

I have a trickly question about #3 and #4 if someone can answer this.

Comparing the differences between #3 and #4, how much, looking at #3, is 23mhz loss in CPU speed in exchange for gaining 53mhz Ram speed, 10mhz NB speed and 150mhz HT speed compared to #4 which gains 23mhz in CPU speed but loses 53mhz Ram speed, 10mhz NB speed and 150mhz HT?

in my humble opinion the difference between any of those overclocks will be negligible... and i believe that even if you can bench the difference between any of them, it will fall within the +/- of multiple bench runs. a bench test rarely runs the same twice.
that being said, to begin with the HT Link speed should make nil difference.

most will always favor clocks on the cpu first... it will show more improvement than ram speed. however, you are talking the ram plus the nb... when you overclock the NB you are overclocking the memory controller PLUS the L3 cache, which can show slight speed improvements... i really want to agree with Shrimp, and favor the faster ram/nb combo... and see if you can't eek out that 23 mhz.

and the ultimate answer will come from your own system. no two are the same, so if you really really want the truthful answer to your question, you need to run benches on your system with the differing overclocks and decide which one you like better.

[ShrimpBrime]

Originally Posted by Stealth3si

ok. #3

not complaining but man it's baking like an oven in here..

Additional Comment:

I have a trickly question about #3 and #4 if someone can answer this.

Comparing the differences between #3 and #4, how much, looking at #3, is 23mhz loss in CPU speed in exchange for gaining 53mhz Ram speed, 10mhz NB speed and 150mhz HT speed compared to #4 which gains 23mhz in CPU speed but loses 53mhz Ram speed, 10mhz NB speed and 150mhz HT?

Cause you will get the Cpu higher in turn will make the other system componants run faster while using the reference clock. That's why I liked #3.

Everything faster is everything better.

[Mr.Scott]

Same ram timings on all of them?

[Stealth3si]

Originally Posted by moosteve

. i really want to agree with Shrimp, and favor the faster ram/nb combo... and see if you can't eek out that 23 mhz.

i can try.

I'd have to increase FSB to crawl towards 4000mhz tho.

But considering the temps I get on a hot day, that will need a bit more juice than i'm comfortable with. On a cool day however I might be ok.

With the current numbers I see at setting #3, it seems to be perfectly stable on hot days/nights.

To get to 4gz I need to increase vcore and cpu/nb volts a little over beyond 1.452V Vcore and 1.340625V CPU/NB volts.

I'm thinking I can safely push a tad more on these two volts as long CPU temps stay under 60C degrees on normal cool days/nights.

Any thoughts on it being too risky?

Originally Posted by Mr.Scott

Same ram timings on all of them?

same ram timings.

Additional Comment:

I did #3 and was able to tweak it a bit!

Final 6-core overclock!



Other than what's in the pic:

SB voltage = 1.20V

The following are enabled:

CPU LLC
CPU/NB LLC
Cool N' Quiet
C1E State
Q-Fan CPU/Chassis Function: Manual
Min. Processor State: 0% / Max Processor State: 100%

Currently working on 4-core overclock. Stay tuned....

[Mr.Scott]

Nice tuning. It looks great.

[ShrimpBrime]

Man that NB speed is humpin. Nice clocks Stealth

[Stealth3si]

Originally Posted by Mr.Scott

Nice tuning. It looks great.

Originally Posted by ShrimpBrime

Man that NB speed is humpin. Nice clocks Stealth

Thanks for your help guys!

+1

Here's the final 4-core overclock!



Other than what's in the pic:

HT Voltage = 1.25V
SB voltage = 1.20V

The following are enabled:

CPU LLC
CPU/NB LLC
Cool N' Quiet
C1E State
Q-Fan CPU/Chassis Function: Manual
Min. Processor State: 0% / Max Processor State: 100%