My Computer Breakthrough

[Thoughtcrime]

I shouldn't have been trying to OC my Phenom anyway. They get notoriously unstable. I wish the factory clock speed was a little higher :(

The Core i3 is a dual core clocked at 2.9GHz. For $150. WTB?!

[Thoughtcrime]

Got my phenom x4 up to 2.9GHz, still stable and idling at 35 degrees on air. I didn't adjust the vCore at all (it's 1.29v or something right now - can't check because I'm at work, but it struck me as a little low). If I push it up to 1.35v i should be able to push my cpu clock even higher...question though. My memory is clocked at 1333MHz right now. It's not overclocked. I changed the ratio so it wouldn't increase the memory clock when I increased the FSB frequency. Will my system become unstable if I start trying to OC the RAM? And is the procedure the same as OCing my cpu? That is, change it in BIOS, boot, run a stress test and watch temperate and performance, and then tweak according to those results...or are there other things I should be concerned about?

[Drogdar]

Yes. My memory is factory rated at 1000 mhz and I can't break 1020 mhz (even bumping the cas up to 5 or even 6 timings). It is very close to the cpu... I usually don't bother with watching the temp.

when adjusting the volts (on ram or cpu) it is best to up it by .01 or the lowest increment your bios will let you. Also, look up your max vcore... I wouldn't run it at the max myself, you will greatly reduce the life of the chip... its not worth running it .5 ghz faster if you have to destroy it.

(edit - don't waste your time with an i3... i wouldn't even bother with an i5 or any other 1156 socket [or whatever it is])

[Thoughtcrime]

Alright I'll try that with my vCore. It shows in BIOS what max settings are, it's 1.65V or something like that. I'm at 1.405V now.

Originally Said by Drogdar

(edit - don't waste your time with an i3... i wouldn't even bother with an i5 or any other 1156 socket [or whatever it is])

Why? I love Intel. i3 and i5 are the going to replace the Core 2 line.

[Drogdar]

in laptops there fine... but an i5 is almost as much as an i7 and the i5 isn't a 1366. The i9 and later chips will use the 1366 and the lower end chips will use the 1156. Even tho the i7 destroys anything amd has to offer I wish they would just use one socket... but that wouldn't be as profitable....


(also, look up what amd says the max is... my bios will let me go way above what the cpu can handle

[Thoughtcrime]

Can you explain how socket type effects your decision on a cpu? I don't fully understand.

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