How well does your Opteron overclock?

[darkbarf]

OK CR is now at 1T and HT Link is showing 1200 (5x)

 

[QuietIce]

Good to see your RAM will run 1T! You should notice a performance improvement, especially on RAM intensive apps.
Not too bad for a first OC - have you managed to push more than 2.9 out of it? Some newer 185's will go higher - the older ones drop out around 2.9 GHz. My older 180 dropped out at 2.8 GHz. Did you happen to record the second row of numbers/letters off the CPU before you installed it?

Over-clocking the HT Link like that can cause problems with communications, which can sometimes show up as HDD trash. Unless you've got a really high load on the I/O I'd still recommend 4x. But there have been people running thier HT Link that high w/out problems so give it a try if you want - just be aware of the possible issues ...

 

[darkbarf]

LCBQE

 

[QuietIce]

I've got an Opty 165 (LCBQE 0711SPAW) running 2898 (322x9) @ 1.45v under a Storm.
Haven't de-lidded it yet but will soon and can maybe push it up another 100 MHz ...

 

[clint999]

CPU Type: Opteron 144 Retail (xp-120)
Stepping: CABYE 0536 GPMW
Best Stable OC: 3GHZ and rising
VCore: 1.55v (1.45v + 110%)
Temps: 36 Idle, 50 load

 

[Maleko]

Just got hold of my Opty 180.

Got it at 2820MHz 235 x 12 @ Stock Volts and 960MHz HT

 

[Techtrancer]

AMD Opteron 170 Denmark * 3,33 GHz @ 1,520 V * LCBQE 0722 RPBW * Wakü @ 26°C * ohne HS * 3 h DualPrime * Techtrancer * Link



AMD Opteron 170 Denmark * 3,23 GHz @ 1,584 V * LCBQE 0722 RPBW * Wakü @ 25°C * ohne HS * 3 h DualPrime * Techtrancer * Link



AMD Opteron 170 Denmark * 3,31 GHz @ 1,568 V * CCB1E 0609 FPAW * Wakü @ 26°C * ohne HS * 4,9 h DualPrime * Techtrancer * Link



AMD Opteron 170 Denmark * 3,15 GHz @ 1,424 V * LCB9E 0651 RPMW * Wakü @ 21°C * ohne HS * 3 h DualPrime * Techtrancer * Link

 

[Remeniz]

Firstly i'd like to say hi to everyone and a great looking forum.

I brought the Opteron 165 expecting hi OC's. I OC'd to 2600Mhz and used Orthos to stress it over night.



After 7 hours there was no errors. However I rebooted and the system wouldn't POST. Gutted!

SO i've had to settle for a modest OC, see sig.

 

[QuietIce]

Often on these systems a high OC wouldn't allow reset - it's takes a cold boot to restart. But to me that's a good sign that you're pushing the chip as far as it can go! I've got several machines like that with older CPUs in them; oddly the 07xx chips don't seem to have that problem.

Did you follow the sticky, Easy 1, 2, 3 ..., and test each component separately to see where the hang-up might be ...?

 

[YYYYYY]

Give you the best recommendation

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[David]

Unstuck due to age and the fact it hasn't been updated in two years

 

[AlabamaCajun]

How's your legs?

 

[Outback_Jon]

Just stumbled across this thread.

CPU Type: Opteron 165
Best Stable OC: 2.5GHz (Was not Folding@Home stable @ 2.6)
VCore: 1.385
Temps: 46 Idle, 52 load (Case temp 40)

 

[Dusnoetos]

I am rather happy with my over clock even with the 4x512MB of value ram...
But in a few days I will be getting some 2X1 gb PC4000 G-skill ram. that should boost my performance even at the same CPU speed.

 

[crunchie]

Thought I may as well post mine up too . Can probably get it higher, but don't want to trash it.


DFI DK 790FXB M2RSH 01/16/2009 Beta bios, Phenom II 940BE @ 3500MHz, 2x2Gb GSkill PC8500 Pi 5-5-5-16 2T, 2x250Gb Samsung Sata II in RAID0. Vista Business 64bit

DFI LP UT nF4 Ultra-D, Opty 165 CCB1E @ 3006MHz 1.375v, Swiftech H20-220, 2Gb OCZ PC4000 Platinum XTC, ASUS 1Gb 9800GT, WD 250 Sata II, Corsair HX 620, TT Armor+, ASUS 22" 2ms WS

DFI LP UT nF3 Ultra-D, Opty 165, 2X512 OCZ PC3500 Gold BH-5's, X800 Pro, Samsung 250 Sata II Spinpoint, Ultra X-Finity 500 Thermaltake Xaser V5000D

 

[QuietIce]

That's a VERY good OC ...

 

[crunchie]

Thanks . Now I need to see what my 940BE can do.