Overclocking Phemon II 940

What are safe temps for overclocking this chip? I'm trying to see if I
can knock off a day or two on long 3D renders by overclocking.

Right now it peaks at 64c during the day when the house is warmer.

Thanks!

I once had a wire get stuck in my fan and stop the fan from working. The
temp monitor showed 180 degrees F (82C). I wasn't sure if that was correct
because it was still running OK. I cleared the fan and temp dropped to the
normal 105 no-load temp.

I've increased the clock multiplier so that the cpu was running at 2800MHz,
and ran a stress test. The temp reached 150F (65.5C). The factory heat sink
and fan are virtually worthless. I replaced mine with a Zalman 9500 (the
small one) and the temp dropped about 20F. Get a decent cooler on yours and
heat will be the least of your problems.


"DaveN" wrote in message
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What are safe temps for overclocking this chip? I'm trying to see if I
can knock off a day or two on long 3D renders by overclocking.

Right now it peaks at 64c during the day when the house is warmer.

Thanks!

"Zootal" writes:
I've increased the clock multiplier so that the cpu was running at 2800MHz,
and ran a stress test. The temp reached 150F (65.5C). The factory heat sink
and fan are virtually worthless. I replaced mine with a Zalman 9500 (the
small one) and the temp dropped about 20F. Get a decent cooler on yours and
heat will be the least of your problems.

Really? I seem to recall seeing some pretty decent reviews for the
stock cooler, at least on the older phenom...

-Miles

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"Miles Bader" wrote in message
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"Zootal" writes:
I've increased the clock multiplier so that the cpu was running at
2800MHz,
and ran a stress test. The temp reached 150F (65.5C). The factory heat
sink
and fan are virtually worthless. I replaced mine with a Zalman 9500 (the
small one) and the temp dropped about 20F. Get a decent cooler on yours
and
heat will be the least of your problems.

Really? I seem to recall seeing some pretty decent reviews for the
stock cooler, at least on the older phenom...


Maybe on the older ones, but the newer Phenoms crank out a lot of heat. The
cooler is massive, but it doesn't have enough surface area to dissapate that
much heat, hence the higher temperatures.

In article ,
says...
I once had a wire get stuck in my fan and stop the fan from working. The
temp monitor showed 180 degrees F (82C). I wasn't sure if that was correct
because it was still running OK. I cleared the fan and temp dropped to the
normal 105 no-load temp.

I've increased the clock multiplier so that the cpu was running at 2800MHz,
and ran a stress test. The temp reached 150F (65.5C). The factory heat sink
and fan are virtually worthless. I replaced mine with a Zalman 9500 (the
small one) and the temp dropped about 20F. Get a decent cooler on yours and
heat will be the least of your problems.

This one?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118223

"Zootal" wrote in message
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I once had a wire get stuck in my fan and stop the fan from working. The
temp monitor showed 180 degrees F (82C). I wasn't sure if that was correct
because it was still running OK. I cleared the fan and temp dropped to the
normal 105 no-load temp.

I've increased the clock multiplier so that the cpu was running at
2800MHz, and ran a stress test. The temp reached 150F (65.5C). The factory
heat sink and fan are virtually worthless. I replaced mine with a Zalman
9500 (the small one) and the temp dropped about 20F. Get a decent cooler
on yours and heat will be the least of your problems.


I'm probably out of it, but isn't the Ph2 940 3.0 GHZ stock?

"Zootal" wrote in message
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I once had a wire get stuck in my fan and stop the fan from working. The
temp monitor showed 180 degrees F (82C). I wasn't sure if that was correct
because it was still running OK. I cleared the fan and temp dropped to the
normal 105 no-load temp.

I've increased the clock multiplier so that the cpu was running at
2800MHz, and ran a stress test. The temp reached 150F (65.5C). The factory
heat sink and fan are virtually worthless. I replaced mine with a Zalman
9500 (the small one) and the temp dropped about 20F. Get a decent cooler
on yours and heat will be the least of your problems.


I'm probably out of it, but isn't the Ph2 940 3.0 GHZ stock?

"DaveN" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...
I once had a wire get stuck in my fan and stop the fan from working. The
temp monitor showed 180 degrees F (82C). I wasn't sure if that was
correct
because it was still running OK. I cleared the fan and temp dropped to
the
normal 105 no-load temp.

I've increased the clock multiplier so that the cpu was running at
2800MHz,
and ran a stress test. The temp reached 150F (65.5C). The factory heat
sink
and fan are virtually worthless. I replaced mine with a Zalman 9500 (the
small one) and the temp dropped about 20F. Get a decent cooler on yours
and
heat will be the least of your problems.

This one?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118223

No, this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118004

The one at your link is for Intel processors.

"Peter van der Goes" wrote in message
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"Zootal" wrote in message
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I once had a wire get stuck in my fan and stop the fan from working. The
temp monitor showed 180 degrees F (82C). I wasn't sure if that was
correct because it was still running OK. I cleared the fan and temp
dropped to the normal 105 no-load temp.

I've increased the clock multiplier so that the cpu was running at
2800MHz, and ran a stress test. The temp reached 150F (65.5C). The
factory heat sink and fan are virtually worthless. I replaced mine with a
Zalman 9500 (the small one) and the temp dropped about 20F. Get a decent
cooler on yours and heat will be the least of your problems.


I'm probably out of it, but isn't the Ph2 940 3.0 GHZ stock?


Yah. I'm actually running a 9950, which is 2600MHz out of the box. They are
both 125W processors. They sure ditched the early Phenoms fast, didn't they?
I want to upgrade, but every other month a faster Phenom comes out.

So - my comments about heat are actully the 9950 and early Phenoms - I
have three of them. And all of them came with crap coolers.

BTW, this seems an interesting site for those thinking about getting a
cooler:

http://www.frostytech.com

In particular, the "Scythe Zipang" caught my eye:

http://www.frostytech.com/articlevie...articleid=2248

-Miles

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Advice, n. The smallest current coin.