Project: Phenom II 920 @ 4Ghz & Beyond - 4214.66Mhz!! - Overclock.net

kaer · 04-02-09

Hi folks,

I'm in the process acquiring the equipment I need to get my 920 hit the 4Ghz mark and surpass it. My goal is to hit the World Record for AIR cooling for the 920. The record is currently 4.313Ghz for air.

Update April 7th

Suicide run of 4214.66 MHz. Placing me 3rd overall worldwide, and 2nd for air cooling worldwide.

I don't think I'll ever make it past 4.3ghz but this is as good as it gets!

Update - April 5th: Now placed 12th in the list. My ultimate goal would be to reach 4.313 and hit 4.4.

Now apparently there's a trick to getting higher speeds which would be to force 3 cores to enter sleep mode while the one core left would run at higher speeds.

I don't agree with this method. If you're going to overclock the bastard, overclock the whole damn thing and not just one core.

OCZ GameXstream 700w Get!

DFI LP Dk 790FXB-M2RSH Mobo Get!

Once those are in I can start assembling my cooling rig to which I will describe later on. I think it'll be worth it. I'm going to keep this thread updated as progress comes along and naturally I'll post plenty of pictures for everyone.

Update April 3rd

Time to let the cat outta the bag.

Air Conditioner + 0c Outside Air Intake = Massive Cold Air Intake Pipe.

So the AC is going to take the already cold outside air and cool it further, ramming the cold air into a shroud hooked to a pipe going into a closed box where the system will be cooled.

Now this varies a bit from my original idea where I wasn't going to use a box but hook the pipe directly to the Kaze's intake and let all hell break loose. But the downside of that is that the rest of the system wouldn't be cooled. The box would allow the rest of the components to run cooler (box idea taken from Slappa).

Picture time!

So here you see the AC with a shroud I made from a lamp cover.

View from inside.

Masking tape FTW

Pipe connector

TURBO BOOST! (If I need it, would be placed where the inside intake of the AC would be, ramming more air in.)

How the air would travel in the enclosure.

Almost in place for when the magic's going to happen.

Bonus: UV Reactive alright.

Slappa · 04-02-09

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Originally Posted by kaer

Hi folks,

I'm in the process acquiring the equipment I need to get my 920 hit the 4Ghz mark and surpass it. My goal is to hit the World Record for AIR cooling for the 920. The record is currently 4.313Ghz for air.

Currently I'm placed 16th in the list, and it wouldn't take much to rise up near the top but my ultimate goal would be to reach 4.313 and hit 4.4.

Now apparently there's a trick to getting higher speeds which would be to force 3 cores to enter sleep mode while the one core left would run at higher speeds.

I don't agree with this method. If you're going to overclock the bastard, overclock the whole damn thing and not just one core.

I'm currently waiting on a OCZ GameXstream 700w PSU and a very fantabulous DFI LP Dk 790FXB-M2RSH Mobo.

Once those are in I can start assembling my cooling rig to which I will describe later on. I think it'll be worth it. I'm going to keep this thread updated as progress comes along and naturally I'll post plenty of pictures for everyone.

The DFI board should take you a bit higher.

Is there any limits on what kind of air is allowed? Could you put the computer outside and still call it air cooling?

kaer · 04-02-09

I'm not sure but technically it would still be air. I'm not planning on taking it outside but more or less bringing the cold air in with a lil' bit of help.

Slappa · 04-02-09

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Originally Posted by kaer

I'm not sure but technically it would still be air. I'm not planning on taking it outside but more or less bringing the cold air in with a lil' bit of help.

Just do something similar to the Video in my signature. If its not cold where you live, then just use a huge box fan or something.

kaer · 04-02-09

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Originally Posted by Slappa

Just do something similar to the Video in my signature. If its not cold where you live, then just use a huge box fan or something.

I was planning on doing something similar but on a smaller scale still. There's going to be so much air movement that once the air come out of the Kaze's that I could redirect it towards the northbridge heatpipe cooling that too in one shot.

FlanK3r · 04-02-09

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Originally Posted by kaer

I was planning on doing something similar but on a smaller scale still. There's going to be so much air movement that once the air come out of the Kaze's that I could redirect it towards the northbridge heatpipe cooling that too in one shot.

I want broken 4GHz on AIR too, but to time im waiting at X4 955 (MB about 14 days at home, ASUS M4A79 Deluxe) And maybe new power supply, now is KME 500W

kaer · 04-02-09

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Originally Posted by FlanK3r

I want broken 4GHz on AIR too, but to time im waiting at X4 955 (MB about 14 days at home, ASUS M4A79 Deluxe) And maybe new power supply, now is KME 500W

I hear they're suppose to overclock pretty well, but I'm primarily focusing on the 920.