*Phenom II X4 9x5 OC Thread*

[Slappa]

Originally Posted by Darksylum

wow yea it must be my cooler. I backed down to stock speed and im still almost 40c idle, Im ditching this XIma and never buying another 1 again. not impressed. I didnt survive 10 seconds of prime95 at overclock of 3.6ghz and at stock speeds its way over 50c but hasnt crashed yet. Not happy at all.

How much thermal paste are you applying? Should be the size of 1 grain of uncooked rice. Arctic silver also has curing time, so you may not have waited long enough.

Last resort, do not buy a new cooler, maybe try lapping it.

CPU temps also depend on your room temperature, what is that at?

[Timlander]

my cpu, mobo and ram are supposed to be here tomorrow. =)

[AMD_Freak]

Darksylum , have you tried to remount the Cooler its one of the best Coolers on the market,did you by chance add a thin layer of TIM to the whole CPU HDT coolers like the Xiggy take a little more TIM then the normal flat type there is a video on the Xiggy Site that shows how to mount them the recommended way. I have the S1283 and idle is 28c, seems everything was fine until you changed cpus. one CPU to the other not going to make that much of a change in temps. and if you throw it away couldnt find the video but here is the way to do it http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...1&limitstart=5
Max Temps (C) 62’C for the 955

[greenPlastic]

I'm going to be ordering this proc along with an entire new build today or tomorrow, can't wait

[KamuiRSX]

I've ordered the processor but now I'm just waiting on a motherboard with the features I want to be made and then I'll be in business. The only motherboard with half the features I want is the MSI GD70 but it sucks at overclocking...so I'm hoping that Foxconn will make one last AM3 motherboard before they stop making them completely. Or that Gigabyte or, god forbid, ASUS step up and give me the features I want.

[Darksylum]

Originally Posted by AMD_Freak

Darksylum , have you tried to remount the Cooler its one of the best Coolers on the market,did you by chance add a thin layer of TIM to the whole CPU HDT coolers like the Xiggy take a little more TIM then the normal flat type there is a video on the Xiggy Site that shows how to mount them the recommended way. I have the S1283 and idle is 28c, seems everything was fine until you changed cpus. one CPU to the other not going to make that much of a change in temps. and if you throw it away couldnt find the video but here is the way to do it http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...1&limitstart=5
Max Temps (C) 62’C for the 955

yea i remounted it both ways, cooler facing up and down and I used a relatively thin layer of ac5 compound covering the entire die. Doesnt seem to matter either way. I am going to try my artic freezer 64 pro tomarrow that i used on my 720 be and see what happens, maybe my xigy is off balance and needs lapped or something, I dont know. I have it back at stock and it idles around 35c and full load is about 42c after 3 hours of playing world of warcraft. thats basicly same results my 720 had when overclocked to 3.2ghz I however can not get temps down with even a slight oc. This motherboard has not been very good for overclocking so far, max i could get my 720be stable was 3.2ghz and it seems I cant get anything out of this 955 without going over 50c wich is way too hot for me. I survived 20 min of prime 95 at stock speed with temp peaking around 52c, When i overclocked to 3.6ghz it didnt last 10 seconds before a memory dump and a sudden shot up to 56c :*(

[j-dot]

Originally Posted by Slappa

The AM3 vs AM2+ platform may have slower ram performance, but that depends on the RAM you would be dealing with. If you have really good DDR2, then you can almost get it to perform identical. However, equip some top end DDR3, and you are blasting.

Other than that slight difference, that board should not in any way negatively affect overclocking and such. That is what I have discovered through my experiments.

would you recommend going with MA790FXT-UD5P board from my current MA790X-UD4P board?

I'm running G.SKILL's @ 1066...

[test tube]

Originally Posted by Darksylum

yea i remounted it both ways, cooler facing up and down and I used a relatively thin layer of ac5 compound covering the entire die. Doesnt seem to matter either way. I am going to try my artic freezer 64 pro tomarrow that i used on my 720 be and see what happens, maybe my xigy is off balance and needs lapped or something, I dont know. I have it back at stock and it idles around 35c and full load is about 42c after 3 hours of playing world of warcraft. thats basicly same results my 720 had when overclocked to 3.2ghz I however can not get temps down with even a slight oc. This motherboard has not been very good for overclocking so far, max i could get my 720be stable was 3.2ghz and it seems I cant get anything out of this 955 without going over 50c wich is way too hot for me. I survived 20 min of prime 95 at stock speed with temp peaking around 52c, When i overclocked to 3.6ghz it didnt last 10 seconds before a memory dump and a sudden shot up to 56c :*(

I don't know why but the silver compound I had and used on my 1283 was fine on Mugen but crap on the 1283. When I used OCZ Freeze in lines along the aluminum instead I dropped 10C on my Q6700. It was really impressive.

And going over 50C is fine, my Mugen loads my 940BE in the 50s but is doing great.

[MrAMD_Fan]

Originally Posted by Darksylum

yea i remounted it both ways, cooler facing up and down and I used a relatively thin layer of ac5 compound covering the entire die. Doesnt seem to matter either way. I am going to try my artic freezer 64 pro tomarrow that i used on my 720 be and see what happens, maybe my xigy is off balance and needs lapped or something, I dont know. I have it back at stock and it idles around 35c and full load is about 42c after 3 hours of playing world of warcraft. thats basicly same results my 720 had when overclocked to 3.2ghz I however can not get temps down with even a slight oc. This motherboard has not been very good for overclocking so far, max i could get my 720be stable was 3.2ghz and it seems I cant get anything out of this 955 without going over 50c wich is way too hot for me. I survived 20 min of prime 95 at stock speed with temp peaking around 52c, When i overclocked to 3.6ghz it didnt last 10 seconds before a memory dump and a sudden shot up to 56c :*(

I have the 1283 and it seems that the xiggy doesnt' really sit flat with those heatpipes, so you don't have good contact over a large area. I used some paste that is used for servers and it is a larger volume so it fills in the crevices and everything on the xiggy. I got nice temps of around 38c at full load.... just a thought

[BlackOmega]

Originally Posted by Slappa

There are lots of divider options, but some work better than others. It's not consistent. I think the board will get greater with future bios updates.

DFI's are always great boards as well. But their CS is crappy.

I would check out the MSI GD-70 as well. Or the ASUS M4A79T Deluxe.

The M4A79 has too many PCIe slots for me. So that immediately was a no go. Havent had any experience with the MSI boards, I'll have to look in to them.
And its a pity that DFIs' CS is so crappy, they sure do make good boards. (Most of them anyway)

Originally Posted by Darksylum

yea but thats an intel chip, what aplys for them doesnt for AMD, I have heard of I7 chips breaking 60c and running with no problems. I dont know if thats the same for AMD.

can some of you guys post your temps with the 955 BE for comparison? I dont want to oc anymore until I have more data to compare with.
I am Idle at 37c right now @ 3.6ghz, Id like to get atleast 3.8ghz, I want the coveted 4ghz...

My 939's have a max of 65*C, and thats on the integrated heat sink not the core. Whats coretemp say your temps are?

Originally Posted by Slappa

How much thermal paste are you applying? Should be the size of 1 grain of uncooked rice. Arctic silver also has curing time, so you may not have waited long enough.

AS5 requires 200 hours of cure time with heat cycling. So it could very easily take almost 2 weeks to cure your TIM properly.

Originally Posted by Darksylum

yea i remounted it both ways, cooler facing up and down and I used a relatively thin layer of ac5 compound covering the entire die.*(

Thats not how you apply TIM. No offense but its pretty obvious you didn't even look at the instructions.
When you spread TIM out over the die it will create air pockets and give you crappy temps, like you're getting.
Instead try applying 2 thin strips of TIM on the areas between the heatpipes.
Also, you might need more pressure. If once everything is secure and the heat sink moves around with little force then that is not enough pressure and you might need to mod it some to increase it.

And just so you know, Arctic Silver 5 is old and dated TIM. While sure it still works well after the 2 week cure time, its just not worth the hassle. Next time get some IC Diamond 7, improved my temps by 7*C @ 100% load. Or OCZ freeze. There little to no cure time on those TIMs and best of all they don't conduct electricity.

Good luck.