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Scrypt3r · 08-17-09

Hmmm can someone help i cant decide! later this year im going to upgrade and get a 550 or 720 and try to unlock (i know i shouldn't expect to unlock but hey, core(s) for free right?) and i was wondering, what would be the best and most overclockable if i cant unlock?

Edit: Does annyone know if AMD are making any X3's or X2's with the new memory controller like the 965?

Tonicblazer · 08-17-09

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Originally Posted by Dopamin3

What do you mean it was stable and had errors? That is a contradictory statement... I believe on that Biostar board you have to set HT Link to 1600mhz to get it to work right so try that.

ah still no luck, well im not gonna mess with it anymore until either a new bios comes out or something. but a dual at 3.6ghz aint bad.

**thlnk3r** · 08-17-09

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Originally Posted by Scrypt3r

Edit: Does anyone know if AMD are making any X3's or X2's with the new memory controller like the 965?

Scrypt3r, I believe the Phenom II X2 and Athlon II X2 have the same IMC as the 965 (Deneb). All are AM3 components. The same should apply to the Phenom II X3's as well.

Good luck

wahrheitoderpflicht · 08-17-09

Darn. The battery trick, ram, nor the biostar bios recovery methods worked. I do believe that I have bricked yet another motherboard.

Brutuz · 08-17-09

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Originally Posted by thlnk3r

Scrypt3r, I believe the Phenom II X2 and Athlon II X2 have the same IMC as the 965 (Deneb). All are AM3 components. The same should apply to the Phenom II X3's as well.

Good luck

Iirc, the Phenom II x4 920 and 940 had the old Phenom IMC from the athlon64, the x2 and x3, x4 9x5 series' had the new one that has DDR3 as well, but the newest 965 has an entirely new NB or something in the CPU.

alwaysAMD · 08-17-09

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Originally Posted by Tonicblazer

ah still no luck, well im not gonna mess with it anymore until either a new bios comes out or something. but a dual at 3.6ghz aint bad.

Try going back to the January BIOS. I couldn't unlock with the newest, but going back worked for me.

ocfanboy · 08-18-09

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Originally Posted by thlnk3r

Ocfanboy, great job so far. What is your NB Frequency and HT speed at? The 24Mhz overclock on your memory may or may not be a factor at this point. Try lowering the divider and bring that frequency down to see if that effects anything.

3.9Ghz at 1.46 is pretty darn good in my opinion!

Good luck

thanks

my ht and nb are both running at 2060...
when I overclocked to 4.0 I tried lowering the both below the stock 2000 but no luck... Also left them on auto where they stayed on 2060 also no luck...
Could it be that this is a max for my processor? I've also read that 64 bit could be holding me back?

Tonicblazer · 08-18-09

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Originally Posted by alwaysAMD

Try going back to the January BIOS. I couldn't unlock with the newest, but going back worked for me.

yea i did try that one, didnt work, just not that lucky i guess

Contagion · 08-18-09

hey guys i just switched it back to dual core so i could get an idea of the temps and this is what i got
at 1.456v and 3.8ghz
i loaded core temp of 31C
and cpu temp of 44C
attached pic.
im not really sure but is that good or bad?

JSwanzy · 08-18-09

Such a good CPU. Probably my favorite dual core seeing it's so cheap @ 3GHz and being able to make it 4 cores at up and around to 4GHz just makes it seem not legal.

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