I cannot past 3,6 with my 965 x4 BE :(

[Katchwi]

I did a post, but was not really clear. And i didn't get any help 🙁
My specs: m5a88-v evo; Phenom 2 965 x4 black edition; g.skill 1600mhz 8gb (2x4) 8 8 8 24 34 t2; zotac gtx 650 ti boost. Thermaltake smart 530 80plus and a cm Hyper 212 evo with stock cooler and one more. Everything in a haf 912 with a 200mm fan in fron and 140mm in one side. (copypaste)-

Here running prime95 for heat with 21°c ambient temp:

BIOS:

I found it stable like that. But i cannot overclock it more than that.
I've had problems with vcore at automatic and in manual. It seems to work fine with offset :/
If i bump the multiplier by 0.5 i get bluescreen after some time running blend. It says something about a core failing...

Thanks in advance...

ps: i forgot to mention that this chip likes a lot of voltage, and i don't know if it is safe to add more than 1.40. It was working for a year with 1.47 and 1.50 spikes in auto.

 

[aatje92]

Did you follow a guide or just messed with the settings?

 

[Katchwi]

Did you follow a guide or just messed with the settings?

Of course i've reading guides. I am kinda lost because there are many differents opinions. And every pc is different.

 

[aatje92]

Precisely, this could be the max for your chip 😉

 

[Katchwi]

Precisely, this could be the max for your chip 😉

WTF 🙁
Well, maybe yes. But i can't believe it can't handle more speed.
Maybe wasn't new when i bought it... and is dying somehow?

 

[aatje92]

Well you should 😛. Maybe you could achieve more mhz (3.8 or so) with a better mobo, but for your current setup this seems to be the max

 

[Katchwi]

Well you should 😛. Maybe you could achieve more mhz (3.8 or so) with a better mobo, but for your current setup this seems to be the max

I don't get what's wrong with my motherboard.
So, are these settings okey? should i flash my bios like last chance?

 

[Tradesman1]

Try raising the Dram voltage to 1.55 and the CPU/NB to 1.3, the vCore just a bit and THEN try raising multiplier + 0.5

 

[Katchwi]

Try raising the Dram voltage to 1.55 and the CPU/NB to 1.3, the vCore just a bit and THEN try raising multiplier + 0.5

Thank you! i will try this.
I thought this set up was ready for 3.8. Is for that i didn't know what to do.

 

[Katchwi]

Well i got

I think that aatje92 was right and that is the speed limit of my chip QQ

 

[Tradesman1]

Might be, could take voltages higher, but not sure it would be worth it

 

[Katchwi]

Might be, could take voltages higher, but not sure it would be worth it

Of course not. Maybe is a memory issue? or bumping cpu/nb freq? ¦|

 

[Tradesman1]

Sticks should be fine, can always test with Memtest - best each stick individually, maybe 4-5 passes on each (takes awhile)

 

[Katchwi]

Sticks should be fine, can always test with Memtest - best each stick individually, maybe 4-5 passes on each (takes awhile)

Yep, i tested both memories with memtest when i bought them (both at the same time for 12 hours with any error). I meant to mess with memories configuration, timmings etc.

I'll ask again, should i flash the bios? i am to scared to do it. But if it is for the major good, i'll do it 😛
My current version is 215, and the actual is 17xx :/

Thanks for the help!

 

[Tradesman1]

If your rig is stable and your happy with it as is, then don't worry, can always do it in the future - talk to friends etc who are into computing, the BIOS update isn't near as daunting or dangerous as it once was, think I do it a time or two a week, always check BIOS when I do a build or have a rig come in for repair or upgrades - it's no biggie......but if nervous, can lead to a problem...so do it when your comfortable