Overclocking a Phenom 9550

[abhijith]

Hey Guys,

I have an AMD Phenom 9550 2.2GHz processor and an Asus M3A78-CM mobo and a Transcend 2GB 800MHz ram. I wan to overclock the processor. How much do you think I can go on stock volts? I am using AMD stock heat sink and fan. When I enter the bios and check the temp. it is 45C. Is that too much? Would I need extra cooling? My case already has 2 fans in it and that's the maximum. Please give me your advice.

 

[pidgin5]

You may need more cooling, depending on how much you are raising it by.
Is it a X3 or X4 you got?
You may want to look into liquid cooling.
Tom.

 

[abhijith]

I have a phenom X4. I want to take it to about 2.5GHz. Water Cooling is too expensive.

 

[magruder13]

I have the same mobo/processor, when you went into the BIOS were you able to change the FSB? My BIOS wont let me although cool and quiet is off. Please give a semi detailed instruction on how you overclocked it, thanks!!!

 

[eclipseaudio4]

It depends if that is you load temp than you are ok Max temp for that processor is 70c if that is idle you NEED better cooling

 

[magruder13]

Mine idles at 30c, so i def need to OC.

 

[eclipseaudio4]

Idle is not what will tell you you need to find out the load Max temp stress test for say 30 min and check the temp of all 4 cores and processor. Just make sure that all 4 are at 100% load.

 

[magruder13]

I did the stress test that is in the guide on the forums for about an hour and a half and the max temp was 43c, so im sure thats still pretty cold.

 

[eclipseaudio4]

It depends if that is you load temp than you are ok Max temp for that processor is 70c if that is idle you NEED better cooling

You have a ways to go yet. make sure ai tuning is set to manual.