Phenom II x4 955 BE overclock question

[Steve_238]

Hi there.
Before I finally retire this cpu to a dusty cupboard somewhere and upgrade I thought I'd try my hand at overclocking it to see what it can do.
I've read numerous threads and tuts on the subject and just went ahead head first.
So I increased it to 220 and multiplier to 16.5.
That gave me a more unstable than not 3.6Ghz.
Sometimes would POST fine but more often than not wouldn't POST and stated that overclocking had failed.
So i read some more around the net and basically went straight into the multiplier and raised it to 19x. 3800Mhz.
I ran everything else at stock and booted it up.
Ran OCCT for 2 hours and my max temps didn't go over 56 degrees.

I'm using a Coolermaster Hyper 212 heatsink and have a very well air condition Antec 1200 case.

My question is, should I increase any other settings to keep it "proper" stable?
Or just risk it for a chocolate biscuit til I upgrade?
Cheers in advance.

 

[Lutfij]

1| Please list your full system's specs like so:
CPU+CPU Cooler:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:

2| Is that the 212 Plus or the latter revision(s)?

3| You forgot to touch up on the voltages since that is the power fed to your processor and if the board doesn't have the necessary heatsinks you're going to see a fried computer.

4| You might also want to look through this.

 

[Steve_238]

Hi there.
CPU+CPU Cooler: AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE + Coolermaster Hyper 212.
Motherboard: Asus M4N68T - M V2
Ram: 8GB Kingston HyperX 1300Mhz
SSD/HDD: 1TB Seagate
GPU: Gigabyte Windforce GTX 760 2GB
PSU: Antec 850w
Chassis: Antec 1200
OS: Windows 10 Pro.

 

[Steve_238]

It's the Hyper 212x heatsink.

 

[Steve_238]

Ok so I ran Prime95 for about an hour just now and had CPUZ opened and noticed my voltage is actually fluctuating depending on use. So I started Prime and it shot up to around 1.35 and then closed Prime and it went down.
Maybe I should turn CnQ off?

 

[Wisecracker]

1.35v --especially with that mobo-- is good. C&Q should make no difference.

If you want to use the system clock you must drop the RAM divider to keep yoyr memory running at spec. For a neat OC utility, try Phenom MsrTweaker

Ok so I ran Prime95 for about an hour just now and had CPUZ opened and noticed my voltage is actually fluctuating depending on use. So I started Prime and it shot up to around 1.35 and then closed Prime and it went down.
Maybe I should turn CnQ off?

 

[Steve_238]

Thanks for the reply Wisecracker.
I've been using it now pretty much all day at 3.8 [obviously only when gaming or when it needs to use that speed] with no problems. I've had HWMonitor open and every 5 mins keep checking my max temps and I've still not gone over 56 degrees. Which I think is good.
I mean, my Antec case sounds like a wind turbine but it's doing the job for now.
And bizarrely its more stable at this clock speed than a lower one.
Is that unusual or pretty common on some CPU's?

 

[Wisecracker]

Sounds great.

HWMonitor is generally accurate but can swing and miss from time-to-time. On AM3+ you may want to check your 'Thermal Margin' as reported in AMD OverDrive (AOD). The 'Blue' is good ...

 

[Steve_238]

Ahh. it's only an AM3. OverDrive won't recognise my chipset so won't run.
I've had this CPU since new about 7 years and never once OC'd it. So before I head towards a Ryzen 3 [I'm only gaming at 1360x768] thought I'd see what all the hullabaloo was all about this 'ere overclockin' thing everyone keeps harpin' on about.
I've noticed a considerable improvement and kinda gutted I didn't try this a few years ago. Although would have probably had a major impact on the lifespan of my poor ol' 955.

Cheers again Wisecracker.

 

[Wisecracker]

HA!
My brain fahhh-ted. I just realized AOD and the Tweaker won't work -- not because of AM2/AM3/AM3+ though.

Your Asus has an old nVidia chipset