Phenom II x4 955 Overclock Help

[NachoEmerson]

I overclocked my cpu using amd overdrive inside of the CCC and I was wondering if this overclock is ok, im not to sure how to overclock a cpu, heres a pic in cpuz

 

[lowjack989]

The X6 will allow for an NB frequency of 3000 MHz...The X4 is limited to 2800 MHz

HT is limited to 2600 and give no noticiable gain in performance that have seen I just keep it up there to make sure its at top speed...BTW Maximum voltage on the NB should never, ever exceed 1.35v....IMO 1.3v is maximum allowable "safe" voltage for the NB and HT

 

[NachoEmerson]

Ya the BIOS on my board is definatly better than the one I had before, I set the NB to 2600MHz and the CPU/NB voltage to 1.2, do you think that's good?

 

[lowjack989]

Perfect at 2600@1.2v you should see a nice little boost in all around performance you could get 2800 MHz I'm sure 2600 MHz is fine as well....IMO you have the best MOBO out for AMD right now very stable platform for OCing

 

[NachoEmerson]

Thank you guys very much for the help, much appreciated! And I know I love this motherboard, it had every thing I needed and more. Never had a motherboard with dual x16 PCIe cappability. Looking forward to gettin another MSI HD 6850 in crossfire.

 

[lowjack989]

That board is my next purchase....waiting on the Bull Dozer release...BTW if your done with the thread make sure to pick a best answer so it can be closed....Welcome to TH newcomer !!

 

[NachoEmerson]

Best answer selected by NachoEmerson.

 

[NachoEmerson]

@Lowjack-- Thanks and I selected your first comment as the best just because you mentioned to get rid of AMD overdrive I was using it at the time and I now realize how sketchy that program overclocks and have a better understanding on OCing a CPU in the BIOS, thanks again for the help!