Phenom II X6 1090t Overclocked Temps & Voltage

[RobroGoesPro]

Hi there,
I just recently clocked my Phenom II X6 1090t from 3.2 Ghz to 3.8 Ghz using BIOS. During the clocking procedure I upped the voltage a few times because I was not stable on 3.7GHz at the standard 1.375 v. And whenever I upped the frequency to 3.8, it would not boot into Windows and instead Blue screen. So then I took the voltage up to 1.425 v and then at 3.8 GHz the cpu ran fine. It booted faster and all programs were operating normally. I have Core Temp running the whole time to see if my CPU was actually producing the desired frequency. It was, but my primary concern was the CPU's temperature during idle. Before clock, at 3.2, I was idling at around 28-30°C and now I am at 38-42°C (during idle). Now I am wondering if I put too much voltage to the CPU? Just for info, I am using the Arctic Freezer Rev.2 CPU cooler and I have two fans above the CPU pushing the air out of the Zalman z11 plus' top fins.

Thanks in advance!

 

[bobusboy]

I had a Phenom II x6 1060t overclocked from 2.9 to 4.1025ghz @ 1.5125v [stable] with the stock multiplier (was not a black edition cpu).

My idle temps before OC were 15-20*C and after 18-22*C idle and never above 55*C under full load.

What kind of fans do you have on your case? And by that I mean what kind of intake do you have?/what case do you have. IMO it sounds like your ambient temp is high and or you have bad air circulation.

PS: my set up when I had the phenom x6 was;
Phenom 1060t x6 @ 4.1025, 1.5125v
ram?
SSD/HDD
2x6850 xfire
Haf 912 case
Fans...fans everywhere
Cooler Master v6 heatsink (cpu)

IIRC as long as your temperatures do not exceed 65*C you are doing fine. In my experience the colder I could keep the Phenom the more stable it was at a higher clock rate. This is compared to my FX-8350 which is more sensitive to voltage than temp.

 

[RobroGoesPro]

I had a Phenom II x6 1060t overclocked from 2.9 to 4.1025ghz @ 1.5125v [stable] with the stock multiplier (was not a black edition cpu).

My idle temps before OC were 15-20*C and after 18-22*C idle and never above 55*C under full load.

What kind of fans do you have on your case? And by that I mean what kind of intake do you have?/what case do you have. IMO it sounds like your ambient temp is high and or you have bad air circulation.

PS: my set up when I had the phenom x6 was;
Phenom 1060t x6 @ 4.1025, 1.5125v
ram?
SSD/HDD
2x6850 xfire
Haf 912 case
Fans...fans everywhere
Cooler Master v6 heatsink (cpu)

IIRC as long as your temperatures do not exceed 65*C you are doing fine. In my experience the colder I could keep the Phenom the more stable it was at a higher clock rate. This is compared to my FX-8350 which is more sensitive to voltage than temp.

I am using a Arctic Freezer Xtreme Rev.2 for the CPU and a Zalman z11 plus, with around 10 case fans. Two of the fans are 140mm above the cpu sucking air up and out through the top fins.