Phenom ii x4 B35 overclocked - vcore high?

Tea_Bag

Ive an athlon x3 435 @2.9ghz which i managed to unlock to a phenom ii x4 B35 @2.9ghz, with 6mb L3 cache and all, and i though i'd overclock it a bit. a decided to try the AMD overdrive software OC just to see what i could expect, because im a complete noob to this, and i let it do the "auto clock" test, where you leave it for some time and it works out the best settings for you.

after a reboot, the system seems stable at 3.2ghz. @37'C under full load:)
im just a bit worried about
A) the vcore voltage @1.366v
the RAM is oc'd to 736.7mhz (4gb DDR3 stock at 1333mhz)
C) i was hoping for closer to 3.5-3.8ghz. would it be pushing the system too much? ive an aftermarket cooler (AKASA freedom tower that chills it right down) and a CM silent pro 600W PSU on a MSI 770-G45 board. GPU is a gtx 460

*i know the thermometer reading in HW monitors are off because of the 4th core unlock. if i disable the core it works properly again. it can be safely assumed (and confirmed through the BIOS, that the true temp is somewhere between 25-37'C (which is my temp1 and temp3 reading from speedfan. temp3 is usually a little higher than temp1, and both are at ~22'C at idle)

should i move to BIOS OC now?

(sorry about the massive images)

Hank Scorpio

Whats the stock voltage on that cpu?

Tea_Bag

nuxxx wrote: »

Whats the stock voltage on that cpu?

i never thought to check that. i just reverted back to stock settings and under load @ 100% its giving me 1.328v and idle is ~0.9v.
seems ok then?

EDIT: stock voltages of athlon ii X3 440 is between 1.37 and 1.4v according to the internets

Hank Scorpio

Tea_Bag wrote: »

i never thought to check that. i just reverted back to stock settings and under load @ 100% its giving me 1.328v and idle is ~0.9v.
seems ok then?

EDIT: stock voltages of athlon ii X3 440 is between 1.37 and 1.4v according to the internets

I couldn't say tbh

Heres a excellent guide though

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-cpu-overclock,2396.html

From experience with intel cpus, using software, mobo buttons to perform a automatic overclock has never worked good for me, the vcore is always way higher than it could be if you did it manually in the bios

Xonipher

Hello! I was searching for hours and couldn't find good information on how to OC my Phenom x4 B35 until I found your thread! I'm new to overclocking, in fact, I haven't even booted my custom pc for the first time yet, its still not finished but I'll finish it early of next week. This is information/data I've been looking for. Thanks for posting! I'll be posting my results for overclocking my B35 using your settings. Thanks again.

My setup,


-AMD Athlon x3 435 Rana 2.9ghz (I'll unlock the 4th core and OC to 3.2ghz) With a Rosewill Zaio Cooler/fan
-G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 2x 2gb (4gb total) at 1333mhz
-ATI HD 5750 1gb DDR5 Graphics card (Will OC to 5770 specs)
-Biostar A780L3G motherboard
-575watt Logysis PSU
-Samsung SH-S223L DVD burner
-Western Digital Caviar Blue WD2500AAKS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache
-Windows 7 Ultimate 64

Tea_Bag

Xonipher wrote: »

Hello! I was searching for hours and couldn't find good information on how to OC my Phenom x4 B35 until I found your thread! I'm new to overclocking, in fact, I haven't even booted my custom pc for the first time yet, its still not finished but I'll finish it early of next week. This is information/data I've been looking for. Thanks for posting! I'll be posting my results for overclocking my B35 using your settings. Thanks again.

My setup,


-AMD Athlon x3 435 Rana 2.9ghz (I'll unlock the 4th core and OC to 3.2ghz) With a Rosewill Zaio Cooler/fan
-G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 2x 2gb (4gb total) at 1333mhz
-ATI HD 5750 1gb DDR5 Graphics card (Will OC to 5770 specs)
-Biostar A780L3G motherboard
-575watt Logysis PSU
-Samsung SH-S223L DVD burner
-Western Digital Caviar Blue WD2500AAKS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache
-Windows 7 Ultimate 64

got an update for us on how you're getting on with your rig?