don't buy a phenom II X4 965/970.....
don't buy a phenom II X4 965/970.....
Just buy the cheaper 955 and spend the money you save on a better cooler. It appears I got a pretty decent (understatement) 955 from TigerDirect for $119 on sale the other day. It's probably a down binned 970 but I'm not complaining!
stuff inside the box is in the sig. I used some Arctic Silver I had laying around from the 20th century. Nothin' fancy. Just good cooling. Dunno if it will hold up on prime95 for 20+ hours, we'll see. Doesn't seem to have any issues early on here. 4 GHz on air is nothing to sneeze at.
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stuff inside the box is in the sig. I used some Arctic Silver I had laying around from the 20th century. Nothin' fancy. Just good cooling. Dunno if it will hold up on prime95 for 20+ hours, we'll see. Doesn't seem to have any issues early on here. 4 GHz on air is nothing to sneeze at.
Cheers,
Todd
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Very Nice.. I'm still trying to figure out how to properly OC these days.. It's no longer just a matter of changing multipliers or Bus speeds.. Using the AMD tool I've got my CPU running at 3.8ghz vs. the 3.4 stock..
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eGo,eGoCeNTRoNiX wrote:Very Nice.. I'm still trying to figure out how to properly OC these days.. It's no longer just a matter of changing multipliers or Bus speeds.. Using the AMD tool I've got my CPU running at 3.8ghz vs. the 3.4 stock..
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All I did was up the multi and vcore in the BIOS. That and I tick the RAM voltage just a notch. ( 1.5v to 1.6v). You can try backing it down later too. that goes for the vcore as well.
I don't use those windows based, software OCers. I'm convinced that a major part of OCing is proper application of the thermal paste and getting a nice "grip" with the fan/hs. I still apply the paste the old fashioned way which is some paste about the size of a grain of rice and spread it around on the cpu with my finger wrapped in a piece of saran wrap. Then I try to get the HS mounted with as little movement as possible. After that is it's connect everything back up and cross your fingerz ! LOL
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isn't this the right way .just a glob and squeeze the cooler down on top.
what you talking about speed the paste with plastic wrap or a razor blade. id kill my shick quantro razer if i did any such thing and i been using that shaver for over a year now.sure it was free from shick but not seen any free offers on the forum for a while
the Last time I was Talking to myself . I got into such a heated argument . that is why I swore I never talk to that guy again. you know what it worked now no buddy talking to me.
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Supposedly a blob in the middle is effective from a test I saw some time ago, but I feel better (especially with some of the less viscous pastes that are out) spreading a thin coat with my finger on both surfaces. I then twist them together until they they are so stuck together that you could hold the motherboard upside down without a mount & still stick together.
The new Intel Sandy bridge is unaccommodating to any overclocking except for in software as of yet. Fortunately, that's not so with AMD yet. I have found that v-core & buss speed are still the defining factors in a good overclock. Maybe a tweak to a couple other settings, but frequently, you'll hear about it in reviews if it needs it.
I have been seriously eyeing the 995 for my next upgrade
The new Intel Sandy bridge is unaccommodating to any overclocking except for in software as of yet. Fortunately, that's not so with AMD yet. I have found that v-core & buss speed are still the defining factors in a good overclock. Maybe a tweak to a couple other settings, but frequently, you'll hear about it in reviews if it needs it.
I have been seriously eyeing the 995 for my next upgrade
Yep, I've seen sites saying to just blob it in the middle too. Strange. I kind of do a swirl pattern with my finger with it ending up being " a little thicker" towards the center, but not much. Somebody had a picture a few years back of a guy who looked like he had thrown it on there with a soup spoon. LOL, it was a mess.normalicy wrote:Supposedly a blob in the middle is effective from a test I saw some time ago, but I feel better (especially with some of the less viscous pastes that are out) spreading a thin coat with my finger on both surfaces. I then twist them together until they they are so stuck together that you could hold the motherboard upside down without a mount & still stick together.
The new Intel Sandy bridge is unaccommodating to any overclocking except for in software as of yet. Fortunately, that's not so with AMD yet. I have found that v-core & buss speed are still the defining factors in a good overclock. Maybe a tweak to a couple other settings, but frequently, you'll hear about it in reviews if it needs it.
I have been seriously eyeing the 995 for my next upgrade
BTW, still chugging along here this morning with prime95 @ 4.017GHz. 16 hours now. That's plenty for me. 24hrs is cruel and unusual punishment. :-) It survived overnight and my kid messin' with it early this morning before school. Close enough.
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