Athlon 64 Overclocking Guide

[82nd]

Frag was referring to A64's that are older and had a far higher start voltage.

The newer 90nm silicon does not need more volts and you don't want to be putting 1.7though it unless your on very decent water or phase change

Ok ,but why would it be ok for me to run 1.7 volts on water but not air even thow my temps are acceptable? I'm not overheating.

 

[FarFarAway]

Its about the voltage going through the silicone and what the silicone is designed and specced to run at. The older silicone (sp??) was designed to run @ stock at higher volts so could take a little more going through it. The newer stuff is designed to run at a lower manufactoring process (90nm) and is designed to have a far lower operating voltage.

130nm Newcastle = 1.5v stock

90nm Venice/SD/Opty = 1.35v stock

So what your doing is putting a lot of strain on the power regulatory parts inside the processor and 1.7v is too much unless you have a more extreme method of cooling to take the leaking heat away quick. Even then you could easily kill the chip or at least screw it up a bit (see Frags CBBLE winnie not running @ stock for a certain mod )

So yeah....

 

[Dav0s]

i know your temps are "ok" mate....but what you mean by ok is probably 40/50?

to run 1.7v that cpu cannot really be getting any hotter than 30 at the very max, because it puts too much strain on the silicone.

 

[FarFarAway]

Yep Dave aint wrong

 

[blawblaw]

This all right now looks foreign to me, but anyways, how do you guys keep track of how much heat, and how many volts ur cpu and ram are taking on?

 

[Tec]

This all right now looks foreign to me, but anyways, how do you guys keep track of how much heat, and how many volts ur cpu and ram are taking on?

If you mean visually there is a utility called Smart Guardian which display the voltages and temperatures. i ll upload that to our download site and i will send you a pm with the link. Some users might use external display panels/kits to see their fan speeds , temperatures etc.

ITE Smartguardian for DFI NF4 motherboards can be downloaded on our site or from here : Click Here

 

[FarFarAway]

Yep MBM5 and ITE Smart guardian used here

 

[usofjisofdjs]

very helpful guide cheers

 

[Ghosthud1]

just whacked up my 5200+ to 3.2ghz thanks to this guide

 

[nick007shadow]

Great, simple guidens. Thanks

 

[tbv]

nice guide - I'll be having a play with my old 3800 to see how far I can push it

 

[leopoldtilica]

Awesome! Thanks.Now that we have something to do in our weekend let`s goooo!

 

[oliveryochest]

Very nice useful guide

Much appreciated