What's achieveable?

[stevebarnes15]

Hi all,i just tried my first overclock in about 7 years but failed misserably.

I've read on other forums that the phenom 2 X6 1055t is capable of speeds up to 4ghz,rather than the stock 2.8ghz.

I used the bios on my gigabyte UD2H,putting auto settings on and just increasing the core clock with a muliplier of 14 but could only get a stable overclock at 3.1ghz.

Anything over that,the system just hangs or crashes during post.

I'm using the stock cooler which keeps the cores at 33 degrees idle,with a little fluctuation between cores,which is 2 degrees max.

When on load running f@h the temps go up to 38 degrees tops.

So is it the memory i'm running preventing a higher oc,which is mushkin enhanced silverline, ddr3 1333mhz,or something else i'm missing?

These are the idle temps:

 

[GuyIncognito]

I'm using the stock cooler which keeps the cores at 33 degrees idle,with a little fluctuation between cores,which is 2 degrees max.

Throw it in the trash. Any tower air cooler with a 12-14cm fan will be 1000 times better in terms of temperature and noise.

Once you install better cooling, figure out the voltage, etc.

 

[dugdiamond]

your cooler is not your problem

these are my settings (game stable):

click here 1055T settings

(notice the voltage needed = 1.512)

for settings that require hexacore-thrashing (like folding) i suggest a max clock of 3.82GHz... this requires a voltage of ~1.47 and a simple adjustment of the bus speed

...

luckily for me, my mobo has OC-Genie. ONE button push was all that was needed to get an easy 3.6GHz. i saved that to a profile (in BIOS) and then tweaked it

. each time saving the BIOS profiles and testing stability, until i was happy.

 

[marsey99]

Its not the ram as such it will be the ratio.