Check the safe overclocking temperatures and voltages for AMD 955 Phenom II.
Check the safe overclocking temperatures and voltages for AMD 955 Phenom II.
OvrClkr :
My bad, well guess what.... There is nothing cooler than a girl with a water-cooled PC....lol.....
Anyways what are your temps at 3.8Ghz?
Max i have seen it hit is 55C @ 3.8GHZ.
I adjusted the NB to align with the CPU voltage since I increased it from the default to 1.38V.
you don't have low overclock since the cpu is overheating. the heat comes from higher voltage. more voltage creates more heat. you keep increasing the voltage in an attempt to stabilize the cpu. however, in my view, you can't achieve any further overclock because the chip itself doesn't perform well under that stress. professional reviews of phenoms show people rarely reach 4.0ghz—they're not even close. the issue lies with the chip's capabilities, not your skill. i can easily hit 4ghz, while some cpus manage it and others don't.