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Overclocking on Crosshair V Formula

billy_dexd
Level 7
Hi,

I have a Crosshair V Formula and a Phenom II X4 970BE. I was able to OC from the stock freq., 3.5GHz, to 3.91Ghz by just messing with the multiplier and the CPU Voltage. I have a multiplier set at 19.5x and the voltage set at 1.465. My max temp under a 100% load is 47 'C. Also, I have NB Frequency, HT Link, RAM set to Auto, and I disabled all the power saving features because I wanted to get those out of my way. I'm stuck at 3.91 GHz; I can't not go any further. Even at 1.5 volts, I can't get it to run stable at 3.99 GHz. Now, I have been looking through many forums on the internet. I saw that many people can get this Phenom X4 970BE to even 4.1 GHz or 4.0 GHz easily. So, I would like to ask people who are good at OCing give me suggestions on how to do that.

Best wish.
CPU: Phenom II X4 970BE @3.91 GHz
Mobo: Crossshair V Formula (Bios Firmware: 1402)
Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper Plus 212
GPU: HD 6850 1GB 2-Way Crossfire
RAM: 2 x 1GB OCZ SLi-Ready
2 x 2GB Potrait Matrix

@1600 MHz 8-8-8-24 1T

PSU: Corsair TX680 W
Case: Cooler Master Haf-X
HD: Western Digital Green Cavier 500GB
SSD: Intel SSD 80GB
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speed
Level 12
That is still a nice clock. for the PII x4. go with the 8150 or a 6core PII they both clock better and have better ram controller

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speed wrote:
That is still a nice clock. for the PII x4. go with the 8150 or a 6core PII they both clock better and have better ram controller


Yes, as of now, I'm still going fine with gaming and every uses. Let's wait till Pile Driver comes out and see what will be the best option for me. Thank you.
CPU: Phenom II X4 970BE @3.91 GHz
Mobo: Crossshair V Formula (Bios Firmware: 1402)
Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper Plus 212
GPU: HD 6850 1GB 2-Way Crossfire
RAM: 2 x 1GB OCZ SLi-Ready
2 x 2GB Potrait Matrix

@1600 MHz 8-8-8-24 1T

PSU: Corsair TX680 W
Case: Cooler Master Haf-X
HD: Western Digital Green Cavier 500GB
SSD: Intel SSD 80GB