4.4ghz TR 1950x on water, is it possible?

[j-d0gg]

Forgive me if I sound like an FNG but the last time I did serious overclocking was the Athlon XP days. Zenith Extreme, 1950x, AS5, Liqtech AIO 360 with push-pull fan setup, high CFM SanAce server fans. This thing is a monster and at the stable 4.1 I have now my idle temps are still in the low 30*C high 20's, all 16 cores turning and burning at 4.1ghz

This BIOS, the 0804 beta I believe, has a LOT more OC options than what I am used to from the AXP days, what exactly do I gotta worry about when trying for 4.4? I've seen guys hitting 5ghz on LN2. Thermals aren't my problem with this cooler I have on it, I seem to be hitting a silicon wall at 4.2ghz. It seems to be upping the VCore for me, I tried 41x105 and it didn't even post lol. I'm at 41x100 now and all is well. Any of you young whippersnappers want to help an old timer crank this thing up? I go back to the Socket 7 days of de-lidding K6 chips lol

[j-d0gg]

Never mind those temps I take that back, touched 65*C doing Passmark CPU test, score jumped 1000 points though, I think 4ghz will be enough for me for now but I'll lurk for suggestions. The 4ghz OC profile is a nice base to get started but 65, eh, I don't want to cook an 800 dollar chip so I'll back it down a bit lol :cool:

[Arne_Saknussemm]

There is a wall with these cpus...4.1 or 4.2, if you are lucky, is pretty much what you can expect....to get any higher you would need exotic cooling setups...

[j-d0gg]

Well, still 4.1ghz stable that's a 700mhz overclock I'm impressed, and during gaming and high-powered applications it still retains its composure, with only Prime95 being able to get it hot enough for me to worry. 3 minutes in I saw 85*C and decided that was enough so I'll leave it. Overall, awesome rig I'm very happy with the Zenith.

[Arne_Saknussemm]

16 cores at 4.1 is certainly nothing to sneeze at...it's a great platform from AMD 🙂