Overclocking a 3200

[Assassin]

Well I had a simple question about OCing my 939 3200 venice. I'm shooting for about 2.8 but right now I can only hit 2.5 without touching the voltage too much. How much can I safely bring up the voltage? Thanks -Assassin

[werty316]

1.7V is your limit but even 1.6V is high.

I once OC'd my 3000+ venice E3 on a MSI Neo2 Platnium to 2.8GHz @ 1.7V on air for a test. I will never increase the voltage to 1.7V again.

[Assassin]

haha very nice. so between 1.5-1.6 is safe?

[werty316]

Just overclock till you hit a wall and increase the voltage untill you get to a speed you want. I recommend not running at 1.6V 24/7.

[Assassin]

I'd be scared to :shock: Thanks for the advice

[Bio-Hazard]

I've run a A64 as high as 1.77v (bios) before and the temps were still good to go, but I only run those setting on benchmarks.........;) Those chips are both a few years old and still going strong, but I wouldn't recomend it for everyday use. And if you do decide to crank it up above 1.7, make sure you have darn good cooling.

[Assassin]

Well i did crank it up to 1.7 just to see what kind of temps i got and surprisingly they weren't bad for stock cooling, was idle at about 40c give or take some. Didn't go above 54c from what i could see. Although I still can't seem to hit 2.8 stable without having the voltage up there :( oh well :mrgreen:

[Bio-Hazard]

Sounds like you're at about the max your chip is going to do then.

[darkorb]

whats rong with 1.6v running at 24/7?

[Bio-Hazard]

For me nothing, high volts just seem to scare folks off as it can shorten the life of your CPU.

[darkorb]

o ok, well cant u just lower it to 1.4 and just crank the multiplier up? and what u mean not stable.

[Bio-Hazard]

The multis are only unlocked on the down side. Some CPU's will OC higher at stock voltages, to a point, but sooner or later you'll need more voltage to proceed higher. That is if you want to.........;)
My CPU will run at 250x10 at stock voltage, that's dropping the multi from 11 down to 10 which gives you more memory bandwidth. Or if I wanted to keep it at the 11 multi I can run 235x11 at stock volts.

[zachig]

I would also advice you NOT to run your CPU at 1.6V (and above) 24/7 unless you're water-coolng...I guess that sbrehm is right people are scared for nothing but I personally like to stay on the safe side.

I'm currently running my X2 3800+ at 2.4GHz with 1.5V...I could also run it at 2.5GHz with 1.6V and even 2.6GHz with 1.7V but I personally find it risky...:???:

[Bio-Hazard]

Nothing wrong with playing it safe........;) At the cost of PC parts these days, it's better to be safe that sorry. And without the proper cooling, it's just asking for trouble.

[GIBSON]

meh, if you check your load temps with an app like prime for a while and make sure it'll survive on a hot day, why not. After all, a cpu's life is shorter than it's going to last in my eyes. When you pull the plug on that 7-8 year old comp, the cpu is still working right, but is it still worth working with it? As to say, chances are higher you are replacing the cpu because of it's performance after a few years instead of it being broken down.

[Bio-Hazard]

If you're willing to take the risks, go for it.............;)
But I've seen more than one memory controler get damaged/limited due to OC'ing at high volts, tha't normally what goes first on AMD A64's. Then you won't have those nice 1:1 memory clocks anymore, but the CPU will still work just fine with Mem dividers.

[Assassin]

Well I'm not scared about shorting the life of my CPU. I'm on stock cooling so Just a lil cautious about the temps is all. I'll prolly be upgrading in a year or two anyways. :mrgreen:

As for being not stable I mean when running a game or something I get a hangup for about a minute or so. Or the whole thing locks up. Thats not stable :P

[werty316]

Well I'm not scared about shorting the life of my CPU. I'm on stock cooling so Just a lil cautious about the temps is all. I'll prolly be upgrading in a year or two anyways. :mrgreen:

As for being not stable I mean when running a game or something I get a hangup for about a minute or so. Or the whole thing locks up. Thats not stable :P
Ease off on the overclock or increasing the CPU voltage could fix that.

[dilligas]

Looking around the internet and a few forums here and there do we know a good real time all in one monitor? Or is MBM the going program for most applications for most people? I just get different readings from different programs at the same time while both are running.

[DragonMaster]

Too much voltage for a long time kills things. LEDs are a good example. They shouldn't burn before 20'000 hours, but those used in cheap flashlights burn after a few hundred of hours only. It's because they use low brightness cheap LEDs that work at ~2.3v normally, and run them at 3v. It increases the brightness for no extra cost. (Powerful LEDs at rated voltage are hard to find adn expensive)

Under-volting too much can cause trouble too. That's one of the reasons why a good PSU is important.