is this a good overclock?

Stumps

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after a bit of mucking around I was able to go from a 85% stable 2.5ghz(250x10, htt 4x) to a 100% stable 2.67ghz(267x10, htt 3x), Vcore is set to 1.5v, memory is using a 2/1.5 multiplier to give DDR400 (I have Seitec memory that doesn't OC very well).

Is this a good overclock? my specs are as follows

AMD Athlon 64 3000+@2.67ghz skt 754 (Venice E6)
Gigabyte GA-K8NS PRO
1GB Sietec DDR400
Asus V9999GT 128MB (6800GT)
ThermalTake Aquarius 2 watercooling

My current temps are 22-24c idle and 29-31c full load.
 

mancunian

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Stumps, I think you can be mightily pleased with that. :thumbsup:

Those temps are great as well, so much so you may even want to drop another memory divider and go for 3ghz.

But either way, you are enjoying a LOT of free power.


Well done!
 

Stumps

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what would be a maximum "safe" vcore for the E6 Venice? I'm already at 10% and not sure if it is wise to push it futher
 

WhoBeDaPlaya

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Damn, those are nice temps! :Q
You should be glad with that OC - the highest I can push mine is 2.6GHz (Valar).
 

Noubourne

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Yes it's a good overclock. My 939 isn't stable over 2.6Ghz - mainly because it starts throwing Prime errors anywhere over 49C, and I haven't moved to water yet.

I pushed mine, on air, to 1.62v. For a very short period of time. It didn't die, but neither was it happy with those volts. The point is, as long as you aren't frying it, and at under 30C load you certainly aren't, you can push the voltage higher. People on good water setups like yours have more leeway with the voltage. I have seen Venice chips well over 1.7v, but I wouldn't consider that a safe risk - those people are using phase change and sub zero temps. That is just pushing really, really freakin' hard. Heat will increase exponentially as you add voltage from what I understand, so if you do push higher than 1.5 (and at those temps, you certainly can push harder), DO IT SLOWLY, and watch your temps carefully. With water and your current temps, I wouldn't be afraid to test up to 1.6v at all - but I would still do it very slowly.

If your Venice is like mine, it will have a certain temperature at which it simply quits working properly and will lock up and throw errors (like I said: 49C for mine). That temp is likely well over 45C, so if I had a water rig and was in your position, I'd be slowly adding volts up to a 1.6v - 1.65v max and CLOSELY monitoring load temps so they don't break 45C (that's just me, others will likely give you different advice). I'd stop adding volts when I hit 45C load and/or 1.65v, and be quick-testing with SuperPi for my max Mhz, and then using Prime95 to test real stability - an overnight 10+ hr test when I found what I thought to be my max Mhz. If Prime 95 wouldn't do 10 hrs - I'd back off slowly till it did, and then run as many benches as I could throw at it to make sure it was rock solid stable - OCCT, the 3dMarks, Aquamark, Everest, etc.

Of course, if I got only like 100Mhz out of moving up from 1.5 to 1.6v, I would probably back down to the 1.5v and be happy with the lower power consumption - I would want at LEAST 200Mhz per .5v to be happy; that's a lot of heat. Of course, if 1.65v gets you to 2.9Ghz and you're still under 45C, well, it's up to you if that's worth it or not. Of course, YMMV, and for all we know, you're already at the max Mhz your chip is capable of at any temp. Then again, maybe it will do 3.2Ghz; each chip is different.

Whatever you do, go slow and you'll be fine. Measure your voltage increase against your Mhz increase and decide whether or not it's worth it. Be very, very careful of any voltages over 1.65.
 

Stumps

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My PC just finshed prime95 torture test (Large FFT's) running 53hrs 15mins with 0 errors running at 2.67ghz at 1.5v the average temp was 25-27c(its winter here so the room temp is under 25c). I'm quite happy with the performance so I will let it run at that speed for awhile.

just a curiosity, how common is it for people to overclock the 3000+ venice(e6) to 3ghz+ using an average store bought watercooling kit(the aquarius 2 is reasonably good, but the radiator is a little small, it only can accomadate 1x 80mm fan)?
 

Sjokoprins

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Nice overclock!

Got my Venice 3000+ to 2609 Mhz with 1.45V.

But your temps seem a little bit low for your waterkoeling setup and that overclock ?
 

Stumps

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it is winter here, and the average outside temp has been around 13-17c, inside temps are around 21-25c and I do run with the side off(I have pretty blue lights in side and 2 120mm fans inside as well, but even with the cover on the temps rarely exceded 35c at full load.

when I first got the processor I was astonshed to see it running at 17-19c at stock speeds on days that were 25-27c(march this year), I'm not sure if my Water cooler is just working really well(I previously had an AXP 3000+@2.33Ghz, it ran on 47c days at 45-47c full load) or the chip is a freak, but it runs really cool.
 

furballi

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If your room was 27C, then the CPU temp should be 28C or higher. The water temperature can only go as low as the ambient air temperature without a refrigeration unit. Therefore, the CPU temperature cannot be lower than the water/air temperature.

Adding 10C to the CPU reading will bring the CPU temp to 29C, which is a more realistic number (2C above ambient). That CPU is probably running at 40 to 45C under load with with water, and 50 to 55C with air.
 

Stumps

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I'm only going off of what temps Easytune and the Bios tell me, The probably are higher but still the waterblock it cold to the touch so the temps are pretty low, it used to get hot with my old AXP, but even on a warm day it rarely gets warm to touch now, freaky stuff
 
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