Well my little A4 is testing Prime stable at 4.7 ghz, which is as fast as my AsRock A55M-HVS will let it go. Stock voltage, stock cooler, 43 degrees.
So... why does AMD sell these things at 2.7???
^-- I'm assuming sm625 is buttons.
Can you verify that it is actually running at 4.7GHz by posting a superpi 1M time? 14, 15, 16 seconds is what you should be getting, somewhere in that ballpark.
You can change the multi all you want in the BIOS, and it will show up in CPU-Z, but it's not actually running at 4.7. Higher multipliers are locked on these, the highest you'll be able to select is the turbo multiplier I believe. For overclocks beyond that, you have to up the HTT base clock.
Hmm no turbo on my A4 I don't think.
HTT overclocking is pretty underwhelming, right?
At least this chip undervolts pretty well. I'm down to 1.0875.
I picked up the Frys combo deal on the A6-3650 + MSI A75MA-G55 for $149.99 - $20 MIR today. I can only get it up to 3.7GHz (143x26) so far.
Could you run some benchmarks with your Llano@4.2ghz.
So we can get a idea of how it compairs to say a Phenom II x4 @4.0ghz.
I'm really thinking about selling my i3-2100 + mobo to get another A6-3650 combo because it barely uses more power but has a better iGPU. If you have a Frys near you, jump on the A6-3650 + MSI A75MA-G55 deal. :thumbsup:
I have a program I made along time ago. Those who don't think the clockspeed is being reported properly download this program I made and see if it does any better. http://www.vbcodesource.com/downloads/getCPUTimeStamp.zip