[SOLVED] AMD 9600 overclock

JohnUSA · 10-14-2009, 12:21 PM

I built this computer for my son last March with TSF's help. It has been working very well and trouble free. The only thing that I've done to it since being stable is blow the dust out. My son uses this computer for mostly online gaming and does really well at it for only being 10yrs old.
I want to give him a little more advantage if possible because some of those gamers are really, really good.
So here's what we have.
AMD Phenom 9600 be 2.3 quad
gigabyte MA780G-UD3H mobo
corsair 750 watt psu
zalman cnps9500a cooler
ati sapphire 4870 1g vid card
samsung 2433 sw monitor
2 sticks of gskill dd2-1066 pc2-8500 2048mb cl5-6-6-18 2.0-2.1v
lite on 22x dvd burner
windows xp pro 32bit
CPU temp in bios is 25c
vcore 1.282v
ddr2 1.936v
Does this look overclockable, am I forgetting anything. Of course I'm new to this and don't know what to expect from this setup and have read conflicting articles about overclocking the 9600. I'm also building myself a gamer that's on the bench and on a different thread and when it's stable I definately want to clock that one too so the experience of this one will be an excellent learning experience.

John

**greenbrucelee** · 10-14-2009, 12:34 PM

you should be able to overclock that system depending on the cooling capabilties you have.

read this if you are new to overclocking / read here for starters

JohnUSA · 10-14-2009, 12:41 PM

I read that article lastnight and I'm ready to tackle this project!
I am new to overclocking but really want to learn

John

**greenbrucelee** · 10-14-2009, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnUSA

I read that article lastnight and I'm ready to tackle this project!
I am new to overclocking but really want to learn

John

when you first start to overlock increase the FSB in 10s and reboot and see if it gets into windows, I also recommend getting a temp monitoring program to run when you are in windows to see if your temps are ok.

When you get a blue screen of death whilst trying to boot to windows this where you either reduce the fb setting or increase the voltage.

JohnUSA · 10-14-2009, 01:11 PM

Front side bus has been changed from auto to 10, rebooted and got into windows. I will download temp monitoring to watch temps.

**greenbrucelee** · 10-14-2009, 01:14 PM

I hope you mean you upped the FSB by 10 and to 10 :) as that would be making it slower

JohnUSA · 10-14-2009, 01:32 PM

well I told you I was new! The FSB was on auto so I didn't know where to start I did put it on x10. I have to figure out where to start from. I did download temp software and yes the temp dropped to 24c. I better go back in bios and try to figure out where the FSB is on auto so I can bump it from there. If that makes sense

**greenbrucelee** · 10-14-2009, 02:11 PM

is that not the clock multiplier where you actually put 10?

on the FSB usually its a 3 figured number such as 266 or whatever and you would put 276 depending on what yours is.

I have never overclocked an AMD before so all I can tell you is my experiences from overclocking Intel CPUs

JohnUSA · 10-14-2009, 02:17 PM

Yes that was something else which I put back. The FSB is at 200mhz and I moved it to 210. Rebooted in windows no problem

JohnUSA · 10-14-2009, 02:25 PM

Here's what core temps is reporting 2414.81MHz @25c no laod

**greenbrucelee** · 10-14-2009, 02:40 PM

when you get to a position that you are happy with the overclock then you need to stress test the cpu with a program called prime95. You run prime 95 for atleast 7 hours whilst monitoring the temps if you get errors whilst running prime then you scale back the overclock or if your temps get too high you scale back the overclock or add better cooling.

You should also run prime95 for about half an hour every time you have increase the FSB by 40MHz

Unfortunatley overclocking isn't a quick process.

JohnUSA · 10-14-2009, 03:03 PM

Ok, so I just hit a no boot up for windows at 230MHz FSB with a multiplyer of 11.5. last good boot was 220MHz and temps were still at 25c with a max of 26c. CPU was at 2529.80 on that last good boot.

**greenbrucelee** · 10-15-2009, 04:09 AM

so either drop the fsb or raise the vcore. Or you can drop the multiplier and raise the fsb.

I have heard that you cpu is very hard to overclock.

JohnUSA · 10-15-2009, 10:20 AM

I have heard the same, and after researching this cpu I have come to the conclusion that I'm not going to get much past 2.5 to 2.6ghz. So I must be done with it because I'm at 2.5 now. I really was hoping for better numbers. I'll stress it at 2.5 and just leave it alone. I definately was hoping to gain more experience in oc'ing but it will have to wait till I get something that is oc'ing friendly.

Thanks for your help though and patients too!

John

**greenbrucelee** · 10-15-2009, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnUSA

I have heard the same, and after researching this cpu I have come to the conclusion that I'm not going to get much past 2.5 to 2.6ghz. So I must be done with it because I'm at 2.5 now. I really was hoping for better numbers. I'll stress it at 2.5 and just leave it alone. I definately was hoping to gain more experience in oc'ing but it will have to wait till I get something that is oc'ing friendly.

Thanks for your help though and patients too!

John

no problem, good luck

Please mark thread as solved.

10-14-2009, 12:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
JohnUSA Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Seattle Posts: 26 OS: xp pro,xp home, xp media,vista home,WHS,win98 My System	[SOLVED] AMD 9600 overclock I built this computer for my son last March with TSF's help. It has been working very well and trouble free. The only thing that I've done to it since being stable is blow the dust out. My son uses this computer for mostly online gaming and does really well at it for only being 10yrs old. I want to give him a little more advantage if possible because some of those gamers are really, really good. So here's what we have. AMD Phenom 9600 be 2.3 quad gigabyte MA780G-UD3H mobo corsair 750 watt psu zalman cnps9500a cooler ati sapphire 4870 1g vid card samsung 2433 sw monitor 2 sticks of gskill dd2-1066 pc2-8500 2048mb cl5-6-6-18 2.0-2.1v lite on 22x dvd burner windows xp pro 32bit CPU temp in bios is 25c vcore 1.282v ddr2 1.936v Does this look overclockable, am I forgetting anything. Of course I'm new to this and don't know what to expect from this setup and have read conflicting articles about overclocking the 9600. I'm also building myself a gamer that's on the bench and on a different thread and when it's stable I definately want to clock that one too so the experience of this one will be an excellent learning experience. John

10-14-2009, 12:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
greenbrucelee Mentor Hardware team Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,778 OS: XP SP3 My System	Re: AMD 9600 overclock you should be able to overclock that system depending on the cooling capabilties you have. read this if you are new to overclocking / read here for starters __________________ Microsoft certified professional, Network +, A+ certified

10-14-2009, 12:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
JohnUSA Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Seattle Posts: 26 OS: xp pro,xp home, xp media,vista home,WHS,win98 My System	Re: AMD 9600 overclock I read that article lastnight and I'm ready to tackle this project! I am new to overclocking but really want to learn John

10-14-2009, 01:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
JohnUSA Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Seattle Posts: 26 OS: xp pro,xp home, xp media,vista home,WHS,win98 My System	Re: AMD 9600 overclock Front side bus has been changed from auto to 10, rebooted and got into windows. I will download temp monitoring to watch temps.

10-14-2009, 01:14 PM	#6 (permalink)
greenbrucelee Mentor Hardware team Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,778 OS: XP SP3 My System	Re: AMD 9600 overclock I hope you mean you upped the FSB by 10 and to 10 :) as that would be making it slower __________________ Microsoft certified professional, Network +, A+ certified

10-14-2009, 01:32 PM	#7 (permalink)
JohnUSA Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Seattle Posts: 26 OS: xp pro,xp home, xp media,vista home,WHS,win98 My System	Re: AMD 9600 overclock well I told you I was new! The FSB was on auto so I didn't know where to start I did put it on x10. I have to figure out where to start from. I did download temp software and yes the temp dropped to 24c. I better go back in bios and try to figure out where the FSB is on auto so I can bump it from there. If that makes sense

10-14-2009, 02:11 PM	#8 (permalink)
greenbrucelee Mentor Hardware team Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,778 OS: XP SP3 My System	Re: AMD 9600 overclock is that not the clock multiplier where you actually put 10? on the FSB usually its a 3 figured number such as 266 or whatever and you would put 276 depending on what yours is. I have never overclocked an AMD before so all I can tell you is my experiences from overclocking Intel CPUs __________________ Microsoft certified professional, Network +, A+ certified

10-14-2009, 02:17 PM	#9 (permalink)
JohnUSA Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Seattle Posts: 26 OS: xp pro,xp home, xp media,vista home,WHS,win98 My System	Re: AMD 9600 overclock Yes that was something else which I put back. The FSB is at 200mhz and I moved it to 210. Rebooted in windows no problem

10-14-2009, 02:25 PM	#10 (permalink)
JohnUSA Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Seattle Posts: 26 OS: xp pro,xp home, xp media,vista home,WHS,win98 My System	Re: AMD 9600 overclock Here's what core temps is reporting 2414.81MHz @25c no laod

10-14-2009, 02:40 PM	#11 (permalink)
greenbrucelee Mentor Hardware team Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,778 OS: XP SP3 My System	Re: AMD 9600 overclock when you get to a position that you are happy with the overclock then you need to stress test the cpu with a program called prime95. You run prime 95 for atleast 7 hours whilst monitoring the temps if you get errors whilst running prime then you scale back the overclock or if your temps get too high you scale back the overclock or add better cooling. You should also run prime95 for about half an hour every time you have increase the FSB by 40MHz Unfortunatley overclocking isn't a quick process. __________________ Microsoft certified professional, Network +, A+ certified

10-14-2009, 03:03 PM	#12 (permalink)
JohnUSA Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Seattle Posts: 26 OS: xp pro,xp home, xp media,vista home,WHS,win98 My System	Re: AMD 9600 overclock Ok, so I just hit a no boot up for windows at 230MHz FSB with a multiplyer of 11.5. last good boot was 220MHz and temps were still at 25c with a max of 26c. CPU was at 2529.80 on that last good boot.

10-15-2009, 04:09 AM	#13 (permalink)
greenbrucelee Mentor Hardware team Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,778 OS: XP SP3 My System	Re: AMD 9600 overclock so either drop the fsb or raise the vcore. Or you can drop the multiplier and raise the fsb. I have heard that you cpu is very hard to overclock. __________________ Microsoft certified professional, Network +, A+ certified

10-15-2009, 10:20 AM	#14 (permalink)
JohnUSA Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Seattle Posts: 26 OS: xp pro,xp home, xp media,vista home,WHS,win98 My System	Re: AMD 9600 overclock I have heard the same, and after researching this cpu I have come to the conclusion that I'm not going to get much past 2.5 to 2.6ghz. So I must be done with it because I'm at 2.5 now. I really was hoping for better numbers. I'll stress it at 2.5 and just leave it alone. I definately was hoping to gain more experience in oc'ing but it will have to wait till I get something that is oc'ing friendly. Thanks for your help though and patients too! John