Hi Guys, Ive been a reader of this site for a while, and actually bought this motherboard on the advice of one of the articles. I have the MSI 790fx-gd70 motherboard with a x3 720 and 4gb of OCZ Platinum AMD edition 1333 memory. My cooling setup is pretty simple, I have the X-Blaster case, the cpu cooler is the Coolermaster Hyper 212 with the 2 fan push-pull setup using OCZ Freeze TIM, I have a 120mm intake fan on the front and a 120mm exaust on the back, plus the PSU has a 120mm exaust fan, and finally theres a 80mm fan on the side that blows half on the cpu cooler and half over the ram. I want to clock it up to 3.4gz with 2.4NB and 2.4HTT, i have it running at 3.2 and 2.2NB/HTT right now on stock voltage, I dont want to crank it up to its max because I dont have watercooling and I cant afford to buy new hardware if it fries. My delema is this, Ive never played with voltages and MSI didnt feel it was necissary to post the stock voltages apperently, just "Auto", so Im not sure what they are. Secondly, I dont want to overheat anything, right now my CPU cores run at about 33-34C Load (@3.2ghz), the motherboard temp reads 34-36(according to everest, im not really sure where the sensor is) HDD is 31 and video runs around 50-60, so all within the limits. Anyways, sorry about the long post! Could someone help me figure out what voltages to set for what to get the cpu running stable at 3.4, the NB and HTT at 2.4 all while still keeping heat withing safe levels? Thanks alot for the help in advance!
im not sure if this is exactally what you are looking for, but it might help: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2009/05/11/overclocking-amd-s-phenom-ii-x3-720-be/3
Hey sentek, thanks for the reply, That article was actually one of the things that made me choose this board, unfortunetly the number's he's using is for a maximum OC, im just trying to go up to 3.4 by 2.4nb Strangly, he says not to change the HTT but I found it wasnt stable at 3.2ghz unless i increased the HTT to 2.2 Im really hoping someone with experience with this cpu can give me some tips on the voltages
I don't mess with HTT either, as it lowered my benches by a lot. Seemed to work better in games, but I was competing then... I don't go over 1.475 on air, I'm shooting for 1.55 on cold water (ducted AC into 4x120 rad) and I had to raise NB, SB and HTT voltages, as well as play with PLL voltage a fair bit, but my max suicide on air was 4014. I've been down with BIOS issues for a while (self-induced) so I can't give exacts. AOD is your friend, though.
Thats odd, ive been getting great results with the HTT clocked up I wish these voltages would use "Auto" set themselves lol
