My New Athlon II

[ocgw]

I bought a AMD Athlon II Regor core X2 245 2.9Ghz from newegg

The first 1 was DOA and I threw the box away so I had to RMA it thru AMD, just 5 minutes on the phone, and about a week later I have the new cpu

I installed this lil' $66USD cpu in my 2nd PC to replace a aging 140w TDP AMD 6000+

The oem hsf is so dinky it looks like a stock hsf for a AMD 2000+

I installed the 245 w/ the 6000+ 2-pipe hsf

@ stock clock w/ +.1v (didn't bother to change v because I wanted to see what kinda' OC I could get right away) the 245 idled @ 24c*

I cranked up the system bus from 200 to 235, the cpu is running @ about 3.4Ghz, my Crucial Balistix Tracer DDR2 800 is running @ 940 (raised the cas from 5 to 6) and it is idling @ 27c*

hasn't crashed yet

gonna' run some stability tests before I really start pushing it

seems like a nice cpu for the money so far, I think it has potentual

edit: bumped up the system bus to 245, clocked @ 3.550Ghz, DDR2 800 @ DDR2 980

edit: bumped up the system bus to 250, clocked @ 3.625Ghz, DDR2 800 @ DDR2 1000 (cpu temp 26c* @ idle)
ocgw

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=788124

edit: up to 3.7Ghz now lol

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=788124

edit: 3769Ghz

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=788124

edit: system bus 262, 3.8Ghz, mem @ 1024 no CTD's or BSOD's yet, gonna' just run it @ the clock for a day or 2 before venturing further

3.850Ghz

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=788124

3.875Ghz

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=788275

Finally BSOD @ 3.9Ghz after Windows finished loading, this m-atx mobo has limited cpuv options, probably could get 4Ghz on a oc mobo

gonna' roll back to 3.8 Ghz

edit: been reencoding for 12 hrs straight (cpu @ 100% on both core), thermalpaste settling in, 41-42c*

BD Rebuilder, the worst torture test of your cpu oc I know

ocgw

peace