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There is a good possibility that not all AMD Phenom II X6 1100T's will reach 4.3ghz, but we managed to get our review sample stable, with a borderline ‘safe' level of voltage. As we discussed earlier, it is my view that once you reach 1.57 volts, then you need to be very careful and long term damage can be caused if you have inadequate cooling and try pushing further. I know some people have had X6's die with 1.6 volts, and others have been running them at this voltage for a long time now. If you decide to overclock your Phenom II X6 this far then please realise that you do so at your own risk.
My rule of thumb is to constantly monitor temperatures during an initial trial period, even if you use a hardcore air cooler such as the Noctua NH D14. if you record core load temperatures of 60C+ then you need to start backing down with the voltage.
We set a multipler of 19x with an fsb of 227 to achieve our final result of 4313mhz. As we mentioned earlier, this processor will boot at 4.4ghz, but it requires 1.6 volts to achieve stability, not something im willing to risk long term. Knowing when to stop is important when you overclock!
This is as much voltage as I feel is safe with an X6 processor. Sure, its considerably more than AMD's rating of 1.4v, but we have tested many X6's at this voltage for many months and have experienced no failures. Hardcore air cooling is necessary however – Noctua NH D14 recommended.
Once we have finished, we have all our profiles stored in the profile section of the MSI motherboard bios.
Validation for this speed is available over here.
bloody hell, nice overclock man. that is a cracker processor.
Love the cinema4d information, i use an older quad core for rendering a lot and this seems like my next upgrade. price point is better than I thought. I remember the 1090t was 250 when it came out.
Like the idea of a review/OC guide. I never know how the fuck to overclock my chips. the 1055T guide you did helped me alot.
Id love to say ill get this for my upgrade, but its a bad time of the year, maybe in the new year.
Love it. well done.
Nice overclock. I only managed to get 500mhz out of my 1055T which was pretty poor. Good to get your views on voltage also, not many ocing guidelines on that and hard to know from forums who is talking out of their ass and who is right.
OCUK are selling this for £225 inc vat? thats a deal and a half, just ordered one.
Ive been holding off on a new platform for ages. Im a multiple core fan, I bought the first core quad eons ago and havent upgraded since. Might look into this in the new year when I have some spare cash to burn.
I agree this is one of the best looking AMD chips yet, the overclocking potential seems high. that noctua NH D14 cooler is insane however, covers the motherboard basically !! not exactly easy to work around it.
unusual review style, but I like the overclocking guide concept. My friend used the 1055T guide here months ago and it helped him. headroom seems higher on this chip, but I think it might be a hand picked review sample? possible ?
If you arent overclocking then its not worth the premium over the 1090t. pointless really. I hope this review sample is a good indication of headroom. I watercool and I got the 1090T to 4.3ghz easy enough with 1.65 volts. potential for 4.5ghz here.
I like this editorial. its a boring release so getting the max from air cooling is a nice way to differentiate the test results. Seems to be a good purchase, but its hard to fault for the price. its a strength of AMD’s releases in the last year. aim for the lowest point possible and max the cores.