I have the Phenom X4 9850, I've been trying to get it to OC to 3 Ghz or higher.

My MB is the Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi Socket AM2+ AMD 790FX CrossFire Chipset
" http://canadacomputers.com/index.p [...] cid=MB.350 "
and my ram is the Patriot Extreme Performance DDR2 6400 "800 MHz", 4X2 gig sticks "8 gigs"

right now i have it OC a little bit.

CPU: OCed to 2.85 Ghz
multiplier: 12.5
bus speed: 228
core voltage: 1.52 V
RAM: 912 Mhz
ram voltage: 2.16 volts

the CPU cooler is the OCZ Vendetta 2

any way i can get this more pumped up?, I've tried a few things but i am a little lost.

I am sure you can, however, we have but a few AMD system peoples here. I am curious, because I have the same board, though just a lil Phenom. 9500.

I will watch this thread to see what you can get with that board.

I guess it's mostly the processor itself that is the limit. I wonder why they don't like to over clock all that well.

Damn, I am having enough trouble with intel junk now!

My poor head!

Oh, good luck, too!

--Lupi

If the CPU is new then RMA and hope you get one that overclocks better.

i know that memory will hold you back..

that board is designed for 1066 (PC8500) and the 9850 likes that memory also.

i myself have 9600 x4. lookin to maybe pickup the 9850 in the future..

Why RMA, the cpu functions as designed. It's a bit rude to return a product that works as described. Keep trying to OC, sometimes it just takes some time. Is this a brand new build, give it some time to "break in"

Well I've been playing with the new 9950 some what, trying to see what I can get out of it, and it's not very much. I got it to 3.2ghz with a 15.5 multi and 206fsb which i thought was good stressed it for at least 5min no problem, but I started it up again the next day and it crashed right away. So I've been running it at 3.1ghz to do some tests with Crossfire X 2 4870's and 2 4850's .

Asus 790FX, 2gb Corsair Dominators @ 1066 5-5-5-15

Wait for the 790gx board. With the new sb it will bump up your speed by like 200mhz.

what ya got going on for cooling?

thats a high OC on the 9550

To answer the OP's question. I have a 9850, and have had only AMD systems(other than my dell i got for college). I have sucessfully reached 2.9 ghz with only minor voltage tweaks and multiplier changes. I have yet to tinker with the FSB.

I suggest tinkering with Voltages and multipliers and the FSB. Make sure you have a good cooler, because the voltage scares me the most with heat damage. the AMD Overdrive program is extremely easy to use and works very well with the little steps toward the magic 3.0

Hopefully you have a 790x or Fx mobo

Cheers,

-PM

i cant get past 2.93 without it crashing under a stress test

I support AMD.but phenom is too hard to overclock..