How long are your overclocked amd pocessors lasting?

(cf)Eclipse said:
i've had a barton since.. late 2002, a 3200+ clawhammer that got MUCH abuse that I am typing with right now, got it back in mid '04

here's what it looks like ;)

core.jpg
Click to expand...

Man are all those cracks from the heat?
 
Got a 3800 OC'd to 2.4 Ghz running on 1.4 vcore. It's ran like that daily for the last 1.25 years, though has recently been scaled back to stock speeds. It didn't actually need it, but I gave the CPU to my parents, who don't have any use for the speed increase. (Could probably have underclocked it, even.)

Anyway, it's still working quite well.
 
4 months on an OCed 3800+ X2 @ 2.8ghz. Having to RMA now. Kept voltage almost stock too so that sucks.
 
PREVIOUS PROCESSOR
Type = Rev E (S939 Venice) 3000+
Speed = 2,466 MHz (+666 MHz over stock)
Vcore = 1.475V (+ 0.075V over stock)
Tidle = 23C
Tload = 32C
HSF = X2/Opteron OEM 4-heatpipe cooler with 80mm fan
TIM = AS5
Duration = 1 year and 7 months


CURRENT PROCESSOR

Type = Rev E (S939 Denmark) Opteron 170
Speed = 2,740 MHz (+740 MHz over stock)
Vcore = 1.35V (+ 0V over stock)
Tidle = 29C
Tload = 41C
HSF = X2/Opteron OEM 4-heatpipe cooler with 80mm fan
TIM = AS5
Duration = 1 month
 
Ciggarilo Himself said:
Are these in the same machine?
Click to expand...

Yes, the Athlon-XP Mobile processors in my machine are running in a dual socket motherboard. Cost a pretty penny, and took a lot of searching to find the board, but it is working well and I love my pin-modded/overclocked Dual CPU machine. I hope it has more life in it, otherwise I'd be hard pressed to find another machine that can handle all of the photo processing and storage that I throw at it...
 
I've been running a 939 JH-E6 x2 3800+ @ 2.5GHz for over a year 24/7 at stock voltage (1.35v) 100% usage (folding@home). I’ve also messed with the voltage from time to time trying to achieve higher overclocks. The processor has never exceeded 1.45v. It is currently running at 2.6GHz @ 1.4v. However, I’ve had a few problems with folding at that setting. I'm changing it back to [email protected] for stability but it still runs fine at that setting. Doesn’t matter anyway because I’ve got a new opty 175 ccbbe 0617epmw to torture now. :D

Oh and as far as temps and cooling go i've been running a Swiftech MCX6400-V™ heatsink w/ ArticFan 3 on it. Temps are 46C load @1.35v and 48C load @1.4v. I've read as a rule of thumb to never run over 50C.
 
Processor 1: Athlon XP 2500+ mobile, OC'd to 2200 at 1.7V. been doing that for over 4 years now. Temperature data seems off, since it's reporting 157C and not crashing.

Processor 2: Athlon64 3500+. (Newcastle core) OC'd to 2400 at 1.5V for 2.5 years. runs at 30C idle 40C under load

Processor 3: AthlonX2 4200+ OC'd to 2566 (11X233) at 1.425V for 1 year. Runs at 32C idle and 45C under load.

No problems with any of them. With all stock retail cooling.

The first is now my Dad's company system that he has in use nearly 16 hours a day. he has 2 people that work of him, one in the morning entering data for insurance policies, the other in the afternoons and evenings calling people to get them set up for quotes. It's not hard work, but it does keep the processor from idling for too long.

The third is my gaming system and was able to withstand a grueling 12 hours stint at World of Warcraft yesterday as I hit 61 and explored as far as I could. I know it hit max temp since my MB cranked up the fans to a nearly audible level over the video cards. I have never seen it crank them all the way up, but they get cranked up to about half if I put it on a long term load, such as ripping a DVD to a file.

The middle one doesn't do much, since it's now my router/internet proxy.
 
Opty in sig has been that way since Xmas 2005 (13 months and still going strong!)
 
Tim_axe said:
Yes, the Athlon-XP Mobile processors in my machine are running in a dual socket motherboard. Cost a pretty penny, and took a lot of searching to find the board, but it is working well and I love my pin-modded/overclocked Dual CPU machine. I hope it has more life in it, otherwise I'd be hard pressed to find another machine that can handle all of the photo processing and storage that I throw at it...
Click to expand...


Probably runs cooler,and uses less energy being mobile procs aswell,Nice job man.:)
 
I have had a mobile chip at 2200 in a friends computer for a few years now. I have a few decommissioned intel chips that were running over clocked from the last century. :p
 
My old Clawhammer:

2.4Ghz @ 1.7 vcore lasted 2.5 years running Prime 95 24/7 for most that time. About October/November It started giving errors in P95, as well as crashes, long post times, and etc. So I reset everything to default. It's still running, but even the capacitors are bulging like a A cell battery about to burst.

I think it was the overvolting more than the overclocking. Clawhammers were horrible ocers. But I got a nf3 motherboard and pushed it to teh maxxorz. Nowadays many people get mad clocks on stock voltage and stock cooling. Just don't go overboard with the voltages, and most ocers replace their machines every year or two anyway.

I'm waiting for the E4300s to replace this old Clawhammer.
 
Would it be fair to say AM2 are better overclockers than s939,also how high do you think I could get a AM2 on stock volts(mobo im looking at has limited voltage options and im on a tight budget)

Thanks:)
 
Ciggarilo Himself said:
Man are all those cracks from the heat?
Click to expand...
If I remember correctly, re removed the IHS and actually lapped the core of the processor :eek:

The flatter die did help his temps...but damn,it takes some serious balls to take sandpaper to your processors naked core.
 
i had my winchester 3000+ since the end of '04 and had it oc'ed to 2.6ghz with 1.55volts for about a year and a half on the stock heatsink and from then ive had it til now at 2.4ghz with stock voltage. it still runs strong and healthy :)
 
Ciggarilo Himself said:
Would it be fair to say AM2 are better overclockers than s939,also how high do you think I could get a AM2 on stock volts(mobo im looking at has limited voltage options and im on a tight budget)
Click to expand...

The 939 CPUs were on a more mature process so they're slightly better OCers. Depending on the AM2 processor you get, you'll be limited to around 2.5-2.6 on stock volts, probably less. I got my X2 3800+ to 2.4 w/stock volts (1.35V max), more than that needs 1.4V or more, and it completely craps out around 2.8. With a 5000+ you'd be able to get to 2.7 or more with stock volts.
 
For a real change of pace... I bought a G3 ibook about... god, 8.5 years ago now for just about 200$ (it was siezed in a police raid hahaha. Nothing like a pink iBook at the scene of a drug bust) It was in need of some good modding (Im male, pink? no).

So, after taking off the shell and everything, I dyed everything a nice shade of graphite black, and deepend the pink to a red colour. I don't have any pictures (were digital cameras consumerized yet?) and it has long since been turned into a picture frame, and a server.

When I had the lid popped off, I realized that the cpu frequency could be changed just by moving a resistor, so I did it.

I epoxied a small flat HS to the chip, and had it working flawlessly at 466mhz (stock 300mhz) without a fan or anything.

It's recently been moved into an iTunes server, hosting all my music during the day, and folding at home (slowly) for the Horde.

8 years with a 55% overclock, load temps in the 70s. Still going strong. 24/7
 
I've never kept a CPU longer than a year, so my overclocked AMD CPUs at least lasted between 6 months and a year.
 
Barton 2500 @ 2.5ghz (stock voltage and thermalright ax7 with a tornado)...god only knows how long...It's probably been the most stable computer I've ever owned as well. It's currently my ftp server.
 
Arcygenical said:
For a real change of pace... I bought a G3 ibook about... god, 8.5 years ago now for just about 200$ (it was siezed in a police raid hahaha. Nothing like a pink iBook at the scene of a drug bust) It was in need of some good modding (Im male, pink? no).

So, after taking off the shell and everything, I dyed everything a nice shade of graphite black, and deepend the pink to a red colour. I don't have any pictures (were digital cameras consumerized yet?) and it has long since been turned into a picture frame, and a server.

When I had the lid popped off, I realized that the cpu frequency could be changed just by moving a resistor, so I did it.

I epoxied a small flat HS to the chip, and had it working flawlessly at 466mhz (stock 300mhz) without a fan or anything.

It's recently been moved into an iTunes server, hosting all my music during the day, and folding at home (slowly) for the Horde.

8 years with a 55% overclock, load temps in the 70s. Still going strong. 24/7
Click to expand...

Seized in a drug bust aye..I always wondered how you got the money for those rigs of yours...jk;) ,I see you in alot of the threads I read and you offer very helpful answers to the people in need,you should be a Mod.
 
owned one 3200+ Venice, two 3700+, now playing with opty146 who can do 2.85Ghz at stock volts with IHS on, and have one 4pcs singlecores and 2pcs dualcores on way :D
And my old 3700+ naked with 1.65v ran daily on air for 10months with no problems. Now its sold, but still running.
 
Ciggarilo Himself said:
Seized in a drug bust aye..I always wondered how you got the money for those rigs of yours...jk;) ,I see you in alot of the threads I read and you offer very helpful answers to the people in need,you should be a Mod.
Click to expand...

Haha, yeah, my best friend's dad was a police officer, so he got all kinds of crazy deals on electronics and cars... He was a PC guy, I was still into Macs at the time, so he let me take it off their hands for a good price. That laptop was worth over a grand at the time.

Oh and... Thanks for the compliment! Any mods reading that? I'll take him up on his nomination :D
 
prime95 stable? that's whole 1ghz overclock :eek:

Kasparz said:
owned one 3200+ Venice, two 3700+, now playing with opty146 who can do 2.85Ghz at stock volts with IHS on, and have one 4pcs singlecores and 2pcs dualcores on way :D
And my old 3700+ naked with 1.65v ran daily on air for 10months with no problems. Now its sold, but still running.
Click to expand...
 
Opty 146 @ 3.0Ghz
Been running steady for over a year now

38C Idle
45C Load

1.425v
 
Well, I was using a friend's hand-me-down 3500+, and he got it about 2 years ago, he had it OCed around 2.4-2.5 at stock volts (not that much, I know. It was a shitty OCing chip), and I had it for about 5 months, ran it at 2.4 24/7 for pretty much that entire time, and it's still going strong.
 
Some of you guys are getting loco clocks on opterons,were they the oc kings before core2?(I have only recently taken interest in computers)
 
Bought this 3700+ around christmas time last year, still going strong! running on a TT Big Typhoon

littlejohn1959 said:
3700 sandy .
2.8 ghz
temps 30 idle , 40 load .
running strong
5 months .
cheers
Click to expand...

^ trust me you've got a while left on that baby :)
 
Dan_D said:
I've never kept a CPU longer than a year, so my overclocked AMD CPUs at least lasted between 6 months and a year.
Click to expand...

Stock cooler, P3 550E Sc-370 Ran at 900MHz for 4 years, mobo died and I still have the processor LOL!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top