overclocking amd 940

[ibexpiotr]

my current system specs are in my signature, everything at stock speeds.. would it make sense price wise to
get a v8 cooler for $40 and overclock my cpu?...

what are some realistic speeds i can get on air cooling with that processor?

 

[Slaymate]

$40 for the Cooler Master V8??? That's a good price and it's a pretty good cooler. I usually don't recommend the V8 because of the price but it's worth $40

You should be able to oc it to 3.6 to 3.8 GHz or slightly higher.

 

[james.wired]

3.8 is **** near impossible with these chips. I'd say 3.6 is pretty realistic though, 3.7 for 24/7 if you are very lucky. Not sure what it is with these 940's but they just won't play nice after that.

 

[ibexpiotr]

ill be happy with 3.6

 

[Apokalipse]

You should be able to get 3.8 at ~1..525-1.55V as long as temperatures are reasonable. Mine did pretty easily.

 

[james.wired]

I have a very similar motherboard as the OP and I couldn't get it to boot enough for a super PI run at 22c, similar voltages. Not sure what the dealio is but it really bums me out.

 

[Apokalipse]

Could be that the power going through the CPU isn't stable.
With my MA790X-UD4P, 3.8GHz was easy. 3.9 was almost 100% stable for 24/7 usage.

Highest speed I got mine was 4160MHz for a superpi 1M run