Overclocking the AMD Athlon X2 3800+ Processor
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Introduction
This guide is applicable to Athlon II x2 (Regor), x3 (Rana) and x4 (Propus). If you don't know what CPU you have, or are not very familiar with Overclocking, click below to open the FAQ: FAQ for beginners, click HERE! (Click to show). Safe Over Clocking MOBO: Alivenf6g-Vsta If you want to increase more, GO! But you need a better cooler. Im just showing how can you overclock your CPU frq.
A few weeks ago Legit Reviews brought you the premier of AMD’s newest processor, the Athlon 64 X2 3800+. While many appreciate the dual core performance at a budget price, we didn’t have much time to really put Manchester core to the test for our overclocking readers. Today, Legit Reviews takes a closer look at the dual core 3800+ in an overclocking environment. While the majority of users will appreciate the benefits of dual core for ~$374, the enthusiasts among us are looking to squeeze ever last bit of performance out of this processor. If you are interested in overclocking the AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ keep on reading!
![Specs Specs](/uploads/1/2/6/4/126469505/465201406.jpg)
Test System:
- DFI Lan Party NF4 Ultra motherboard
- 1 GB Corsair XMS 3200XL memory
- ATI Radeon X850 XT video card
- Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB HDD
- Koolance Exos-2 (CPU, Chipset, Video Card, and HDD cooled)
The DFI board will use the 623-3 BIOS found at DFI Street as well as Nividia’s 6.66 Chipset Driver. ATI’s Catalyst 5.7 drivers were used for the video card, and finally Windows XP with SP 2.
While this processor came from AMD it is undoubtedly a top overclocker, please look at this as the high end you might achieve with your processor. I will run the following benchmarks, along with some gaming that will put the system under prolonged load and test its stability.
- 3DMark05 (CPU Test)
- 3DMark03 (CPU Test)
- Aquamark 3 (CPU Test)
- Sisoft Sandra 2005 (CPU Arithmetic)
- Super Pi Mod 1.4
- Cinebench 2003
- Far Cry
- Doom 3
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by zekrahminatorDiscuss (20 Comments)
Amd Athlon 64 X2 Motherboard
It seemed that no matter what, nobody could get their A64 up past 4.2GHz. When people's chips didn't simply crap out, they got cold bugs. However, the Black Edition cards really changed things, and someone finally got lucky. An overclocker named Kris recently submitted the valid result of 4851MHz from their A64 5000+. Kris used an Abit AN-M2HD motherboard, based on the NVIDIA GeForce 7050 chipset. Nordic Hardware is currently working with CPU-Z to completely validate this claim. After all, this is a monumental achievement, considering the last A64 record was 4.26GHz.
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Source: Nordic HardwareAthlon 64 X2 Overclocking software download, free
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