Overclock question

[Nick1236]

Alright, last night I managed to overclock my AMD II x4 955 black edition to 4Ghz. Ran an 8 hour prime95 blend test and it barely broke 50c, no errors.

MSI 890FXA-GD65 board.
multiplier @ 19.5
Northbridge link @ 205
vcore @ 1.4375v
Ram running @ 686Mhz 7-7-7-21

did I get extremely lucky here? I was reading online and most poeple can't break 3.8Ghz without going to 1.5v. I will run another prime95 test again tonight and then validate with cpuid. Does this seem right?

[bigbearbear]

Given that the stock frequency of the CPU is 3.2Ghz, 4Ghz overclock is pretty modest I think. If you read the reviews from customers at newegg.com, some people are posting that they can get to 4Ghz with aftermarket coolers and 3.8Ghz if using stock cooler.

[Nick1236]

yeah I read the reviews as well. I have aftermarket cooling but i'm more wondering about the voltage. I'm only at 1.4375 and most poeple have to run at 1.5-1.55 to get stable 4Ghz.

[msound]

Every chip is different sometimes you get lucky and get one that is able to overclock better than another one. I would not worry about it if it's stable at full burn. More volts means more heat so the lower you can keep the volts the better.