AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Review – overclocking performance

To achieve 4.2ghz with the AMD Phenom II X6 1110T, a high end cooler is required, and our Noctua NH D14 managed to hold the processor well with AMD's 62c thermal rating. As we documented earlier, the processor never exceeded 45c thanks in part to our custom 3 fan configuration.

This time we decided to increase the CPU FSB frequency, as the extra bandwidth can help with performance. We know this particular board is stable until 260fsb so we are still well within the parameters.

Voltage is increased to 1.556 as we experienced some BSOD issues with lower settings. We also experimented with the NB VDD voltage, but found that auto figures worked fine to maintain a stable system. Memory can be pushed higher, although with these particular 4GB sticks we find that keeping the timings tight at lower settings gives better performance.

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