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

There is a good possibility that not all AMD Phenom II X6 1100T's will reach 4.3ghz, but we managed to get our review sample stable, with a borderline ‘safe' level of voltage. As we discussed earlier, it is my view that once you reach 1.57 volts, then you need to be very careful and long term damage can be caused if you have inadequate cooling and try pushing further. I know some people have had X6's die with 1.6 volts, and others have been running them at this voltage for a long time now. If you decide to overclock your Phenom II X6 this far then please realise that you do so at your own risk.

My rule of thumb is to constantly monitor temperatures during an initial trial period, even if you use a hardcore air cooler such as the Noctua NH D14. if you record core load temperatures of 60C+ then you need to start backing down with the voltage.

We set a multipler of 19x with an fsb of 227 to achieve our final result of 4313mhz. As we mentioned earlier, this processor will boot at 4.4ghz, but it requires 1.6 volts to achieve stability, not something im willing to risk long term. Knowing when to stop is important when you overclock!

This is as much voltage as I feel is safe with an X6 processor. Sure, its considerably more than AMD's rating of 1.4v, but we have tested many X6's at this voltage for many months and have experienced no failures. Hardcore air cooling is necessary however – Noctua NH D14 recommended.

Once we have finished, we have all our profiles stored in the profile section of the MSI motherboard bios.

Validation for this speed is available over here.

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