1055T - Thoughts and experiences with OC'ing?

[Gishank]

Hi, I ordered my rig, it got built and went in to QC yesterday thus I should hopefully recieve it on Wednesday seeming as the PCSpecialist lot don't work weekends... Now whilst I eagerly await my new system I have been thinking about overclocking to get the most out of my new system.. Admittedly I am a complete novice at overclocking but am curious as to what others experiences with OC'ing the 1055T have been? And perhaps as to what I could get up to with the following safely? (I have read that 3.7GHz is the max without changing the voltage?)


CPU: AMD Phenom II 1055T
Cooler: Titan Fenrir
Case: CoolerMaster 690 MKII Advanced

PS;
Naturally I have no intention of overclocking till I have had my system for a couple of months to make sure everything is running correctly.

 

[Tom DWC]

The 1055T is not a black edition processor like the 1090T, which means the multiplier is not unlocked. This makes overclocking more difficult (especially if you've never done it before).

This isn't to say it can't be done - many people purchase the 1055T for its lower price tag and overclock it with great success. It is a very overclockable processor.

As you're new to overclocking I recommend you proceed with extreme caution and speak to PCS before trying anything. You'll want to find out whether or not this will have an affect on your warranty.

 

[Gishank]

It effects the warranty status I think but I have no intention to do so untill I am sure the system is fine. As far as I am aware all that's truely needed when overclocking is common sense. (Correct me if I'm wrong)

 

[Meds]

Hey,

To start off, just to confirm that the PC you ordered is not "pre overclocked", therefore should any problems/faults occur as a result of a bad OC then the repair costs will not be covered by the warranty.

Back to OC in general, it is relatively straight forward. As Tom mentioned, the 1055T is not as easy to OC as the 1090T but it still can achieve some great clock speeds. If/when you decide to OC, just do plenty of research on the web as many people will have posted what settings they used to OC their 1055T. Use this as a start and see how your PC performs, how stable it is and more importantly how hot it is. All CPUs are different even though they are the same model number, so your 1055T might need slightly different settings to somebody else's to achieve a stable OC.

Please note that we don't recommend to allow any AMD CPU to exceed 50C when under load. If its hotter than this, drop the OC.

 

[rocknroll]

would there be any extra charge to have mine overclocked a bit.

AMD PHENOM II X6 1090T (3.20GHz/9MB CACHE/AM3/) - BLACK EDITION

Motherboard
ASUS® M4N98TD EVO: DDR3, 2-Way SLI, SATA 3.0GB/s

Memory (RAM)
8GB CORSAIR XMS3 DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (4 x 2GB KIT)

Graphics Card
1280MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX470 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

2nd Graphics Card
NONE

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
60GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD (upto 285MB/sR | 275MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

RAID
NONE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
10x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£59)

2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NONE

Memory Card Reader
NONE

Power Supply & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 650W PSU (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£76)

Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£62)

maybe u to 3.8 or i believe that 4Ghz is even achievable in a stable condition.

 

[Meds]

You will need to contact the Sales Team on 0844 499 4000 to discuss this. If we can OC your system then we will do so upto 3.8GHz.

 

[Gishank]

@Meds - So assuming I safely and successfully overclock the 1055T then it'd still be covered?

 

[Gorman]

@Meds - So assuming I safely and successfully overclock the 1055T then it'd still be covered?

Our warranty does not cover people overclocking their own machines unless it is to reset settings that we have already tested on that machine.

 

[Gishank]

Fair enough, I hope that if another part in the system encounters a fault that specific component will still be covered or is me overclocking like putting the warranty for all the components in a shredder?

 

[Meds]

1. If you OC your CPU and any damage occurs as a direct result of the OC (fried CPU/RAM/Motherboard most common) - warranty does NOT cover repair costs.
2. If you OC your CPU and another component fails such as the HDD or DVD Drive - covered under warranty.

To be really honest with you, with the specification you have ordered I very much doubt you will notice a performance increase in "real life applications", only in benchmarks. For example, I had been running an old Intel Q6600 @ 3.4GHz for 18 months, but decided to prolong the life of my PC I would go back to default speeds. It still runs latest games/applications without any noticeable difference in performance.