AMD Athlon II X4 620

[olig1905]

Hi I am upgrading my PC soon and the CPU i am buying to put in it is the one in the title, i dont need help with the process of overclocking i did my research and tried it on my current CPU.

 

What i need to know is how high i can overclock this CPU ive read that it can be clocked to 3.7-3.9Ghz with just air cooling, however i dont presume a simple heatsink pad and fan atop of it would be sufficient for adding 1Ghz+ to stock clock speed.

[paulktreg]

How far it will overclock nobody can really say, all CPU's are different.

 

Obviously you aren't going to be able to overclock too far on the stock heatsink so you'll need to fit good quality third party CPU air cooler.

 

What CPU cooler are you using?

 

Cheers

 

Paul

Edited December 9, 2009 by paulktreg

[olig1905]

How far it will overclock nobody can really say, all CPU's are different.

 

Obviously you aren't going to be able to overclock too far on the stock heatsink so you'll need to fit good quality third party CPU air cooler.

 

What CPU cooler are you using?

 

Cheers

 

Paul

 

I knew that it would be impossible to say how far i could overclock it.

 

Its easier if i show you what im buying to upgrade my pc

 

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=341462

 

 

with what i have there would i be ok to clock it to 3Ghz

 

thankyou for your response

 

im going to sleep now as it is 10 to midnight so i will look for your repsonse in the morning

[paulktreg]

It's a budget motherboard bundled with what is probably low budget generic memory. Your overclocking abilities are probably going to be severely limited!

 

Cheers

 

Paul

[javaman]

Im looking at the 620 to replace my current 6000+ x2, tho im not sure if its worth it over the 425. Athlons certainly are fantastic little processors for the money. Just a pity AMD had to release one for every price point in

[olig1905]

i know it is budget but unfortunately it is a budget i have to keep to. it may be cheap stuff but if you knew what my pc currently had youd probably laugh at me... so il tell you anyway

 

Amd Athlon XP 1.25 Ghz.... (actually i overclocked it yesterday to a whopping 1.6)

 

and 1 gb of ram

 

my set up is terrible so i finally decided i was going to have to find the money to sort it out

[javaman]

i know it is budget but unfortunately it is a budget i have to keep to. it may be cheap stuff but if you knew what my pc currently had youd probably laugh at me... so il tell you anyway

 

Amd Athlon XP 1.25 Ghz.... (actually i overclocked it yesterday to a whopping 1.6)

 

and 1 gb of ram

 

my set up is terrible so i finally decided i was going to have to find the money to sort it out

 

You do realise that the 620 is an AM3 processor and unless you have an AM2+ or AM3 motherboard, your gonna have to upgrade it too? Also 1gb ram with a 620 will hold it up since it will be page filing everything to your harddisk.

[olig1905]

You do realise that the 620 is an AM3 processor and unless you have an AM2+ or AM3 motherboard, your gonna have to upgrade it too? Also 1gb ram with a 620 will hold it up since it will be page filing everything to your harddisk.

 

Yes i do

 

if you read the thread properly you will see that what i am buying is a motherboard a processor and more memory

[OCFreak]

I have my 620 currently running at 3.5GHz on a good air cooler, and very good air circulation in the case. It is an amazing processor for the money, can't beat that $99 price point for a quad-core.

 

It performs quite well, but if you are going to be using the machine for gaming I would recommend getting the 720BE or the 550.