Phenom II 960T unlock, problem?

[leeskiramm]

A high OC on a 6 core is a bit of an ask for the Arctic cooler go get yourself a Hyper 212 Evo its a better cooler by far, cheap and will keep you nice and cool even under load.

PS, i bet you can hit 4ghz on those 4 cores.

I would get a 212, but a) cost, I'm 16, not got a lot of spare cash, and b) won't fit in case, as I've only got a small XIGMATEK Asgard case, which has about 2 cm clearance with my arctic freezer, and the 212 is at least 3 cm taller

 

[Uther39]

Agh i see ok, your case is not the best either as it lacks decent cooling, but hey it will do.

 

[Uther39]

Oh and by the way a 960t @ 3.6ghz on 4 cores is still a flippin good gaming CPU it will happily power even todays high end GPUs including a GTX680, but i reckon you could get it to 4ghz easily, just keep an eye on those temps.

 

[leeskiramm]

It's not too bad for cooling, I have the stock intake fan at the front which shifts a fair amount of air, and another 120mm at the back as exhaust, unfortunately I can't fit the ones on the side panel due to the HSF.

So would I be OK with the Asus GeForce GTX 560 Ti 900MHz GPU, or would it bottleneck?

 

[teh_gerbil]

http/www.overclock.net/t/816159/phenom-ii-cpu-nb-overclocking-review

Do not forget to overclock your northbridge, for a 3.6GHZ, you'll need about a 2.4NB frequency.

Those temps are fine, I had mine @ 60degC til I got the 212plus, now 50 DegC.

And congrats on being a proud 960T owner

Note:
What mobo do you have?

It may not support 125W CPU's (under 4x core it's only 95W) and your CPU simply may not be able to pull down as much power as it needs, especially overclocked!

 

[Uther39]

No way will it bottleneck a 560ti.

But again at least try to push it to 3.8 - 4 ghz.