Underperforming AMD Phenom II X3 720

[masdooce]

hi there now im not the most tech savvie person in the world. but im pretty sure my system is underperforming . this system was pre bought from overclockers.co.uk and was pre overclocked to 3.2...but a bios update 18 months ago cleared there setting . so i imagined ive just been running at the 2.8 speed ... but lookin through this forum the other day i see alot of users using  CPU-Z..so i gave it ago and heres the results......so wether i hae a problem or not im not sure lol so ill leave it to the professionals


Hope someone can help or atleast advise

thanks

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[DarkstaR]

Indeed... i think you should set all the mit parameters through your mobo: 16 or more x 200 at at least 1,35v !!

[masdooce]

Really appriciate the reply...i didnt understant the mit parameters bit
if you could  tell me the proper names i need to change in the bios im sure i could figure it out .

thanks again

[autotech]

If you turn off all power saving features and turbo boost it will run 2.8 all the time in advanced got to auto and change to manual and then set it at 16x on the cpu that will put you at 3.2

[masdooce]

really do appreciate the reply...im now stable at 3.2

i did manage to unlock a 4th core by changing a mit  setting to Hybrid..i logged back into windows and cpu-z reported a 4th core...but after a min or 2 it blue screened with a clock error

would this mean id be unable to perm open the 4th core...or would there be other settings id need to change to keep it stable?.


thanks again for your reply....very very helpful

Cheers

[autotech]

Take off the overclock and try running with the 4th core. The reason the 4th core is inactive is because it was considered sub par so sold as a 3 core with 4th disabled. It might be stable at 2.8 but not stable with over clock.

[DarkstaR]

Good reply from autotech ! he's right i had a x3 720 black 3 years ago with a 790gp-ud4h it ran fine at 3,5ghz @ 1,375v but when unlocking the 4th core i was only able to run it at its stock speed @ 1,35v and raising the vcore didn't change anything at all...