Overclocking Help

Zorrowannabe9 · 01-28-2007, 10:43 PM

Okay, I have been playing with my bios for roughly 6 hours today and so far have gotten virtually no where (IMO). All I was able to accomplish was setting the AI Overclock settings on my motherboard to +20% (bringing my cpu speed up to 2.88ghz). I would like to push my CPU further, and was hoping on getting around 3.5Ghz, how can i accomplish this? My computer rig specs are in the signature. If theres anything else you need to know please just ask, I would appreciate ANY help that can be provided. I have read the "Overclock 101" guide numerous times and still find myself rather lost. Heres is a couple screens of what its currently running at (with the 20% set):

EDIT: I suppose my main question, is how do i know when I need more power going to the CPU, when i need to adjust the timings of the RAM etc. I know how to bump up the FSB and then my core clock goes up, but it crashes after windows boots...

Zorrowannabe9 · 01-30-2007, 02:13 AM

Anyone? Any suggestions? Or is this just a general "no one is going to answer this kind of question" type thing?

gottabamd · 01-30-2007, 08:24 PM

one question i have is why do you have the FSB

RAM ration at 2:3? i dont know too much about the new ddr2 memory but it seems like that bus speed of 319 is high.? can you increase the cpu multiplier? i need to learn more about the ddr2 and core 2 duo

Zorrowannabe9 · 02-02-2007, 01:34 AM

Well I put everything back at stock, could anyone tell me what I need to set to what in order to OC to around 3.4Ghz?

at Stock the multiplier is set to 9 (max) and the Bus speed is at 266.7Mhz and the Rated FSB is at 1066.7Mhz

Memory frequency is at 400Mhz

joeswm8 · 02-02-2007, 01:41 AM

1)set manual overclock
2) set a 1:1, bus:ram ratio
3)increase bus speed by 10
4)reboot into windows

repeat this until reboot into windows fails, then bump up the vcore as little as possible and boot into windows again. if you cant again, then raise vcore as little as possible again and reboot and repeat 1-4 etc.

raise vcore only when needed as little as possible!!!

(and your RAM speed on your first OC was very high; you multiply what CPUz tells you by 2 to get 960 which corsair can handle but that was why your OC wasnt successful. and never do automatic OC)

Zorrowannabe9 · 02-02-2007, 01:59 AM

I didn't touch the RAM settings, it set itself to that. so 1:1 is what I want?

joeswm8 · 02-02-2007, 02:00 AM

yeah, just follow those steps and you should be good. always manual OC, never auto.

Impr3ssiv3 · 02-02-2007, 02:16 AM

your gonna want an after market cooler for your CPU if you go that high

Zorrowannabe9 · 02-02-2007, 02:26 AM

I have an ASUS Silent Square cooler

joeswm8 · 02-02-2007, 02:44 AM

have you started yet?

01-28-2007, 10:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
Zorrowannabe9 Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 135	Overclocking Help Okay, I have been playing with my bios for roughly 6 hours today and so far have gotten virtually no where (IMO). All I was able to accomplish was setting the AI Overclock settings on my motherboard to +20% (bringing my cpu speed up to 2.88ghz). I would like to push my CPU further, and was hoping on getting around 3.5Ghz, how can i accomplish this? My computer rig specs are in the signature. If theres anything else you need to know please just ask, I would appreciate ANY help that can be provided. I have read the "Overclock 101" guide numerous times and still find myself rather lost. Heres is a couple screens of what its currently running at (with the 20% set): EDIT: I suppose my main question, is how do i know when I need more power going to the CPU, when i need to adjust the timings of the RAM etc. I know how to bump up the FSB and then my core clock goes up, but it crashes after windows boots... __________________ Computer Specs: Cooler Master Ammo 533 SilverStone Strider ST60F Modular PSU ASUS P5N-E SLI mobo Intel E6600 Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (4 x 512MB) DDR2 800 2 eVGA Geforce 7800GTX (SLI) - 2 NV Silencer 5 Rev. 3 VGA coolers Seagate Tech. 120 gig HDD 3Dmark06 score: 7823 Last edited by Zorrowannabe9; 01-29-2007 at 04:49 AM.

01-30-2007, 02:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
Zorrowannabe9 Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 135	Anyone? Any suggestions? Or is this just a general "no one is going to answer this kind of question" type thing? __________________ Computer Specs: Cooler Master Ammo 533 SilverStone Strider ST60F Modular PSU ASUS P5N-E SLI mobo Intel E6600 Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (4 x 512MB) DDR2 800 2 eVGA Geforce 7800GTX (SLI) - 2 NV Silencer 5 Rev. 3 VGA coolers Seagate Tech. 120 gig HDD 3Dmark06 score: 7823

01-30-2007, 08:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
gottabamd Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 118	one question i have is why do you have the FSBRAM ration at 2:3? i dont know too much about the new ddr2 memory but it seems like that bus speed of 319 is high.? can you increase the cpu multiplier? i need to learn more about the ddr2 and core 2 duo __________________ HOME PC: ASUS P5K Deluxe 0404 \| C2D E6400 Lapped @ 3.2GHz 400MHz FSB 1.2875V \| Zalman 9500 \| TeamXtreme 2Gb DDR2-667 @ DDR2-800 4-4-4-12 2.0v + Crucial 10th Ann. 2Gb @ same \| 8800gts 640Mb @ stock for now ( no reason to OC) \| 2x36Gb Raptors RAID 0 \| 200Gb Maxtor SATA \| 720W Enermax Infinity WORK PC: ASUS P4P800 \| Pentium 4 2.8 \| 1GB Corsair XMS 1GB \| EVGA 7800GS @ 529/1512 \| 80GB WD \| Antec Smartpower 350 PSU LAPTOP: Toshiba Satellite L35S2151 \| Celeron M 1.8GHz \| 512Mb RAM \| 60GB HDD

02-02-2007, 01:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
Zorrowannabe9 Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 135	Well I put everything back at stock, could anyone tell me what I need to set to what in order to OC to around 3.4Ghz? at Stock the multiplier is set to 9 (max) and the Bus speed is at 266.7Mhz and the Rated FSB is at 1066.7Mhz Memory frequency is at 400Mhz __________________ Computer Specs: Cooler Master Ammo 533 SilverStone Strider ST60F Modular PSU ASUS P5N-E SLI mobo Intel E6600 Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (4 x 512MB) DDR2 800 2 eVGA Geforce 7800GTX (SLI) - 2 NV Silencer 5 Rev. 3 VGA coolers Seagate Tech. 120 gig HDD 3Dmark06 score: 7823

02-02-2007, 01:41 AM	#5 (permalink)
joeswm8 Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: IL Age: 16 Posts: 1,543	1)set manual overclock 2) set a 1:1, bus:ram ratio 3)increase bus speed by 10 4)reboot into windows repeat this until reboot into windows fails, then bump up the vcore as little as possible and boot into windows again. if you cant again, then raise vcore as little as possible again and reboot and repeat 1-4 etc. raise vcore only when needed as little as possible!!! (and your RAM speed on your first OC was very high; you multiply what CPUz tells you by 2 to get 960 which corsair can handle but that was why your OC wasnt successful. and never do automatic OC) __________________ Free Online Games ---New Computer---Server Build --X2 3800+@2.5---E6600@3.4 XFX 7900GS Extreme---eVga 7600GS--- ------2GB G.Skill DDR2-800---4GB Corsair DDR2-800 Biostar TForce 550MCP---eVga 680i-------- ------WD 160GB HDD---2x74GB Raptors -----------------Rosewill 550W---OCZ 700W GameXStream Centurion 5---P180B

02-02-2007, 01:59 AM	#6 (permalink)
Zorrowannabe9 Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 135	I didn't touch the RAM settings, it set itself to that. so 1:1 is what I want? __________________ Computer Specs: Cooler Master Ammo 533 SilverStone Strider ST60F Modular PSU ASUS P5N-E SLI mobo Intel E6600 Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (4 x 512MB) DDR2 800 2 eVGA Geforce 7800GTX (SLI) - 2 NV Silencer 5 Rev. 3 VGA coolers Seagate Tech. 120 gig HDD 3Dmark06 score: 7823

02-02-2007, 02:00 AM	#7 (permalink)
joeswm8 Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: IL Age: 16 Posts: 1,543	yeah, just follow those steps and you should be good. always manual OC, never auto. __________________ Free Online Games ---New Computer---Server Build --X2 3800+@2.5---E6600@3.4 XFX 7900GS Extreme---eVga 7600GS--- ------2GB G.Skill DDR2-800---4GB Corsair DDR2-800 Biostar TForce 550MCP---eVga 680i-------- ------WD 160GB HDD---2x74GB Raptors -----------------Rosewill 550W---OCZ 700W GameXStream Centurion 5---P180B

02-02-2007, 02:16 AM	#8 (permalink)
Impr3ssiv3 Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,231	your gonna want an after market cooler for your CPU if you go that high __________________ The Shit: Antec P180B ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe AM2 nForce 570 AMD X2 4200+ AM2 @ 2.42 CORSAIR XMS2 DDR2 800 2X1GB eVGA 256MB 7900GT KO BenQ 19" 2ms LCD Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS 3DMark03~19601

02-02-2007, 02:26 AM	#9 (permalink)
Zorrowannabe9 Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 135	I have an ASUS Silent Square cooler __________________ Computer Specs: Cooler Master Ammo 533 SilverStone Strider ST60F Modular PSU ASUS P5N-E SLI mobo Intel E6600 Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (4 x 512MB) DDR2 800 2 eVGA Geforce 7800GTX (SLI) - 2 NV Silencer 5 Rev. 3 VGA coolers Seagate Tech. 120 gig HDD 3Dmark06 score: 7823

02-02-2007, 02:44 AM	#10 (permalink)
joeswm8 Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: IL Age: 16 Posts: 1,543	have you started yet? __________________ Free Online Games ---New Computer---Server Build --X2 3800+@2.5---E6600@3.4 XFX 7900GS Extreme---eVga 7600GS--- ------2GB G.Skill DDR2-800---4GB Corsair DDR2-800 Biostar TForce 550MCP---eVga 680i-------- ------WD 160GB HDD---2x74GB Raptors -----------------Rosewill 550W---OCZ 700W GameXStream Centurion 5---P180B

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