Is my OC safe? Screenshots, pics

[Thanatos]

Hey guys. I recently overclocked my AMD Athlon II X2 250 from 3.0 GHz to 3.7GHz using some guides around the forum. Here's some pictures:

Been running prime95 for a while, and here's my problem. HWmonitor is giving me two very different temperatures, and I don't know which to believe!

So, computer forum, which is it? #1 or #2?

Oh, and yeah, I OC'd an Athlon II X2 250 to 3.7 GHz. I plan to go to 4 GHz after I get this cleared up. Any advice before I go onwards?

 

[jonnyp11]

not sure which temp is correct, but those temps are great, 4ghz should be no problem

 

[zer0_c00l]

looks good to me man... i got my 250 too 4.3 stock volts. thing was a beast.now it plays roblox on my daughters pc Lol

 

[Thanatos]

Well, I went to 4GHz, and when I started up prime95, instant BSoD. Why?

 

[wolfeking]

probably because you didn't have the voltage high enough for the 4GHz OC. Try bumping it by 2 or 3 of the smallest increments that your BIOS allows. That may help with the BSOD.

 

[Thanatos]

Bumped it up to 1.54V at 3.9 GHz, running prime95 at its highest settings... will report back after a while to see how its holding up.

 

[Thanatos]

15 minutes later and its still going strong. Going to 4GHz, not changing voltages. Wish me luck, kemosabes. Adios, via con Dios.

 

[salvage-this]

I wouldn't take it past that votage. 1.55v AFAIK is the highest voltage that you can take it before there is a real chance that you can damage something.

 

[Thanatos]

Uh-oh. In bios, the voltage is something like 1.53. But CPUID says 1.576. What gives?

 

[claptonman]

What cooler are you using and what is the ambient temperature of your room? It may be the wrong readings. Same thing happens with my AMD chip. Says it idles at 17c, which is near impossible for a CPU when my room is 70F.

 

[Thanatos]

I have the Antec Kuhler H2O 620. The thermostat says 69 degrees.

 

[claptonman]

Well, since you have a water cooler and your room is 20c, it may be off by a few degrees, nothing to worry about.

 

[Thanatos]

I have come back with a conclusion. I ran Prime95 on its highest setting all night, and it is holding stable at:

3.9GHz-20C idle, 31C full load

I think this overclock was successful! I wish I could break that 4GHz barrier, my cooler could handle it, but I'm afraid of raising the voltages too high and frying my chip. I'm best off to wait until I can buy a phenom X4 and overclock that thing wayyyy high.

 

[Shlouski]

it might be someting else that is stopping you get higher, tell me all the setting you have changed so far? I can be something stupid sometimes, my gaming rig in sig wont go past 3.3ghz with geil memory, but the identical spec corsair memory gets me 4Ghz stable (3.8ghz because of heat issue). I bet i would get a higher OC on the other 2 geil computers, if they had kingston or corsair, no-way should my e8400 be stuck at 3.8ghz, 4ghz easy on an Asus Stricker ii Formula, but DDR2 so expensive and you buying oid tech, not worth it.

 

[salvage-this]

Shlouski brings up a good point. What Speed/Timings are you using with your RAM?

 

[Thanatos]

This do anything for you?

2 x 4GB DDR3 AVANT RAM

 

[salvage-this]

Yeah that will help. What are they rated to run at? It looks like 1333? You could try setting the RAM down a multiplier and see if that gives you more stability. There is a chance that the memory controller is freaking out.

 

[Thanatos]

Yeah, Its something like 1333 in BIOS. Ill bring it down a bit and go to 3.95 GHz. See what happens.

EDIT: It's working so far. Gonna go all the way.

WOOT!!! Its working!

 

[salvage-this]

Very nice! Hopefully it stays stable!

 

[Thanatos]

Well, after about an hour of prime95, BSoD. Raised the voltages slightly, will see what happens.