can i overclock?

[elobire]

hi, i made this thread a while ago: http://www.computerforum.com/173452-should-i-overclock.html

i was told i cannot overclock my computer because its an oem. i recently replaced my motherboard on the computer, so that i could use a new graphics card (my old one broke). so the question i need ansered is can i overclock the computer now, and will it be worth it?

thanks for the help.

 

[wolfeking]

What CPU and cooler do you have, and on what motherboard. Also... Did you reuse the stock OEM PSU?

 

[Dystopia]

You might be able to OC. Go here and download this: http://www.cpuid.com/downloads/pc-wizard/2010.1.961-setup.exe

Run it, and use the temp program to monitor your temps. Run a game or program that puts your CPU under full stress. Have it under full stress for an hour, or even two, then check the temps. Report to us what the highest temps you have.

 

[elobire]

What CPU and cooler do you have, and on what motherboard. Also... Did you reuse the stock OEM PSU?

the CPU is a intel pentium D 820 and the motherboard is a Gigabyte G31M-ES2L. i did reuse the OEM PSU, but i also had that replaced before as the old one was faulty. that was quite a while ago however.
il try running a high stress game tommorow as i dont want to leave it running while im out.

 

[Aastii]

You should have the option to OC, however I wouldn't even consider doing it until you get your PSU replaced with something half decent.

Regarding temperatures. Download and run Prime95 from here:

http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft/

to stress test, and HWMonitor from here:

ftp://ftp.cpuid.com/hwmonitor/hwmonitor_1.17-setup.exe

you will notice that your temps will plateau after a couple of minutes. You aren't stress testing, so don't need to run it for hours, you are only checking the current temperatures out to see if your cooler is up to it, which if it is a stock cooler, should be able to provide sufficient cooling for a mild OC

 

[elobire]

Thanks, im not actually sure what PSU got put into the computer so il have a look latter and see if its any good.

 

[Iceyn1pples]

From experience, the Pentium D 820 can overclock like a champ! Stock is 2.8 and all you really need to do is slowly up the multiplier in the Bios until it wont post, then work back to get it stable. Stock cooler is good up to about 3.4-3.5ghz on stock vcore.

Good luck!

 

[elobire]

thanks for the replie. sorry that i took so long to reply, been busy lately. whats the best way to see if the multiplier is stable?

 

[Aastii]

thanks for the replie. sorry that i took so long to reply, been busy lately. whats the best way to see if the multiplier is stable?

You mean your overclock? Even if you just raised the multiplier, you have still overclocked it.

Download prime95 from the link above and run it for half hour or so. If no crashes, no blue screens, no errors, you can assume it is stable. If not, it isn't stable, so it is either too far past what the chip is capable of giving, or your voltages are too low

 

[elobire]

You mean your overclock? Even if you just raised the multiplier, you have still overclocked it.

Download prime95 from the link above and run it for half hour or so. If no crashes, no blue screens, no errors, you can assume it is stable. If not, it isn't stable, so it is either too far past what the chip is capable of giving, or your voltages are too low

thanks, just got a bit confused there for a second. il give it a try tommorow and post back with the results.

 

[elobire]

managed to get 3.46 out of the processor earlier. seems to be stable enough, but i want to get a better cooling system and PSU before i try any more. im pretty sure it would be able to handle it. the other reason would be that there is no real point at the moment either. i want to get the full 4GB that the motherboard can handle to make the computer any good.