First time OCer...need help

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Moocher

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I just finished putting my new rig together and want to try and get a decent overclock. My specs are:

E5200 running at 2.5 ghz, 4 gigs of patriot extreme RAM, Asus 4850, Gigabyte Ep35 mobo...

I specifically want to overclock the cpu to atleast 3 ghz. How do I go about doing this on stock cooling? its idles at 25-32celsius
 
In the BIOS, enable manual control, and set the voltage to constant, probably about five notches above default (eg 1.35 to 1.375.... very small amounts). Then up the FSB to whatever it needs to be at. Basically there's the multiplier and the FSB. The multiplier cannot be upped, so you have to raise the FSB, and this will raise your overall clockspeed after being MULTIPLIED by the multiplier. Voltage just helps to increase stability, but also increases heat, so it is a trade off.
 
but how do I know how much to raise the FSB and voltage by...also, is there anyway to return to default if something goes wrong?
 
the E5200 has a 12.5 multiplier so your FSB would have to be 240 but it's not a guarantee that it will get there.
 
I put the FSB @ 240 and am now running at 3ghz! But my computer takes forever to shutdown... and I have no idea why.
 
Moocher said:
Is there any other way to overclock? because any time I change the FSB to manual it turns off EIST, C1E
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well you can change the multiplier but normally they only go down unless you get a special CPU model with its multiplier unlocked (AMD Black editions for example).

EIST and C1E are made to throttle down your CPU when it is not being heavily used, it saves power (and battery life for laptops) but when used with overclocking, conflicts can occur with some motherboards. Your motherboard probably can't do speedstep while overclocking at the same time.
 
So should I take off speedstep (desktop), or leave it and forget about overclocking? what is the best choice?
 
Yea, maybe unnoticeably, but in about 3 years I'm sure you'll probably be buying a new one anyway. (assuming you are an enthusiast, most users don't OC)
 
Thank you for posting this thread. The last one I posted got no response, so it really helps. I have an X2 4600+ if anyone has any advice for how to overclock it!
 
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