Just wanting some simple help

Core2Deano

Core2Deano

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Hello, thanks for taking the time to view.

My specs are in my signature but anyway I have an e8500 @ 3.16GHz (stock) on an Asus P5KPL/1600 Mobo. Wondering where to start for safe overclocking. I have the standard Intel cpu fan. I went with a torch to find my mobo ICS number and tried to use clockgen. Couldnt be bothered. Didnt work out. I want to learn to OC in BIOS.

Last night i went into my BIOS > advanced > CPU Ratio and set it from 'auto' to 9.5 (at .5 intervals). I then checked my CPU speed with a real-time check program (CPUID). Nothing. Still 3.16GHz.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thankyou and Merry Christmas!:)
 
Yeah i went to OC101..not really much about my mobo. And yes, its custom. Not a packaged computer.

What should I do to raise the FSB and by how much? Thanks
 
Core2Deano said:
Yeah i went to OC101..not really much about my mobo. And yes, its custom. Not a packaged computer.

What should I do to raise the FSB and by how much? Thanks
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Well I cant see your bios but there should be a setting to change the fsb -

up it by little bits at a time-u can see the oc when u reboot on your post screen
 
Your mobo has these oc features

Intelligent overclocking tools
- ASUS CPU Lock Free
- CPU Multiplier
SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection)
- FSB tuning from 133MHz to 500MHz at 1MHz increment
Overclocking Protection
- ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)

CrashFree BIOS3
 
Hey I just found the asus 'jumperfree' config. It gives me safe choices of 5% 10% 15% and so on overall O.C settings. I just tried 5% a minute ago and i'm up to a stable 3.20Ghz or something. This is great! You've been a true help with my new found interest in OCing. Just another quick question: safety! When will i know i've gone too far. (Im hoping it will have some sort of crash-free lock up mode like previous systems).

Cheers mate.
 
Core2Deano said:
When will i know i've gone too far. (Im hoping it will have some sort of crash-free lock up mode like previous systems).
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When your lights flicker and smoke comes from the chip :P



Normal people can get 3.8ghz out of your chip....some get 4.0ghz - 4.2ghz

Run prime95 or orthos to actually test to see if the overclock is stable though 1-2 hours should do it.
 
I wouldn't use an automatic OC'ing utility, even if it is in the BIOS. It's easy to set it to 10%, 20% or whatever, but you don't know what values it's changing. For all you know, it could be pumping 1.5v through your CPU and it could have raised the NB voltage, RAM voltage and other things.

You're best doing it all yourself. Do you have the manual that came with your MOBO still? That'll have where to find everything in there. The main things you need to look at when OC'ing are;

  • FSB
  • Multiplyer
  • vCore
  • Ratio or Divider on RAM
  • RAM Voltage
  • Northbridge Voltage (Often refered to as MCH).
  • And most importantly, Temperatures!

Take the time to look into it and learn what your doing before something screws up! OC'ing isn't something you can just jump into, you've got to take your time and do it slowly.

Trust me, it's well worth it when you know what you're doing, because you have that assurance you know nothing is goin' to fry! ;)
 
Gotta agree with Kornowski you haven't done much reading on overclocking and thus you need to slow down and do some research and do it manually....auto = guaranteed to go wrong.
 
Yeah you's are right. It's all going smooth today, so im hoping all is well. But of course ('cause Vista's awsome) im being plagued by the good old 'a display driver has stopped working but has recovered' error so I can't play games. woot :( I heard this has something to do with Vista's Aero themes and OpenGL? hmm..
 
Yeah sounds about right. So today I was in my BIOS>advanced again and looked at manual overclocking. So it starts at FSB: 333Mhz.

If someone could tell me how much that represents in Ghz and how much to raise it by (slowly) that would be much appreciated! Does the 333Mhz mean my standard clock of 3.16Ghz (e8500) and say, raising it to 343Mhz FSB translate into a new speed of 3.26Ghz? Is my understanding close or way off :P


Thankyou all for being patient and helping me out :)

Cheers
 
multiply simply.

multiplier x fsb = ghz

So 9.5 x 333 = 3163.5

so yes its standard :)

343 = 3258.5

I am sure it rounds it up but I never did uneven overclocks...I always lowered or raised the multi to suit my 400 FSB for 1:1 memory...I don't see enough of a performance boost to want to risk my ram.
 
Just wanted to chime in that when you "changed" your multi to 9.5, you were probably changing it from 9.5 to 9.5 ;) It was just showing up as "Auto" at first because that's the default for this CPU, unless I'm mistaken.

You really need to read up on this some more. I'm by no means an expert, so it's hard for me to preach...but it's going to be hard to get the kind of help you want without some kind of basic foundation. Unless you don't mind getting advice in small pieces over time haha.

But yea, enjoy that processor. It's a monster overclocker!
 
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