New CPU cooler installed, and I want to overclock.

beers said:
I don't understand what you'd actually be accomplishing here.
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Maybe he just wants to see how hot it runs at 100% load at stock. Nothing wrong with that. I know he bought this cooler so that he can overclock, but even if he doesn't want to now there's no problem with that because it will still allow his CPU to run much cooler than if it were cooled by the stock cooler.
 
That too^.

Whenever I overclock I'll bench/stress at stock clocks so I have a frame of reference for bench scores and temperatures.
 
Darren said:
That too^.

Whenever I overclock I'll bench/stress at stock clocks so I have a frame of reference for bench scores and temperatures.
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Yeah it's good to see the differences. It helps to judge whether your overclock is good in terms of temperatures too.

Let this guy do what he wants. :)
 
see the OP's M/board is MSI
Got an ASUS board with some pretty good software to "auto tune" an OC
has a "fast" (which I run) And an "extreme" button. never tried "extreme" as the
"fast" will send the temps toward the danger zone if the 6 cores go 100% (stock air cooler, 120mm fan in & 120mm fan out)

basic specs...
OS :Windows 7 Professional (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)

Board: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. M5A99FX PRO R2.0 Rev 1.xx
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
UEFI: American Megatrends Inc. 1503 01/11/2013

STOCK: 3.2 gigahertz AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
OC: 3.73 gigahertz on ASUS auto tune = fast
 
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spirit said:
Maybe he just wants to see how hot it runs at 100% load at stock. Nothing wrong with that. I know he bought this cooler so that he can overclock, but even if he doesn't want to now there's no problem with that because it will still allow his CPU to run much cooler than if it were cooled by the stock cooler.
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I just woke up and my PC is still running Prime95 Benchmark after what, 10 hours or so? I stopped the test and I couldn't decipher the results, I don't understand it. I'll torture test my rig this weekend tho.
 
The VCR King said:
I just woke up and my PC is still running Prime95 Benchmark after what, 10 hours or so? I stopped the test and I couldn't decipher the results, I don't understand it. I'll torture test my rig this weekend tho.
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As long as you don't see a worker thread crashing you're fine.
 
The VCR King said:
I just woke up and my PC is still running Prime95 Benchmark after what, 10 hours or so? I stopped the test and I couldn't decipher the results, I don't understand it. I'll torture test my rig this weekend tho.
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You don't consider 10 hours of Prime95 enough of a torture test for a stock rig?
 
The VCR King said:
I just woke up and my PC is still running Prime95 Benchmark after what, 10 hours or so? I stopped the test and I couldn't decipher the results, I don't understand it. I'll torture test my rig this weekend tho.
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Yeah the test goes on indefinitely. It doesn't stop unless it crashes or you stop it.

It won't tell you the temperature - you need a program like CoreTemp or SpeedFan to do that. All that Prime95 does is ramp your CPU up to 100% load.

It sounds like it didn't crash so I think it's fair to say your system is stable. Usually it'll crash pretty quickly if there are problems.
 
OK now that I got my new PSU installed and my PC is stable I'm really itchin' to overclock now. My PC is currently running at 3.2ghz. What incriments should I increase my clock speed by and is there any software to do this, because my PC boots too fast and by the time my USB ports power up and my keyboard is connected I'm already loading Windows. I've never been in my BIOS.
 
I have a BIOS question. Is there a way to set it up so that even if my PC is powered off there is still power going to the USB ports so I can use my PC as a giant phone charger even when it's shut off?
 
The VCR King said:
THANK YOU! My PC boots so darn fast.
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If you're still using the HDD instead of SSD then this statement is false.
The VCR King said:
I have a BIOS question. Is there a way to set it up so that even if my PC is powered off there is still power going to the USB ports so I can use my PC as a giant phone charger even when it's shut off?
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A lot of BIOSes have a 'USB Charging' option that does what you outlined.
 
beers said:
If you're still using the HDD instead of SSD then this statement is false.

A lot of BIOSes have a 'USB Charging' option that does what you outlined.
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How can I tell if mine has it? And would this mean the power supply would be running like the fan in it because the motherboard is drawing power? The USB charging option would be helpful but IDK if I got it.

I know I need a bios update but I'm afraid I'll screw up and brick the board
 
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Msi's utility is called supercharger, which is listed as a download for your board. I don't see a bios setting in the manual for your board. Install the utility, connect your phone and see if it charges. Then shut your pc off and see if it still charges.
 
johnb35 said:
Msi's utility is called supercharger, which is listed as a download for your board. I don't see a bios setting in the manual for your board. Install the utility, connect your phone and see if it charges. Then shut your pc off and see if it still charges.
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How can I tell which USB port on my motherboard is the designated "Supercharger" port?
 
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Your USB connector should be plugged into the red usb port on your mobo

Video for reference!

 
Just discovered I had Supercharger this whole time and I figured out that my Supercharger header is connected to my front case USB.
 
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