Overclocking my 5200+
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mx344
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Hey, well i have a 5200+ on a MS2-SLI ASUS board, and i actually bought mine, so i had to overclock via Ntune, and i got a pretty good little overclock...
Stock was as you know 2.7ghz
I got mine up to 3.013ghz on stock voltages, on bumping up the FSB.
So my Ram was boosted from 800mhz stock to 884, on kingston value ram
. I had timings of 5-5-5-18, but i later changed it to all 6's becuase wen i ran prime95, it can with an error, but its ok, i hardly could tell the difference...
I had to also put my multiplier down from 5x to 4x. for stability.
this is all done with a program, so if you are doing this from BIOS, you will get a little better results, if you don't raise the FSB, but you just raise you cpu clock, you can get to 3.100 on stock voltages, but that is only you clock, and you would have to raise the voltages to go beyond that, you could get up to about 3.3ghz with voltage increases, i wouldn't go any higher than that...
If you are planning on overclocking higher than 3.0, then you MUST get an after market fan...My 5200+ runs on prime95 after an hour of 100% useage, at 59c, with stock fan and stock thermal compound. Max for this cpu is 65c...
Stock was as you know 2.7ghz
I got mine up to 3.013ghz on stock voltages, on bumping up the FSB.
So my Ram was boosted from 800mhz stock to 884, on kingston value ram
. I had timings of 5-5-5-18, but i later changed it to all 6's becuase wen i ran prime95, it can with an error, but its ok, i hardly could tell the difference...I had to also put my multiplier down from 5x to 4x. for stability.
this is all done with a program, so if you are doing this from BIOS, you will get a little better results, if you don't raise the FSB, but you just raise you cpu clock, you can get to 3.100 on stock voltages, but that is only you clock, and you would have to raise the voltages to go beyond that, you could get up to about 3.3ghz with voltage increases, i wouldn't go any higher than that...
If you are planning on overclocking higher than 3.0, then you MUST get an after market fan...My 5200+ runs on prime95 after an hour of 100% useage, at 59c, with stock fan and stock thermal compound. Max for this cpu is 65c...
Vipernitrox
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just wondering but ehh what do you think the difference is between these 2?
El DJ
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I was hoping to get around 3.2-3.3GHz, at least now I know it's physically possible =PHey, well i have a 5200+ on a MS2-SLI ASUS board, and i actually bought mine, so i had to overclock via Ntune, and i got a pretty good little overclock...
Stock was as you know 2.7ghz
I got mine up to 3.013ghz on stock voltages, on bumping up the FSB.
So my Ram was boosted from 800mhz stock to 884, on kingston value ram
I had to also put my multiplier down from 5x to 4x. for stability.
this is all done with a program, so if you are doing this from BIOS, you will get a little better results, if you don't raise the FSB, but you just raise you cpu clock, you can get to 3.100 on stock voltages, but that is only you clock, and you would have to raise the voltages to go beyond that, you could get up to about 3.3ghz with voltage increases, i wouldn't go any higher than that...
If you are planning on overclocking higher than 3.0, then you MUST get an after market fan...My 5200+ runs on prime95 after an hour of 100% useage, at 59c, with stock fan and stock thermal compound. Max for this cpu is 65c...
Thanks for the input, I will buy an aftermarket cooler soon, so I'll wait till then to OC any.
EDIT: I'm running on less than 30*C idle temps right now, anything I can use to test it under load?
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Vipernitrox
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try prime 95
Vipernitrox
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budget: arctic freezer 64 pro
otherwise: scythe mugen or tuniq tower
otherwise: scythe mugen or tuniq tower
El DJ
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I was looking at the arctic, but everyone in the reviews had the same temps as me after the upgrade. I think I'm going to OC, see what my temps are, then think about upgrading.
El DJ
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Okay, after an hour, still nothing higher than 50*C, when Mx344 was reporting 59*C after an hour of Prime95. I'm wondering if it's because I'm using AS-5 instead of the stock thermal compound.
EDIT: I got it to 3GHz, without adjusting the Vcore, seems stable, plan on running prime 95 all night and speedfan along with it to record temps. After about 10 minutes of Prime95, temps are:
Core #0: 48*c
Core #1: 51*c
At 100% load
What do you think about those temps?
EDIT: I got it to 3GHz, without adjusting the Vcore, seems stable, plan on running prime 95 all night and speedfan along with it to record temps. After about 10 minutes of Prime95, temps are:
Core #0: 48*c
Core #1: 51*c
At 100% load
What do you think about those temps?
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Vipernitrox
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nice, just make sure it doesn't get over 70c
Vipernitrox
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i'll keep it at 3ghz if i were you and wait for an aftermarket cooler.
whats your case setup atm? how many fans, where and in what direction are they blowing?
whats your case setup atm? how many fans, where and in what direction are they blowing?
El DJ
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Yeah That's what I'm going to do.
Right now I have two exhaust fans in the back and 3 intake fans on the top, but I'm thinking about making the top fans exhaust due to hot air rising, and have my intake fans as the back two. Also planning on adding another fan on the window above the CPU fan as an exhaust.
Right now I have two exhaust fans in the back and 3 intake fans on the top, but I'm thinking about making the top fans exhaust due to hot air rising, and have my intake fans as the back two. Also planning on adding another fan on the window above the CPU fan as an exhaust.
Vipernitrox
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if you have any option to put some fans in the (lower) front for intake i would do that if not i would do the following:
put the 2 on the back in intake and the one on the side to.
the 3 on the top on exhaust.
then if you get an aftermarket cooler depending on which type either have it blowing towards the exhaust fans or let it blow towards your motherboard.
put the 2 on the back in intake and the one on the side to.
the 3 on the top on exhaust.
then if you get an aftermarket cooler depending on which type either have it blowing towards the exhaust fans or let it blow towards your motherboard.
mx344
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bummer, well it is all up to you whether you want to raise the voltage a little, but i would sit there, tell you get an aftermarket cooler, because it can get pretty hot...
I wounldn't go over 65c Max...
So 50c for an hour @ 3ghz, is great!
GL with the overclocking...
I wounldn't go over 65c Max...
So 50c for an hour @ 3ghz, is great!
GL with the overclocking...
What do you mean?
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El DJ
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Supposedly, Biostar made this mobo for overclocking, so I think I'm pretty good as far as that goes. =]
mx344: Yeah I thought 50C was really impressive, might be because my case is so large lol.
Now I've got an exhaust 90mm fan right across from the cpu cooler, and temps dropped 3-6C =] Used to go to about 31 at idle now it idles at 25-26.
El DJ
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Okay, I have a nice, perfectly stable OC at 3GHz.
Sits at 45C at full load.
But when I try to get 3.1GHz, which is a 7MHz FSB difference, or even only make a 2MHz FSB change, is when I start running into issues. During Prime 95, I get BSODs such as "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" or "PAGE_FAULT_IN_UNPAGED_AREA."
What could be the causes? As I said, I'm not much of an overclocker, but I upped the voltage to +0.012v, which yielded the same errors.
Sits at 45C at full load.
But when I try to get 3.1GHz, which is a 7MHz FSB difference, or even only make a 2MHz FSB change, is when I start running into issues. During Prime 95, I get BSODs such as "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" or "PAGE_FAULT_IN_UNPAGED_AREA."
What could be the causes? As I said, I'm not much of an overclocker, but I upped the voltage to +0.012v, which yielded the same errors.
Your better off using Orthos unless you know that prime 95 is for single core cpus and you need to run 2 instansces on both cores.