Overclocking Safely

Angel.of.Death

Angel.of.Death

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Overclocking - sounds great.

But there is a downside to everything in life, in which case, there is a RISK to overclock.

I plan to overlcock my E6600 soon with my Gigabyte 965P-DS3 MOBO. I have practically begged my father to get me this and I want to overclock it to squeeze every single drop out of it. And if I screw it...

So anyways, I was just checking... Raising the FSB 5 Mhz (and testing stablility after each raise) at a time and raising the Vcore by a max of 0.3V (in 0.0625V increments), everything should be fine... Right? right?

Also, can someone explain to me what POST is? Does it mean you cant boot windows or does it mean your comp wont start at all (requiring you to clear CMOS).

So... Whats the worst that can happen if I stick to my plan?
 
If i were you, i would raise the 5Mhz at a time, like you said, but use a program called 'ClockGen', you can do all CPU overclocking in the program in windows. I think your mobo is compatible, but use that program and you can probably get around 3.0Ghz with that. I wanted to do that with my E6600, but i bought it from dell (i got a really good deal with dell) and they lock all CPU overclocking. I o/c'ed my 7900GS instead and now i am running COD2 at 1280x1024, DX9, full everything else at 50-120 FPS.
 
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If i were you, i would raise the 5Mhz at a time, like you said, but use a program called 'ClockGen', you can do all CPU overclocking in the program in windows. I think your mobo is compatible, but use that program and you can probably get around 3.0Ghz with that. I wanted to do that with my E6600, but i bought it from dell (i got a really good deal with dell) and they lock all CPU overclocking. I o/c'ed my 7900GS instead and now i am running COD2 at 1280x1024, DX9, full everything else at 50-120 FPS.
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He doesnt need to use ClockGen if he has that mobo, he can do it all in BIOS, which is a better idea anyways. You only had to because you had a Dell.
 
Thanks for all your help.

Does POST occur before the 'hit DEL to enter BIOS' thing or AFTER it?

Angel.of.Death said:
So anyways, I was just checking... Raising the FSB 5 Mhz (and testing stablility after each raise) at a time and raising the Vcore by a max of 0.3V (in 0.0625V increments), everything should be fine... Right? right?
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If i rasie the FSB 5 mhz at a time and just barely touch the Vcore what is the worst that can happen?
 
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5Mhz at a time is very slow, I would raise the FSB about 5Mhz at a time until it doesnt post, then back it down until it does.

Just by raising the FSB, you can't damage it, but if you raise the vcore too much, that can cause issues.
 
Thanks for your help Omega!

What is the most I can raise the Vcore of my E6600? Most say +0.3V. Is that too much? Will my CPU die in 6 months if I do that?
 
So lets just say that I push the FSB up too much w/out raising the vcore, which in turn, makes the computer fail POST.

If I cant go back to BIOS to either up the vcore or lower the FSB, what do I do? Do I have to reset CMOS?
 
Angel.of.Death said:
So lets just say that I push the FSB up too much w/out raising the vcore, which in turn, makes the computer fail POST.

If I cant go back to BIOS to either up the vcore or lower the FSB, what do I do? Do I have to reset CMOS?
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If you push the FSB too much your computer will still POST, and you will still be able to get into BIOS, your computer just won't be stable, and/or Windows or your OS won't load.
 
Angel.of.Death said:
I see... thanks for you ur help!

Also, what is the max overvolt for the CPU without causing long term damage?
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Honestly, anything over stock voltage will decrease the life of your cpu, even if just by a little bit.

Voltage can do crazy things to a cpu, which is why I don't touch my vCore when OC'ing.
 
Thankyou for your wise words. Is there any other way to stabalize your system after overclocking?

Also, how much would I be able to OC my E6600 without touching the vcore? (I know it differs greatly but plz give the an average figure...)
 
Hey i have a sempron 2800+ i feel that 1.61 ghz is fine for me i play ut2004 and runs great.I amost fried my cpu ,but i toook out my battery and i got it to boot.;)
 
Angel.of.Death said:
Also, how much would I be able to OC my E6600 without touching the vcore? (I know it differs greatly but plz give the an average figure...)
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Just as you would regularly...raise the FSB and/or multiplier....raising the vCore just lets you raise the FSB and/or multiplier more. You'll know when you can't raise the FSB/multiplier any more with the voltage you currently have when the computer is unstable (ie, restarts randomly, won't boot, etc).
 
Can you give a rough percentage please? (eg. you can overclock 50% w/out touching the vcore as you can w/ touching the vcore)
 
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