Pre-First OC Question

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cheburns

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I've read the OC 101 here and I read this other forum's page as well http://www.overclock.net/amd-general/91-ultimate-overclocking-guide.html and in that he seems to emphasize how important it is to find the "best combination' of FSB and multiplier. He said it depends on if you're doing processor or system intensive stuff but how do you know? How do you know if your system will run better at 3000MHz like 250MHz x 12 or 300MHz x 10? The other thing is he discussed finding the limitations of each component, but if I only want to take my 5600+ to like 3 or 3.1GHz is it important to test each components limits (because this is my first time I don't want to f*** anything up so I don't want to be pushing to extremes here). Would I really have to play with the timing and voltages of the memory if I only wanted to push my system a little? Same with the voltage on the and finding the FSB max on my mobo... I'm just wondering how much work I have to do if I really don't want to be taking any big risks and pushing my system very far. Let me know what my best bet is to take my system just beyond stock.

Thanks guys
 
There is a little risk involved, but just take slow calculated steps in the direction you want to go. Make one move at a time, if that makes sense, so than you know how to correct it. Chances are if you want a good over clock you will need to raise some voltages. There is always a little risk, but the benefit outweighs the cost if the additional performance is wanted/needed. Do not forget to stress test and write what you are doing down in case your bios resets you do not have to start from scratch.

Just a few pointers, I do not like to get involved to heavily in other people OC's..

Have fun and GL.
 
thanks... the thing is I'm not looking to get everything I can out of my processor (like some guy had his 5600+ at 3.4GHz or something), so is it even necessary to go through the steps like in that other forum to find the limits? or can I just step it up to like 3000-3100MHz and stop. Would that not be the most efficient way to do it or get the best performance at that speed? I just dont know anything about OCing really so I'm looking for any advice to help.
 
On MY motherboard i had to drop the HTT link to 4x from 5x, and droped the HT multiplier (fsb) to 13x. At 3.27 i have it at 252 fsb. I have mine at stock voltage and 3.33 with stock voltage. But like i said motherboards are different so this might not help at all lol. (do i need a disclaimer? :P)
On mine i cant change the ram ratio thats why i droped the multiplier, so at the moment im at 935mhz with the ram

this is at 3.33 but i drop the bus to 252
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cheburns said:
thanks... the thing is I'm not looking to get everything I can out of my processor (like some guy had his 5600+ at 3.4GHz or something), so is it even necessary to go through the steps like in that other forum to find the limits? or can I just step it up to like 3000-3100MHz and stop. Would that not be the most efficient way to do it or get the best performance at that speed? I just dont know anything about OCing really so I'm looking for any advice to help.
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Yeah i had mine at 3.4 but i also had to up the voltage, wouldn't recommend it.... lol
3-3.1Ghz would be fine, thats the speed of the 6000...
 
Yea I remember reading your post with it.. pretty sick oc. Is there some general rule of thumb as to the range you want to keep your FSB and multiplier to get there or is that all dependent upon the FSB max by your cpu/mobo(/ram?) and thats why you need to take it to the max just to see where it is?... or can you just know that it can go up at least to 2xxMHz and be certain anywhere under that threshold and just adjust the multiplier? (sorry for being such a n00b about oc lol)
 
You can't take it too the max, in bios there will be a max fsb to choose from but you would never need to take it that high. The reason i lowered my fsb multiplier was to lower my ram speed, at 14x it was like 1200Mhz and now at 13x i get 935mhz but you might be able to change the ratio on yours. Also try to keep the HT Link As close to 1000 mhz as possible, thats why i lowered the multiplier to 4x for ht link. Just do a little at a time and make adjustments...
 
I wish I was in front of my machine now instead of at work..... so all those can be tweaked in bios right? if you look at that other forum page I posted, were those more or less the same steps you (and everyone i guess) take? Just want to make sure if I go about it, I'm going about it in the best manner. And I know every board and all that is different, so the general right manner.
 
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