Overclocking - Page 2

allwork · 03-13-2010, 12:06 AM

So doing what tig posted is along with turning the FSB up or instead, and what are the differences in how you set the ram? I think I actually had it set with FSB @ 1333 earlier but had the cpu limiter on so it was only reading with a multiplier of 6. When I get home tomorrow I will set voltage up and set FSB to 1333 again. Thanks to all who have posted I don't know anything about OCing but I am really interested in learning.

Tiglath · 03-13-2010, 12:11 AM

I think the best advice came from Hades; take a lot of notes. It will save you from duplicating steps.

Gooch · 03-14-2010, 05:46 AM

I wouldn't touch the RAM dude, should probably just run it at default. Try doing UNLINKED with 1333fsb and 9x multi for 3ghz. Set your vcore to 1.28 volts and start from there, boot. If you crash, increase the vcore by a small amount and try to boot again. Keep doing this untill you get into Windows, then run stability tests while keeping an eye on temps.

allwork · 03-14-2010, 12:46 PM

I just can't get 1333 to work, I even went up to just under 1.7 volts and it stopped bluescreening, but when I used burntest as soon as it hit 100% it shut pc off and was running in the 80C range. I can stay at 1199 with auto voltage but as soon as I go anywhere in the 1200's even if I bump voltage up it won't run. Are there certain FSB settings to srick to when you are bumping it up?

Tiglath · 03-14-2010, 12:54 PM

take a picture of your bios screen like gooch did above.

jigabooplz · 03-14-2010, 03:49 PM

lets get basics out of the way...do you have your damn north bridge fan on your board? do you have an aftermarket proc cooler that greatly exceeds the cooling capacity of the stock cooler? does your ram have heat spreaders? and finally when you ran your ram linked, did you set FSB memory ratio to 'sync'?
if you answered no to ANY of these then go back and fix it!!! every one of those is a MUST for overclocking on that board.

btw i highly recommend liquid cooling for your proc. im about to get a few more waterblocks for my chipset and my memory because im really gonna push the fucker pretty soon and fans just can't pull heat away near as fast or efficient as liquid.

i forgot to mention turn off ALL of the cpu power saving features and leave them all off. no exec disable, no speed step or w/e disable all that shit. i'll give you more details when I get all the parts to get my desktop going again. need a couple more 90* fittings for liquid cooling setup because i got my new proc and 2nd 8800gtx with a waterblock on it. just gotta drain, add radiator and hook it all up and then i can walk you through this step by step with pics...i have the same damn board as you and let me tell you linked and synced memory is far more stable than unlinked.

cruziopablod · 03-14-2010, 06:24 PM

He has a fan that came with the board for the chipset, not sure if it is north or south bridge. The RAM has heat sinks on it. Those are Crucial Ballistix.

allwork · 03-14-2010, 07:27 PM

Well I think I got it stable. Linking and syncing made it stable. Are these max. temps acceptable? They stay low until I get 90-100% load. I know they are not ideal. I am going to go run BC2 and watch my temp.

And don't say shit about my camera phone pic (It's easy to snap a pic and send it to my e-mail)

Hades · 03-14-2010, 07:36 PM

Congrats dude your 1st successful overclock! Btw don't ever fucking post here about your volts being 1.7 i will drive down there slap you down your own street in front of your own neighbors turn you around at the end of the street and smack you back up again for an encore.

Volts increase temperature... and you don't need to worry about the southbridge just the northy. ANd yes the temps are well within agreeable ranges. GJ!

Hades · 03-14-2010, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cruziopablod

Tiglath,

isn't 12 hrs a bit long? I would understand if you left the computer on every day, all day. I usually don't run mine for more than 8 hrs at a time.

Cruzin: For the fellas that fold and overclock etc they all reccomend the same testing standards and most will not accept your "stable" OC unless you test 12-24 hours. It's easy to say yah I played games all night and it was fine and another to actually run resource heavy software like folding and remain stable. Encoding is another animal and an unstable computer will just ruin the encode wasting hours and hours of computer work.

allwork · 03-14-2010, 11:01 PM

Played BC2 for 3 hours and only hit 64C, here is my final cpu-z. Thanks to everyone for helpin this noob OC MY SHIT, I learned a tremendous amount about overclocking and I am sure I have tons more to learn.

Hades · 03-15-2010, 01:25 AM

Yeh... like your OS is probably fried

. Some motherboards let you save whats called OC profiles try and save the stable ones if you can. Either that or write it all down. Sometimes things reset and its a pain if you can't remember all the tweaks you did. Write it down while you can still remember

JSINB · 03-15-2010, 05:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allwork

Well I think I got it stable. Linking and syncing made it stable. Are these max. temps acceptable? They stay low until I get 90-100% load. I know they are not ideal. I am going to go run BC2 and watch my temp.

And don't say shit about my camera phone pic (It's easy to snap a pic and send it to my e-mail)

Your camera phone sucks I still can't read it even with my glasses on...

cruziopablod · 03-15-2010, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hades

Yeh... like your OS is probably fried

. Some motherboards let you save whats called OC profiles try and save the stable ones if you can. Either that or write it all down. Sometimes things reset and its a pain if you can't remember all the tweaks you did. Write it down while you can still remember

It will let you save profiles in the BIOS.

dapriest · 03-15-2010, 12:09 PM

I don't know why you upgraded. BC2 plays fine on my dual core + 275gtx.

03-13-2010, 12:06 AM	#16 (permalink)
allwork Made Man Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Posts: 719 Casino cash: $40810 Thanks: 379 Thanked 266 Times in 162 Posts	So doing what tig posted is along with turning the FSB up or instead, and what are the differences in how you set the ram? I think I actually had it set with FSB @ 1333 earlier but had the cpu limiter on so it was only reading with a multiplier of 6. When I get home tomorrow I will set voltage up and set FSB to 1333 again. Thanks to all who have posted I don't know anything about OCing but I am really interested in learning. __________________

03-14-2010, 05:46 AM	#18 (permalink)
Gooch GodFather Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: USA Age: 24 Posts: 971 Casino cash: $2147483647 Thanks: 111 Thanked 290 Times in 130 Posts	I wouldn't touch the RAM dude, should probably just run it at default. Try doing UNLINKED with 1333fsb and 9x multi for 3ghz. Set your vcore to 1.28 volts and start from there, boot. If you crash, increase the vcore by a small amount and try to boot again. Keep doing this untill you get into Windows, then run stability tests while keeping an eye on temps. __________________

03-14-2010, 12:46 PM	#19 (permalink)
allwork Made Man Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Posts: 719 Casino cash: $40810 Thanks: 379 Thanked 266 Times in 162 Posts	I just can't get 1333 to work, I even went up to just under 1.7 volts and it stopped bluescreening, but when I used burntest as soon as it hit 100% it shut pc off and was running in the 80C range. I can stay at 1199 with auto voltage but as soon as I go anywhere in the 1200's even if I bump voltage up it won't run. Are there certain FSB settings to srick to when you are bumping it up? __________________

03-14-2010, 03:49 PM	#21 (permalink)
jigabooplz Jigabush Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Egypt Age: 27 Posts: 2,687 Casino cash: $1457360 Thanks: 45 Thanked 151 Times in 124 Posts	lets get basics out of the way...do you have your damn north bridge fan on your board? do you have an aftermarket proc cooler that greatly exceeds the cooling capacity of the stock cooler? does your ram have heat spreaders? and finally when you ran your ram linked, did you set FSB memory ratio to 'sync'? if you answered no to ANY of these then go back and fix it!!! every one of those is a MUST for overclocking on that board. btw i highly recommend liquid cooling for your proc. im about to get a few more waterblocks for my chipset and my memory because im really gonna push the fucker pretty soon and fans just can't pull heat away near as fast or efficient as liquid. i forgot to mention turn off ALL of the cpu power saving features and leave them all off. no exec disable, no speed step or w/e disable all that shit. i'll give you more details when I get all the parts to get my desktop going again. need a couple more 90* fittings for liquid cooling setup because i got my new proc and 2nd 8800gtx with a waterblock on it. just gotta drain, add radiator and hook it all up and then i can walk you through this step by step with pics...i have the same damn board as you and let me tell you linked and synced memory is far more stable than unlinked. __________________

03-14-2010, 06:24 PM	#22 (permalink)
cruziopablod Associate Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USA Posts: 348 Casino cash: $26002 Thanks: 121 Thanked 68 Times in 46 Posts	He has a fan that came with the board for the chipset, not sure if it is north or south bridge. The RAM has heat sinks on it. Those are Crucial Ballistix. __________________ You got a problem with that?

03-14-2010, 07:27 PM	#23 (permalink)
allwork Made Man Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Posts: 719 Casino cash: $40810 Thanks: 379 Thanked 266 Times in 162 Posts	Well I think I got it stable. Linking and syncing made it stable. Are these max. temps acceptable? They stay low until I get 90-100% load. I know they are not ideal. I am going to go run BC2 and watch my temp. And don't say shit about my camera phone pic (It's easy to snap a pic and send it to my e-mail) __________________

03-14-2010, 11:01 PM	#26 (permalink)
allwork Made Man Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Posts: 719 Casino cash: $40810 Thanks: 379 Thanked 266 Times in 162 Posts	Played BC2 for 3 hours and only hit 64C, here is my final cpu-z. Thanks to everyone for helpin this noob OC MY SHIT, I learned a tremendous amount about overclocking and I am sure I have tons more to learn. __________________

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