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Successful (safe) Overclock
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:22 pm
by Backslash
Hey guys I let me tell you about my setup:

AMD Athlon X2 64 4000+ @2.5GHz "Brisbane"
ELITEGROUP MCP61PM-AM Motherboard
Samsung PC2-5300 667MHz Memory
NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 Chipset
Ok so i was messing with my BIOS today and decided to OC a little, I will eventually go higher i just want a safe one for now. Originally, the CPU ran at 2.1GHz. I changed the Bus Frequency to 240Mz, and the Hipertransport multiplier to 4x. That gives me a 960Mz BF x HT, which 1000 was stock.
I wanna see what this CPU can do, I will update this whenever I successful reach a new benchmark. I'm shooting for 2.9GHz without having to change the HSF.

Re: Successful (safe) Overclock
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:36 pm
by CoFree
dont burn it up

Re: Successful (safe) Overclock
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:37 pm
by Backslash
haha yeah i wont

Re: Successful (safe) Overclock
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:52 pm
by Backslash
Sorry if i go Old English on your ass...

but
Ye have little faith!

Re: Successful (safe) Overclock
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:41 pm
by CoFree
hahaha
Re: Successful (safe) Overclock
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:24 am
by lilrevuk
I'm trying to do some overclocking on my Q6600, but it's on an OEM motherboard, so I think I've wasted a few hours on nothing

Re: Successful (safe) Overclock
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:12 am
by Backslash
yeah mines OEM also I just cant wait until i set up my i7 system this summer.
Re: Successful (safe) Overclock
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:50 am
by HaGGardSmurf
haha last time I overclocked I melted my laptop. Good thing I had warranty

Re: Successful (safe) Overclock
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:27 pm
by sccrbrandon4788
I've overclocked a 2.66GHz P4 to 3.4 (I think) and it ran pretty solid, but thats Intel, not AMD. I've also have OC'd a friend's Q6700 to 3.6 (I think) and thats a quad-core so you can imagine how fast that was running.
Re: Successful (safe) Overclock
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:52 pm
by Backslash
Alright I just hit 2.66GHz now, without changing the Hipertransport Multiplier. I will see if I can get a stable 2.8, but like i said its OEM, so I don't know about that 2.9GHz.

Re: Successful (safe) Overclock
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:14 pm
by lilrevuk
Tried updating BIOS, still no joy, just won't let me adjust FSB at all.... crappy OEM mobo's
something else I've just noticed, my clock speed seems to fluctuate between 1600mhz and 2400mhz. Is that normal??
Re: Successful (safe) Overclock
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:39 pm
by Backslash
Man the only thing that could make it do that is if when your monitoring you have more than going, i know when i ran cpu-z and everest they reported wrong. And as for the FSB + try lowering your memory frequency, usually if you do that then your FSB will be able to adjust higher.