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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:


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AMD Athlon X2 64 4000+ @2.5GHz "Brisbane"
ELITEGROUP MCP61PM-AM Motherboard
Samsung PC2-5300 667MHz Memory
NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 Chipset

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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 8-)

Re: Successful (safe) Overclock

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:52 pm
by Backslash
Sorry if i go Old English on your ass... :D but

Ye have little faith! ;) :D

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 :P

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.

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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 :evil:

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.