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Overclocking problem! (help please).

Discussion in 'Building a new PC' started by 3lement, Apr 2, 2008.

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  1. shaffaaf

    shaffaaf Regular member

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    as would i, but lookign at his original budget for his PSU, this would be the lowest i personally would buy.
     
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    you dumbass, you copied the text of the link and not the link itself! lol
     
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  5. shaffaaf

    shaffaaf Regular member

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    loool

    and its dumbarse (we are brit xD)

    i jsut realised when i clicked on it.
     
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    lol no, it's dumbass. I've never heard the expression dumbarse used - the two words just simply aren't combined that way.
     
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    Take my advance and build this, it's what i have and it's working perfectly ;D

    AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+
    K9AG NEO2-Digital, AMD 690G, AM2
    500GB Barracuda 7200, SATA2 32MB
    2 x 2048MB 800MHz DDR2
    GeForce 9600GT 512MB
    500W EarthWatts 2.0
    ATX NZXT Lexa Redlight Edition
    Samsung SyncMaster 226bw
    Logitech MX518 Opticalmouse
    Microsoft Fingerprint keyboard
    LG Supermulti Lightscribe DVD
    1T Drivestation Turbo
     
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    That is a little bit outside of his price range. in his first post he said that he didn't want to spend alot and i don't think that he will be using it for gaming. and about the psu. he doesn't need 550 or 600watts running that cpu with a low end card.the thermaltake 430 will be more than enough and it is cheaper than the others.
     
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  9. 3lement

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    Yea im not going with an amd. I have one right now and its only been problems. They just dont work for me. Im gonna stick with kjrs suggestion. I ordered all the stuff it should all be here by thurs friday. Cant wait to build it :)
     
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    AMD CPUs are fine, but they're slow considering how expensive they are.
    Stick with the Intel CPU, a reasonably priced Gigabyte Mobo, some Corsair memory and a Corsair PSU. Cheap, but reliable and quite fast.
     
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    Do you guys have any suggestions for memory that can be overclocked. Its gotta be good memory that can handle high end applications like maya. And in a pack of like 2gb. And maybe some instructions on how to overclock memory. Can kingston be overclocked? because i have two 1gb sticks here but i also want to get 2 more. thnx
     
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    well you wont really need to OC it past 450FBS so ANY 1066 ram will do. even the cheap crap.
     
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    Not any old 1066mhz RAM, after all, the Crucial ballistix stuff won't even manage the 1066mhz it's rated for. The Corsair stuff you've posted isn't 1066mhz so it will limit your overclock, depending on your CPU's multiplier. For best results, use:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145033
     
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    Alright ill keep that in mind when buying memory. wont buy until a little later tho. Btw Just received my mobo and cpu in the mail today :) But wont be able to hook it up till friday when the rest of the stuff come :(
     
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    Heh, I know that feeling, I had my new motherboard hanging around for a week not being used, only installed it yesterday...
     
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    Received all the parts and put together within 2 hours. And only cut myself once!!! Anyway, booted up on first try!!! Runs great but i cant seem to get the overclocking options to stay. Everytime i set them it restarts 3 times and then goes back to 1.8ghz Does anyone know what exactly i have to set thru the mobo? Trying to get it to 3.2ghz. thnx
     
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    the settings for your overclock are bad. set the pci slot at 100mhz. memory and cpu voltages and memory timing at manual. to get memory setting press ctrl + f1 at the main bios screen. then try overclocking again. i had the same problem with mine when i got it. i was stuck with it rebooting but i finally got the settings right.
     
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    3.2 from 1.8 isn't easy to do in one hit, it isn't stable unless you do some major tweaking. Try for 2.7Ghz first then slowly work up. Remember to set the memory multiplier correctly.
     
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    yea i cant seem to get it. I put the pci on 100mhz and set all the other stuff but it just resets. Can u tell me exact settings? And what do u mean by memory settings. i try ctrl+f1 but it doesnt do anything.
     
    3lement, Apr 11, 2008
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