The Official OC (OverClocking) Thread!

Meh, with heat rising I don't mind the PSU being at the top.

 

but then your psu would be hotter, and then louder (puzzled) vs a nice 200mm or 140mm or dual 140mm or dual 120mm fans there

 

Unless it's too hot in the case (which it shouldn't be), a PSU will be plenty quiet compared to most fans.

 

I suppose if you word process, surf the net, and burn or listen to an occasional CD that's more than enough.

My setup is a complete entertainment system with HD TV tuner, High quality audio card good for recording professional sounds (home recording studio). It plays and burns Blu-Ray, Plays HD DVDs, and more. It's never going to look that tidy because every available slot that can be filled is filled. I could however use a third Hard drive.;D

 

You can still game on that. You certainly don't need dual graphics to game, and you can get by with one big HDD even though I'd usually advise to have two. I've got by with no DVD drive for months, and even now one is sufficient.

 

Hey guys, so I have a Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L and I'm trying to overclock this quad core. I set the voltage to 1.48v in the bios and CPU-Z shows it as 1.28v. First time I have had this problem. Any thoughts?

 

and play games, thats the entire reason i OC.

 

Never mind. I updated the BIOS, that fixed it. Everest still reports the 12v PSU line as 2.5v but at least I can change the Vcore now!

 

Okay guys don't get upset with me but, a while back there was a discussion on PSU's and some links. I'm thinkin it was Sam and Russ. Can you point me back to them. Chris Dang posted in the wrong thread thought I was in the PC building thread.

 

We can start it all over again if you'd like. That's probably going to be easier than finding it! lol

 

Chris go here and see what we can start.

....gm

 

ok guys. I don't have a clue about overclocking. can someone give me step by step instructions on how to do it. heres my specs

-GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3R INTEL P35 ATX Core 2 Duo
-Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
-Gigabyte Radeon HD 4850 625MHZ 512MB
-Corsair CMPSU-550VX 550W ATX 12V 41A 24PIN ATX Power Supply
-Corsair XMS2 Dominator TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF Matched Pairs 4GB Kit (2x2GB) PC8500 DDR2-1066 CL 5-5-5-15 240-pin Dual Channel DHX Memory w/ Fan
-NZXT Tempest Crafted Series Enthusiast Steel Mid Tower Case
-SFF21F fan
-Thermalright ULTRA-120 Extreme 6 Heatpipe Cooler LGA775 Heatsink *Fan Not Included
-Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 3.5IN 500GB SATA2 8.5MS 7200RPM 32MB Cache Ncq Hard Drive Oem
-Pioneer dvr-115dbk dvd drive

 

Read this and ask any questions you may have...
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f69/gig...erclocking-general-bios-tweaking-guide-26112/

 

very nice!! good find and helps me learn more. thanks.

...gm

 

That looks really useful for me too actually, I may have to have a look.

 

So I got my CPU stable at 3.4Ghz. I wont go any higher.

Sam, the F5 bios REALLY helps. You should try it out.

 

I have a plan to reattach my CPU fan, if I succeed, I may try it out.

 

Yeah, you do that first. My god the F1 bios was horrible. It was generally difficult to OC due to the 8GB of ram. I hope they don't overheat or something.

 

4x1GB sticks get pretty scalding in my case. Hope you've got some good airflow at the top of your case (note, that means a back-facing cooler with a fan, or an intake fan in the top third of your bays, neither of which are that common) else they will get very hot.

My CPU is now fan-cooled. Motherboard temps are still far higher than before with the Dual, but the CPU is now idling at 28ºC rather than the low 40s, which is nice. Whilst I was at it, I also saw fit to swap the 4-pin ATX+12V for the 8-pin. Going to run another burntest to see how the temps fare now.

 

Burntest completed at 2.40Ghz.
Highest temps recorded:
CPU: 49ºC
Core 1: 52ºC
Core 2: 54ºC
Core 3: 60ºC
Core 4: 61ºC
Chipset: 51ºC

Idle temps, CPU c. 30ºC, cores c. 40ºC, Chipset 48-49ºC.

What I don't understand is that the NB temps used to be 38, and yet with the 10ºC rise, the heatsink is no hotter than before, if anything it's cooler?