The Official OC (OverClocking) Thread!

ok need help...i know how to oc...i think...but anyways can someone explain how to oc a cpu/COMPUTER...wat mus u do and stuff

 

Well the short answer would be to look around this thread, but there's a lot of it! Since Multipliers are almost always locked, Front side bus is the name of the game. Memory timings and Voltages are things that have to be adjusted in order to achieve a higher FSB (and also Hypertransport setting for AMDs). For example, you may start with a 2200mhz processor (200mhz X11) and can only go to 2400mhz before the system is unstable at its normal settings. At this point you could then try and up the CPU and RAM voltage a tiny bit, and maybe loosen the memory latencies... Every PC is different, so see how far you can up the FSB before you get instabilities. A pre-requisite of overclocking however, is good cooling, good quality RAM, motherboard and a stable power supply.

 

thnx...i oced my AMD sempron 3100+ ~ 1.8GHz to 2.30GHz...wen i tried to go even further the pc jus keep rebooting and wont load windows...then it changes back to its normal settings...

 

Yeah you obviously have an adaptive BIOS. Is that leaving voltages and timings stock? 28% is a very good overclock for any system.

 

ya i did increase the volt...little higher...for memory and cpu...still cant goo higher...damn i'm a fricken n00b...wat is a adaptive BIOS?

 

Adaptive was a bit of a poor choice of word, basically I meant one that resets your settings if it detects what you chose didn't work, to reduce the chance of needing to replace the BIOS battery. I wouldn't call yourself a noob to get 28%, that's more than a lot of professional OCers can get with a lot of chips.

 

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what settings have you changed? then maybe will might know what you have missed.

 

*200mhz - 255mhz (1.8GHz - 2.30GHz)(9x multiplier)* thats all i did...

 

right, so from earlier posts i gather it not your ram or cpu needing more power, can you change the ht link in your bios. it will give you options of x5, x4, x3 or 1000mhz, 800mhz, 600mhz and so on, just knock it down, and see if that helps.

got to say that you have already got a healthy oc @27% and that might be the limit of your mobo/cpu. have you looked for other people who have oced on your board?

 

another thought, have you tried dropping your ram to 166?

 

well my RAM memory was 800mhz...and i drop it to 400mhz...and still cant push my cpu further...the furthest is 2.34GHz(260mhz)but its so unstable...keeps giving me error messages or reboots my pc...2.3GHz is stable(255mhz)...my mobo sucks thats why...

 

Seriously, no motherboar that lets you have a 28% overclock sucks, stop putting it down!

 

i got this pc for cheap thats why...hahaha...i didnt put it down...i'm jus trying to c if i put it down will i be able to puch my cpu higher...and that didnt work so i've change it back to 800mhz...

 

Trust me that's a high grade overclock. Other than Core 2 Duos, 28% is pretty much up the top with the best performers.

 

Wow...thats high grade...then u guys r like pro grade...

 

In what way? My CPU isn't currently overclocked, and the highest my CPU usually goes is from 2.2 to 2.75, 25%. You've beat that. It's only especially good CPUs (3800+s can go from 2.0 to 2.95) and core 2 duos that can manage beyond 20-25%.

 

oh ok...thats good to hear...cant u oc to 100%

 

Nobody has yet to my knowledge, nowhere near. Tom's Hardware once managed a little over 60% on a P4 using Liquid nitrogen, and 65% on a Core 2 Duo E6600 (the best overclocking chip to date people argue) with another pretentious cooling system. At the end of it you spend so much money for those extra mhz, what's the point?

 

ya thats tru...rather save that money and buy a beta computer...BigDK oced hes E6600 to 3.6GHz...thats 50%...incredible...

 

Yeah a few people have managed 3.4-3.6 from E6600s, they overclock really well.