Advise for an overclock noob.

Paul_Robson

Paul_Robson

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Lo peeps! I have just changed from AMD to Intel, got myself a PQ5 Pro motherboard and a E5200 intel chip along with some g-skill pc8500 2x2gb memory.Wondering if someone can point me in the right direction over overclocking this baby. I am a noob to overclocking so please go gentle on me,lol. Thanks people :)
 
Only got the stock cooler for now matey.I know... i know. When i can i will get a better cooler, but for now, i only have the stock intel one. :(
 
I did manage to mess about and get the pc running at 3.6 ghz, but it was unstable and i kinda got scared and just put it all back.I have put the memory at 2.10 volts though.
 
read the sticky

memory is right at those volts, dont be afraid to crank up the voltage, for me i dont feel safe going above 1.55V.
 
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Ok, reading sticky now, thnakyou. I get very confused regarding memory dividing and all that lingo that goes along with it.Plus i have been using AMD systems since 1998, so im totoally lost and completely out of my depth right now. I know i have a lot of reading to do, but before i fried my 1 day old system i thought i would pop on and some nice people like your good self might give me more indepth advice. Thankyou for your time :)
 
That sticky is very good. It even taught me a couple things lol

yea the step from AMD OC'ing to Intel OC'ing is quite different lol
 
I have to agree, its a very good sticky.Only thing from stopping me overclocking this thing is myself.I know the stock cooler isnt a good start, i just have to get my head around memory dividing and the rest of things like that. I guess i have a lot of reading,lol.Think im best taking some head-ache tablets now, becasue i know this is all going to start a maegrain,lol.
 
Paul_Robson said:
I have to agree, its a very good sticky.Only thing from stopping me overclocking this thing is myself.I know the stock cooler isnt a good start, i just have to get my head around memory dividing and the rest of things like that. I guess i have a lot of reading,lol.Think im best taking some head-ache tablets now, becasue i know this is all going to start a maegrain,lol.
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Once you get a hang of how and why the memory divides how it does then its clean sailing all the way!

Its best to start of with 1:1 ratio on dividers, just because there easier to manage
 
Ah right. I have found that there is a big difference in reading what it says onscreen and actually going into the bios and finding out what option does what.All i seem to be doing right now is playing with the clear cmos jumper,lol.
 
Paul_Robson said:
Ah right. I have found that there is a big difference in reading what it says onscreen and actually going into the bios and finding out what option does what.All i seem to be doing right now is playing with the clear cmos jumper,lol.
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hang in there itl all come to you sooner than you think lol

You have an asus board so you have a very friendly bios with a wealth of options to play with
 
Well so far its at 3.50 ghz. All i have done is put the cpu volts to 1.35v and uppted the fsb from 200 to 280 with a multi of 12.5. Seems stable and my pc have come alive. Whats a safe cpu volts for these things ?
 
i do believe you are hitting a sweet spot, use prime 95 to test if stable, if over 8hrs or even a couple then lower voltage or up fsb lol

id take multiplier down to 8 and up fsb though
 
I got it to 296 fsb which gave me 2.7ghz. I ran a stress test prgoram and cpu 1 failed.Its plays games ok and runs fine, but i know its not right.I will do as you suggested and try lowering somethings and post back, let you know how things went.I am impressed with this little £68 chip though, i must say.
 
your main drawback with all your overclocks will be heat as your using the stock cooler.

If one core fails just up the voltage a notch or two til it becomes stable.

Do post back what you acheive with this little cpu indeed. may i ask the vid of it too?
 
Make sure you check what temps your getting, you can overclock very high and very stable with stock cooler, but its no good if its running at 80-90 deg as your chip would fry.

To get it more stable you sometimes have to increase the voltage a little more. If im getting 1 of the core's failing duiring prime95 i usally drop fsb by 1 and increase volts by 1 setting.
 
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Make sure you check what temps your getting, you can overclock very high and very stable with stock cooler, but its no good if its running at 80-90 deg as your chip would fry.

To get it more stable you sometimes have to increase the voltage a little more. If im getting 1 of the core's failing duiring prime95 i usally drop fsb by 1 and increase volts by 1 setting.
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can go all the way up to 100 and still be safe
 
Ran prime for 5 mins, then core 1 failed. My pc plays games fine and seems ok but core 1 failed. I have my fsb at 296 , mem volts at 2.1v , cpu volts are at 1.42v and multi at 12.5 , giving me 3.70ghz. Im really happy at that but it failing prime have displeased me.After ive gone thru the family dinner get-to-gether thingy(pain in butt) im going to up the volts.May i ask you guys what i should goto on volts.And please bare in mind that i really am a novice at overclocking.The stepping on my cip is 6 and the revision is M0, if thats what u mean by vid.If im wrong then please point me in the right direction, and i will try and tell you the info that you need to know, thankyou again guys.....
 
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Ran prime for 5 mins, then core 1 failed. My pc plays games fine and seems ok but core 1 failed. I have my fsb at 296 , mem volts at 2.1v , cpu volts are at 1.42v and multi at 12.5 , giving me 3.70ghz. Im really happy at that but it failing prime have displeased me.After ive gone thru the family dinner get-to-gether thingy(pain in butt) im going to up the volts.May i ask you guys what i should goto on volts.And please bare in mind that i really am a novice at overclocking.The stepping on my cip is 6 and the revision is M0, if thats what u mean by vid.If im wrong then please point me in the right direction, and i will try and tell you the info that you need to know, thankyou again guys.....
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put the multiplier down seriously, more fsb will give you a better clock than more multiplier, even though the end result may be lower. Core 2's are data hungry

No vid would be what the cpu needs as a bare minimun to get it out of bed at stock speeds, download coretemp, it will tell you it on there, aswell as an accurate reading of the core temperatures


try 333 fsb 9 multiplier at auto volts, this will give you an effective fsb of 1333mhz (well mathematically 1332) (quad pumped) and an overall speed of 3ghz. (mathematically 2.997) see if you can get that stable. Should be an easy OC this.
 
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