Advise for an overclock noob.

Ok, well ive just got back in from the weekly family get-together and my pc has been running prime95 for just over 5 hours.Now one crash or problem, cpu temps were 83c core 0 and 83c core 1. Multi was set to 12.5, fsb freq 296 , cpu volts at 1.44 and ram volts at 2.1 . Running at 3.70 ghz. My pc is flying, running very smooth indeed, im very happy with it, and all this with a stock cooler.I think i need to invest in a decent (but cheapish) cooler, and try get to 4.00ghz. I will also save the overclock config and mess some more with it, just to see what it can do.I will lower the multi and up the fsb, see what happens :) Thanks for pushing me in the right direction guys, ive do so much reading up on this overclocking subject, its mind boggling.I really an impressed with the E5200 cpu, the potential is amazing.Also very happy with my P5Q Pro motherboard, its a great budjet combination....
 
ver very good OC lol i am impressed!

Thats an awesome clocker you got there! and brilliant board too for the prices!

and you call yourself a noob lol temps are noraml with stock cooler, cooler than i would have thought and very stable

Bang for buck cpu cooler would be the arctic freezer 7
 
I didnt over-clock it, you guys did. I just read what u told me and cranked it up. My pc is flying....... I really wanted a E8500 like my mate has, his pc is very fast.But im so happy that i didnt spend a lot of money.Ive gone from a dual core opteron 165 clocked to 2.6 ghz to this and the difference is amazing.I think i will invest in a better cooler.Im on a really tight budjet though, so the artic one sounds good.One thing though, should i try bring down the cpu volts a bit or just leave it as it is ?
 
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[/URL][/IMG]Just purchased a Xigmatek HDT-S1283 Exposed Heatpipe Base Heatsink . This cooler has a massive 120mm fan so it should bring my temps down a little.Do you think i might be able to hit 4 gig with this baby ?
 
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Done as u said Contro13R, put multi to 9, fsb to 333.Seems ok, runs ok. If i put fsb over 370, pc wont boot. The other way i did it was 12.5 multi,uppted cpu volts to 1.42v , fsb to 292, that gave me 3.7ghz, but pc seems sluggish.I think my memory settings is holding it back .Any suggestions..?
 
did you jump staright from 333 to 370 or did you slowly increase the fsb like say

333
340
350
365 and so on or did you go

333
370

If so then take the overclock slowly, slowly up the fsb untill it becomes unstable, then up the voltage.

Go back to the 333 and whatever voltage that was stable on, save that profile in the bios so you can always come back to it and use it as a starting point to overclocks.

Whats speed is your ram at?

Pc sluggish? im guessing you mean booting into windows and other hard drive activities. Just do a defrag, lots of failed boots into windows and sudden shut off of the pc will..well you know lol
 
I have been upping it bit by bit, and trying all sorts of settings.right now its at stock, i think i will try again tomorrow.I know my chip is a good clocker, its just getting it running fast and smooth.I can easily get it to 3.7 and it ran ok, but i got low memory test results in everest.But when i lowered the multiplier and put the fsb to 333, like you said, i got 1000 points more in everest, and the pc seemed smoother.My memory is pc8500 but its automatically set itsself to 800, and it doesnt like being touch, the pc crashes.Has the memory under-clocked itself becasue the cpu is a E5200?
 
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