EasyTune 5 good for oc'ing??

regulus · 16 Oct 2006 at 21:20

I'm a complete and utter noob when it comes to overclocking. I'm too scared to even open up my BIOS screen after some bad luck a few years ago

Anyway, can I use EasyTune 5 to overclock the same way you guys do it manually?

Defcon5 · 16 Oct 2006 at 22:29

Yeah but if you push it too far it'l most likely bugger your install

w3bbo · 16 Oct 2006 at 22:31

I know it can be a little scary at first but it really is better to use the bios when overclocking. Get out your motherboard manual, read it and do a lot of research beforehand - it will benefit you and your pc in the long term.

kevpuk · 16 Oct 2006 at 22:45

Generally, what they said ^^

But......recent expereiences with my father's latest build (Gigabyte K8N Pro SLI) had far more success with EasyTune than BIOS - we couldn't get it to POST over 218HTT in BIOS, but EasyTune has got it up to beyond 240 already !!!!!

daven1986 · 16 Oct 2006 at 22:45

trust me, i was looking at software overclocking solutions when i got my opteron last year, but then i went into the bios and did it - much more stable, gives you a better idea as to what is going on, and it works!!

there are many guides out there to let you know what to change. use one of them and you'll be fine.

daven

Lolcb · 16 Oct 2006 at 22:57

Hi regulus, seeing as you will be getting a conroe bundle, I would recommend this guide: http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/Core2Duo-Overclocking-Guide-v1-ftopict197995.html

regulus · 17 Oct 2006 at 04:52

Lolcb said:
Hi regulus, seeing as you will be getting a conroe bundle, I would recommend this guide: http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/Core2Duo-Overclocking-Guide-v1-ftopict197995.html

Excellent. Cheers for that mate!