first attempt to overclock

Andy_1995 · 24 Oct 2011 at 00:12

I succesfully overclocked my AMD athlon II 240 from 2.8 to 3.5GHz, I used aida64 to see if it is stable and I can safley say it has been running for an hour now and it has been running succesfully.

I am very please since this was my first attempt to overclock and it went very well and I was also suprised I managed to get the perfomance up so high. I was going to buy another cpu but now I am sticking with the one I have.

Surveyor · 24 Oct 2011 at 00:39

I'm soooooo happy for you

Have fun with it.

koooowweeee · 24 Oct 2011 at 04:24

I would give prime95 a go as well.

What temp is your cpu?

Andy_1995 · 24 Oct 2011 at 14:47

I might just do that mate

Its running at 35 degrees safley

wannabedamned · 24 Oct 2011 at 15:28

And an overclocker is born

You'll no doubt look at overclocking potential in all future purchases now

I literally cant buy a processor now with a stock cooler.

Good Stuff

Adam_101 · 24 Oct 2011 at 15:33

well done!

Wiry · 24 Oct 2011 at 16:46

Now you need to see if you can push it further! Like I need to do with my i5...

Andy_1995 · 24 Oct 2011 at 17:47

now that i have overclocked it succesfully i might push it a bit further and see how it goes.

but for now i will keep it the same, but i am still happy with the result

the only way i will buy a new processor is if AMD bring out a new one but not the bulldozers, unless they bring a second gen out.

all i need is a new case though because the cooler i have now doesn't fit so i am now looking for a case that will fit it.

RiseAgainst · 24 Oct 2011 at 19:33

Yeah if you want amd i would wait for piledriver , bulldozer has been really disappointing

Andy_1995 · 24 Oct 2011 at 21:43

i might just do that mate any information about the release ?

Andy_1995 · 24 Oct 2011 at 22:14

thinking about overclocking to 3.7 think i can manage that ?

RiseAgainst · 24 Oct 2011 at 23:09

every chip is different so i would give it a go and try do a good 8 hours of prime in the one go that should make 100% its stable

emm i dont know anything off hand but i think it may be Q2-3 of next year though I may be getting confused with intel

Andy_1995 · 25 Oct 2011 at 11:36

i will do that tonight then

if it does take that long i think i would go for a different cpu then lol.

koooowweeee · 25 Oct 2011 at 13:30

If you want to upgrade now get a sandy bridge.

You will only need a mobo and cpu. Your ram can be used on that mobo.

Andy_1995 · 25 Oct 2011 at 18:00

no i like to stick to AMD, its decent enough for my kind of price range for i am only still at college and have a part time job lol