Hi peeps,
I'm building a new system over the next couple of months and thinking of overclocking it for the first time. I've been reading up on it for a while and think I have a basic understanding of what to do now, but I want to make sure the Mobo I buy is overclocker friendly.
The system will be an AMD 6000+ 3.0Ghz Dual Core, and I've read these can be safely over clocked to 3.2Ghz - 3.3Ghz, without changing the voltage, which is something I'd prefer not to do, for fear of frying it!
The mobo I'm looking at is a Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4, part of the specification mentions the following:
Manual settings: CPU frequency, processor core voltage, memory voltage, memory bus frequency, FSB ratio (CPU
CI), PCI Express x16 slot frequency
So I'm assuming it has the ability to overclock quite well? Also read about issues with boards that don't have a PCIex lock? I'm buying the CPU without the stock fan and will be installing a Scythe or something similar & the system with have Ballistix Tracer RAM (4GB DDR2 5300). I just need to make sure I have the right Mobo from the off.
Thanks, and a great Forum btw. ://sticks thumbs up
I'm building a new system over the next couple of months and thinking of overclocking it for the first time. I've been reading up on it for a while and think I have a basic understanding of what to do now, but I want to make sure the Mobo I buy is overclocker friendly.
The system will be an AMD 6000+ 3.0Ghz Dual Core, and I've read these can be safely over clocked to 3.2Ghz - 3.3Ghz, without changing the voltage, which is something I'd prefer not to do, for fear of frying it!
The mobo I'm looking at is a Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4, part of the specification mentions the following:
Manual settings: CPU frequency, processor core voltage, memory voltage, memory bus frequency, FSB ratio (CPU
CI), PCI Express x16 slot frequency So I'm assuming it has the ability to overclock quite well? Also read about issues with boards that don't have a PCIex lock? I'm buying the CPU without the stock fan and will be installing a Scythe or something similar & the system with have Ballistix Tracer RAM (4GB DDR2 5300). I just need to make sure I have the right Mobo from the off.
Thanks, and a great Forum btw. ://sticks thumbs up