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Leeroy123

Leeroy123

Leeroy123

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Hi there im new to overclocking, really have little idea as to what to do, i have read the forums about it but still need a few pointers or examples of what i change, i thought if i tell everyone my pc specs and the timings and details from the bios, someone could give me a few straight forward examples on what i need to change. Ive been using Ocuk for quite some time to buy my hardware, thought it was about time i made the most of my system.

One thing i did know about overclocking is that you can only push so far with stock coolers, so i have ordered a new arctic cooler for both my Cpu and Gpu, which should be here in the next few days.

My pc specs that i think people may need to know are

Asus P5Q motherboard
Intel core duo Wolfdale E8400 @ 3 ghz socket 775
8 gig corsair dominator 1066mhz
8800 Gts 640mb Gpu
700 watt coolermaster psu
Vista 64 bit ultimate edition

I am going to upgrade my graphics card soon, but for now this does me, plays all games on max even though ive read it wont play gt4 and mirrors edge on max, it does easily. Maybe this is with me having 8 gig memory im not sure.

Ok this is the information from the bios that i know i need to alter, please any help or advice on what i change will be much appreciated, some of this info you will not need and i apologize for that, but as i say im new.

FSB FREQUENCY (333)
PCIE FREQUENCY (100)
DRAM FREQUENCY- option goes from 667 - 1335
DRAM TIMINGS 1st Information (5.5.5.18.3.52.6.3)
CAS LATENCY 5DRAM CLOCKS
DRAM RAS#TO CAS#DELAY 5DRAM CLOCKS
DRAM RAS# PRECHARGE 5 DRAM CLOCKS
DRAM RAS# ACTIVATE TO PREC 15DRAM CLOCKS

The following and more are set on auto

Dram static read control
Memory Oc charger
Ai clock twister
Ai transaction booster
Cpu voltage
Cpu GTL reference
Cpu PLL voltage
Fsb termination voltage
Dram voltage
Nb voltage
Sb voltage
Pcie sata voltage
Load line calibration
Cpu spread spectrum
Pcie spread spectrum
Cpu clock skew
Nb clock skew
Cpu margin enhancement.

I hope ive given all the information needed if not please let me know, thanks for any help i can get. hope to get overclocking soon with your help
 
main thing you need to look at is the FSB freq, that what controls the OC, raise this and your CPU speed goes up, you should be able to do a reasnable OC just by moving that up and leaving everything else on auto, the only thing you'll have to change as well is keep an eye on the DRAM freq, your memory works on a multiplier so as you raise your FSB the memory will go up too if it keeps using the same multiplier, but you dont want it to go above the speed its rated at as that will fail b4 your CPU and you get most benefit from clocking the CPU and very little from clocking the RAM, so as you raise the FSB just make sure to go in and lower the DRAM freq. Its best to do the FSB slowly and test as you go, though initiallly you can prob jump to 360, after that raise it 5 or 10 each time, use IBT first whilst youre playing about til you find a level youre happy with, Id aim for 3.6-3.8 at first, then as you get more comfortable you can try and get to 4, but you'll prob have to start playing about with voltages then. Once you find the OC youre happy with you then want to run prime95 for 8hrs to ensure its stable.
Also you should have really posted in the OC section, but a mod will prob move it, youll be able to get more advice in there, have a read of the sticky at the front of that section which will help explain things better/in more detail than I have
 
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Hi mate, yeah i posted in both sections , i won't do that again lol. I understand then that i need to higher the FSB, so you say for instance, if i went in now and put the FSB on 360 straight away that would be ok as long as i lower the Dram freq. What am i best lowering that too? sorry im really new at this and it's gonna take me a while toget used to it. Also people talk about multiplyer, i don't see that in my bios? is it called something else? if you don't mind could you add me on msn or xfire to chat, would be gratefull. Msn [email protected] and xfire is ccisaw. Thanks for the quick response and i hope to speak to you soon .
Any other advice anyone might have would be great too thank you all.
 
Often BIOSes dont show the multiplier, its just something they use to select the DRAM freq, so long as you keep the DRAM freq at or below its rated 1066 you'll be OK, though what some people do is select the first one (667 as standard) which is using a 1:1 ratio/multiplier whilst you OC, that way you dont have to keep changing it, then when youve reached your final clock, you can go back in and select the speed you want, added msn
 
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