I CAN OVERCLOCK

chrispystix · 31 Oct 2007 at 22:29

I have been reading for ages but never quite got my head around it. Tonight I raised FSB to 230 on my Northwood 2.6 and have a 3ghz chip.

I am very proud!

respect to Custom PC mag and this site............

chrispystix · 31 Oct 2007 at 22:33

hell yea....especially since it is an old fashioned free bee from a neighbour....Smokin

chrispystix · 31 Oct 2007 at 22:37

Oh and bony, your sig pic is very hot.......

chrispystix · 1 Nov 2007 at 20:10

Its up to 241 and still going without touching vcore.....Although 242 raises the ram over 400 and that worries me a little.....So what shall I do? Keep going and see if I can start the Nov 5th celebrations early or stop now while I feel proud enough to shout (hence caps lock, if you had not guessed!!

chrispystix · 1 Nov 2007 at 22:10

Custom at the mo as it came with the second hand job lot. Since I still havent touched the vcore I assume temp is not really an issue?? Or is that dumb.

Up to 3.2 now at 245. The Ram is now pushing 405 so is over spec. If I push it more will I need to play with latency or voltage?

chrispystix · 2 Nov 2007 at 20:08

the mobo is a Gigabyte 8KNXP 1.x. I ran Nuclear. 2300 on standard and 2800 at 3.2ghz. Not overly impressive but this is old stuff and a fx5500 GPU

chrispystix · 3 Nov 2007 at 12:07

Just maxed out at 245 fsb which is giving me 3.2ghz. Any higher and prime95 starts to wig out. I think Ill leave Vcore alone coz speedfan is giving me temps of 60 c. The CPU seems to run at over 1.5 volts as it is. That said I am well pleased with what I have now. No matter what some said about Custom PC, it is the first article to have given me the courage and now it all makes sense. (does a little dance)