Well this is my first real attempt at a CPU overclock, Ive overclocked GFX card before with sucess, but since my move to water, and picking up a brand new Opty 144 CAB1E for a good price of £70, I thought it was time to get into this CPU clocking lark.
Anyway, I had problems at first with my motherboard, but after searching through various forums and sites I managed to get the damn thing to boot with a FSB over 215.
I loosened the timings on my memory to 3-3-3-8 and put it on a 2/1 divider, I also put +0.1v DRR. Dropped the HTT multi to x3, left the CPU multi to x9.
Im now up at 285x9, 2569mhz, still at stock volts (1.400v in BIOS) - incidentally when I first boot CPU-Z in windows, I get a reading of 1.392v, and then when I start to bench the voltage fluctuates anywhere from 1.392v - 1.424v; is this normal or a sign my PSU is struggling? I know I shouldnt read too much into windows based hardware monitoring but it just seems a bit strange...
Ive been running Prime for 2-3 hour stints at each increase, and as of yet the system hasnt batted an eyelid at this 700mhz increase!
load temps with Prime on my WC setup are around 35'c (with GFX at stock for the time being).
So what do you guys think? where should I go from here? Just keep upping the FSB, and if beomces unstable plop another 0.5v on the vcore? maybe I should drop my HTT multi to x2 as Ive heard if HTTxFSB is over 800 I could run into problems?
2.5ghz was a realistec target for my first attempt, but as of yet not having to up the voltage at all this CPU look like it could go a long way yet, maybe even as high as 2.9ghz!
Any Comments/advice much appreciated!
Anyway, I had problems at first with my motherboard, but after searching through various forums and sites I managed to get the damn thing to boot with a FSB over 215.
I loosened the timings on my memory to 3-3-3-8 and put it on a 2/1 divider, I also put +0.1v DRR. Dropped the HTT multi to x3, left the CPU multi to x9.
Im now up at 285x9, 2569mhz, still at stock volts (1.400v in BIOS) - incidentally when I first boot CPU-Z in windows, I get a reading of 1.392v, and then when I start to bench the voltage fluctuates anywhere from 1.392v - 1.424v; is this normal or a sign my PSU is struggling? I know I shouldnt read too much into windows based hardware monitoring but it just seems a bit strange...
Ive been running Prime for 2-3 hour stints at each increase, and as of yet the system hasnt batted an eyelid at this 700mhz increase!
load temps with Prime on my WC setup are around 35'c (with GFX at stock for the time being).
So what do you guys think? where should I go from here? Just keep upping the FSB, and if beomces unstable plop another 0.5v on the vcore? maybe I should drop my HTT multi to x2 as Ive heard if HTTxFSB is over 800 I could run into problems?
2.5ghz was a realistec target for my first attempt, but as of yet not having to up the voltage at all this CPU look like it could go a long way yet, maybe even as high as 2.9ghz!
Any Comments/advice much appreciated!
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