Newbie OC question for AMD64 3400+

[bloodline76]

I am new to the world of OC and I dont expect much from overclocking my cpu as it isnt too good.

Could someone explain the changing of volts as I have tried increasing the other part with no success.

The volts can change from 1.5 to 1.7 i think. What would that do?

Hoping to get a little more out of my computer if possible.

Thanks

 

[Topitoff]

The volts can change from 1.5 to 1.7 i think. What would that do?
Thanks

Make the CPU run quite a bit hotter

Could someone explain the changing of volts as I have tried increasing the other part with no success.

What "other part"?

A64 S754 Newcastle/Clawhammer CPUs are not renown for OCing well; you might get an extra 200MHz if your lucky. But if I remember correctly your mobo does not have a AGP/PCI lock, so OCing the CPU will OC the graphics slot which could lead to graphics instability.

Your best bet for increased performance is an AsRock 4core dual-VSTA mobo and E2160, E4300 or E4400 CPU - Cost from £100-£130; as you can still use your RAM and GFX in this mobo.

Just my thoughts. (My E4400 and Dual-VSTA on the way )

 

[pastymuncher]

That motherboard is clockable according to Asus' website. It really depends on which cpu you have and the options in the bios.

The 2.4ghz 512kb L2 cache Newcastles are better clockers than the 2.2ghz 1mb L2 cache Clawhammers but it still is'nt going to be anything to shout about. You MAY get and extra 200mhz out of a Clawhammer which will get you up to 2.4ghz and effectively a 3700+ but i would'nt count on it. I had a 3400+ Clawhammer on a MSI K8N Neo Platinum and then on an Epox 8N-PA Sli and i could only get it up to 2.375ghz. If you have a Newcastle then you MAY get an extra 2-300mhz out of it.

Increasing the voltage may allow you to increase the speed of the cpu but it also increases the heat output so make sure you have decent cooling.

I presume that by "the other part" you mean the fsb. You will also be increasing the speed of the ram so you need to change the divider for the ram as well. Also you will need to drop the HTT multiplier a notch.

It does'nt really sound like you know what you are doing. Have a read of the overclocking sticky in the overclocking section and read as many relevant post's as you can (use the search function) and then if you are confident go ahead and get clocking but don't expect miracles. If you don't know what you are doing you can damage or even cause your components to fail. Your rig is not going to be able to cope with modern games. I only gave up on 754 back in November so i know from experience what it's like.

Your best option would be an upgrade to something like that mentioned in the post above. While the Asrock mobo will allow you to use your current memory and agp graphics card it will not get the most out of a 4300/4400 and will severely limit any future upgrade due to the pci-e slot only being 4x.

 

[Squink]

A64 S754 Newcastle/Clawhammer CPUs are not renown for OCing well

I second this statement. I've got a Thermalright XP-120 sat on top of a 3400+ Clawhammer (the temperature is much, much lower than the stock cooling) and the chip just won't overclock much at all. 200Mhz locks up pretty quickly even with extra volts. My budding CPU overclocking career was cut short because of this - the effort/return ratio was much too low on this one.