Newbie overclock

Garyj881 · 12 Dec 2006 at 22:20

Ok i've had ago of over clocking my 3.2gh ht skt 478 today.

I got it up to 3936 on 1.52 volts and my memory running at ddr 320 as it wouldn't boot on standard ddr400.

Unfortunately it wasn't stable so i knocked the fsb down from 246 to 238.

Now it booted and run windows stable i decided to try orthos with the cpu at 3808 and two minutes into it i got an error.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong or am i just hitting my limit?

Gary

Garyj881 · 13 Dec 2006 at 12:10

mrthingyx said:
You're overclocking in reverse.

You should start with a modest increase in FSB (not multiplier) and run Prime/Orthos for eight hours at each overclock. Keep on going until the test fails, then slightly increase the CPU voltage.

There's nothing new to add that isn't in the guide at the top of this forum.

And remember, just because it posts/boots into Windows doesn't mean it will even last through opening IE or whatever.

Sorry i meant FSB not multiplier, ive corrected it now.

Whats the max voltage i should increase to?

Garyj881 · 13 Dec 2006 at 12:26

furnace said:
Sorry I know this is a little off topic; but when I get my new rig, I wanted to overclock that day and finish that day, if not then the next day... but after each increment I'm going to have to wait 8 hours for testing? I thought you just did an 8 hour test when a 10 minute one was OK and you had reached a speed you're happy with..? Like, just to ensure that it's stable.

Well im going to give it a shot, i'm starting at 3600 mhz and im 10 mins in with no errors.

No pain no gain

Garyj881 · 13 Dec 2006 at 20:40

Right I've done 8hrs stable at 3.6ghz.

I will try it at 3.7 now

Will stress testing my cpu improve its performance?

Garyj881 · 13 Dec 2006 at 22:18

Update: I got an error after 10 mins at 3800 mhz so i upped the v core to 1.5 but on full load i was reaching temps up to 62deg is that too high?