Newbie to over clocking, please help.

Xerco · 21 Jan 2011 at 20:51

Hey guys i need some tips on overclocking.

First things first, these are my specs:

MSI P67A-GD55 Intel P67
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18228947

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-358-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1859

GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-104-GL&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

Zotac GeForce GTX 470
(no longer sold by overclockers but was bought from here.)

Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-072-AK&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

Antec TruePower New Modular 650W
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-117-AN

F3 Samsung SpinPoint 1TB.

Iv read all the tutorials on overclocking, but the new MSI Bios is very different to the old one i was used to, so i was wondering if someone could give me a step to step guide on the things to up and down as iv seen a few posts on people bricking there SB's so as im not as experienced as i would like to be, as much help as possible would be great.

Id love to get it to around 4.80ghz but stable.

Any help would be great, i can provide pictures and screenshots on anything needed.

Thanks for your time, Xerco.

zAndy1 · 21 Jan 2011 at 21:01

Literally all I did on mine (P67A-GD65) was change the multiplier (CPU ratio) to 44, the CPU voltage to 1.32 , the Ram to 1600Mhz and the Ram voltage to 1.55V, and that was it, stable 4.4Ghz overclock, didn't change anything else.

Xerco · 21 Jan 2011 at 21:31

hey i did as you said, but i got a BSOD every time before it reached the desktop. Im really quite new to this sorry, am i ment to disable some stuff heres a picture of the bios (sorry for quality).

http://img62.imageshack.us/i/imag0004wk.jpg/

ryu · 21 Jan 2011 at 22:26

what bios version are you on? you should update to the latest, they are continually improving overclocking and stability.

start off with a lower multi like 40 or something to see if its still bsoding.

thing to note, your ram is running at 1333, change the vram ratio to '6' to run it at 1600 (might require higher dram voltage)

Xerco · 22 Jan 2011 at 14:40

hey thanks for reply, im using bios version 1.4, il update it.

Also do you mean do as zAndy said but multi of 40 or just increase the multi?

SeeknDestroy · 22 Jan 2011 at 15:40

reducing your Vdroop will probably help your stabilty as well

Xerco · 22 Jan 2011 at 19:22

Ok, so iv overclocked my cpu to 4.4ghz, i also had a go at overclocking my gpu after reading a thread about the 470.

Iv been running prime95 for the last hour and my temps are sitting around around 78 - 81.

I just want to run this by you guys to make sure everythings how it should be and if this is to hot.

Also one is one a lot hotter then the others?

Andrew_McP · 22 Jan 2011 at 19:43

My [email protected] tops out at about 63/64, and all cores run pretty similar temps. If you have one core running more than a degree or so hotter, then it seems to point to a heat sink/thermal paste problem.

I'd back off the stress testing and see what others think. In your shoes I'd be thinking hard about reseating the heat sink even though it's a pain in the backside. (This is one reason why I always test hardware outside the case first).

Andrew McP

Xerco · 23 Jan 2011 at 03:02

yah i think im going to recheck/reapply the termal paste as it seems to be getting very varied core temps