Noob Overclocking Advice

[P1Fanatic]

As per sig I have an Asus A8N-SLI mobo (just updated BIOS to latest non beta 1014) and have just taken delivery of an AMD 64 X2 3800+. All the reviews say that this chip easily runs to 2.5/2.6ghz from the stock 2.0ghz with very little temp increase.

Ive never overclocked a CPU before so where do I start? Is it all done from the BIOS or can it be done from windows these days (running dual boot XP and Vista both 32bit). Sorry if this is a common question - if so feel free to send me towards an FAQ etc.

Cheers,
Simon

 

[w3bbo]

REad the stickies in the overclocking section

 

[spb251272]

Overclocking is always best done using the bios. I used to have this setup, and managed to get the chip to 2.5ghz. If I remeber rightly, it was a simple fsb overclock from 200 to 250, with a moderate vcore increase. You may also need to run a divider on your ram, depending on how fast/overclockable it is.

As said above, read the overclocking sticky first.

 

[P1Fanatic]

Cheers guys. Embarassingly I didnt even spot there was a dedicated Overlclocking forum.

Mods feel free to delete this.

Cheers,
Simon

 

[Wiggins]

Decent set up for a new overclocker

 

[P1Fanatic]

Decent set up for a new overclocker

Cheers. Added a few bits along the way to boost its life

Simon