Overclocking a AMD 4200 x2 Dual Core.

Valky

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Hello all,

Bare with me a bit as i am new to overclocking :)

Recently i have been trying to overclock my AMD 4200+ and wondered what would you guys reckon a decent limit to up it too?

My comp specs are as follows:

Processor: AMD 4200+ x2
MOBO: Asus A8R MVP-Deluxe (Socket 939)
Memory: 2GB Crucial DDR PC3200 CAS3
GFX: HIS ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT iSilenceIII 256MB GDDR3
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS9500A-LED CPU Cooler

I tried setting the Multiplier to x10 and the CPU Frequency to 270 so it would increase the standard 2.2Ghz to 2.7Ghz. With using everest to monitor my cpu temps they was running at 36c idle, is that any good? I sometimes did run into errors so i lowered it for the meantime. But i would have thought this temp was ok and shouldn't come into any?

Has anyone experimented with the same Mobo and CPU as me or has any info for what i should do please? And what should be a safe max overclock i should attempt to do?

Thanks in advance.
 
Got the same CPU as you on a cheap-ass board, cooled with a Freezer 64 Pro.

Mines running a multiplier of 11, which should be standard - and 250Mhz FSB, on a 166Mhz RAM divider to give a total of 2750Mhz - it could probs clock higher but it'd involve a lot of tweaking, probs more volts and extra heat so im happy with that.

Try 250 or 260 FSB with an 11x multiplier, I think you may have gotten confused on why ppl drop the multiplier when overclocking.

And welcome to the forums :cool:
 
Welcome to the forums :)

You need to do a bit of reading first.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17612922

Main thing is to take small steps....(not 500MHz ones :))
And test stability at each step.

Idle temps mean nothing really its the load temps under prime etc that count.

If you are lucky and have a good chip you may get up around 2.9GHz

What is the stepping code printed on the cpu?
 
Thanks for all the help and for welcoming me to the boards ;)

I will read over that a bit more i think when i get home and try sit down and go through it step by step.

And the reason i went down to a x10 multiplier instead of the standard x11 on my board was due to it failing to boot up to windows if i raised the fsb anything over the basic 200.

I might of been doing something wrong, but like i said when i tried it @ 270 Frequency on a 10x multiplier it booted no problem at all.

I will try again tonight when i get back from work and if i fail i will post some screenshots of my settings to see if anyone notices any faults within my setup.

And the stepping code? Is it printed on the top of my cpu? Sorry for sounding dumb hehe! Just trying to learn :)

Thanks!
 
No worries mate we all had to learn somehow :) still a novice myself really.

Strange that about it not booting at over 200x11 but liking 270x10. Your motherboard will have a max fsb that it will be stable at. It depends on the make and model and also a bit of luck. Same goes for the cpu...they are not all equal.

Thats where the stepping code helps out a bit. Should give and indication of what it should do but again it varies from chip to chip even from the same stepping.

Yep its wriiten on the top of the cpu so the only way to find it is to remove the heatsink. Not really necessary but helps you to know if you might have a good or bad clocker.
 
I've got this same chip and have been having trouble overclocking for a while. It was only tonight I realised that I needed to change the HyperTransport Bus multiplier to keep it below 1Ghz! :D Hence, my first proper, stable overclock...

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Now all I need is a proper cooler!
 
Heya, decided to have another go this morning at it again and somehow working out better. Before i couldnt raise the FSB with a multiplier of 11 for some reason but having no problems today which is good!

A question though, i ran P95 and Everest to test CPU and also took a screenshot of the temperature. Is this ok? Or would you say the temps are running a bit to high on this? (I know on screenshot p95 wasnt running long but did a test before it and this was the steady overall temp).

Didn't have no errors running like this for 40 mins, so if temps are ok i might try and boost it some more!



Thanks for all the help previous tho, just wanted to experiment with all this before i buy a new system so it doesnt matter if i blow things up hehe! :)
 
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