overclocking newbie

pwillat · 26 Jan 2008 at 19:54

just a quick question...is using a overclocking tool such as the one i got with my mobo any good, its just that my first overclock using the bios and an overclocking guide lead to a system crash :confused:

Ben M · 26 Jan 2008 at 20:08

why not post info about what your system and oc is, so that we can direct you how to overclock it and not get it to crash? =]

Cob · 26 Jan 2008 at 20:08

You're far better using the BIOS.

The Windows tools are far more suited to those that don't have any overclocking options in their BIOS.

pwillat · 26 Jan 2008 at 20:20

Belinea 2225S1W 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver
Asus GeForce EN8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) -
Retail
Razer DeathAdder Blue 1800dpi High Precision Gaming Mouse - Retail
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528)
MSI P35 Neo2-FR Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
(WD2500AAKS)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer 7.1 Sound Card - OEM
(30SB073000002)
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB)
Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7191S 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe
ReWriter (Silver) - OEM
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 EPS12V 610W Power Supply

there you go ben...p.s i overclocked the psu to 3gig using the tool

Ben M · 26 Jan 2008 at 20:39

Are you on stock cooling?

What settings were you at settings were you trying when it crashed? Vcore, fsb multiplier etc.

Cob · 26 Jan 2008 at 20:45

3ghz should just be a case of changing the FSB to 375mhz and dropping your memory divider if necessary (or setting the correct memory voltage if your memory can handle the new clock).

tomanders91 · 26 Jan 2008 at 21:45

pwillat said:
there you go ben...p.s i overclocked the psu to 3gig using the tool

you overclocked a psu?

pwillat · 26 Jan 2008 at 22:15

psu lol...sorry i meant cpu, i tried 375 and the devider at 1.1 ratio then it crashed

Cob · 26 Jan 2008 at 22:18

Have you set the correct memory voltage?

Also up your northbridge (MCH) volts by 0.1v to boost it for the four sticks of memory.

pwillat · 26 Jan 2008 at 22:51

Cob said:
Have you set the correct memory voltage?

Also up your northbridge (MCH) volts by 0.1v to boost it for the four sticks of memory.

no cob i havent changed the mem voltage just set the mem to 1.1 and freq to 375, thats prob where i went wrong,ill have another go