suitability of OCing a prebuilt rig

subbytna · 23 Mar 2009 at 14:23

I got a pre built rig from another supplier, see my specs for the info.

how good..or bad...are pre built rigs for OCing?

2.83 isn't great tbh and I was looking to maybe push it to 3.2 or so...or even more but 3.2 would be fine for me

anyone else got any comments on pre built rigs?

reflux · 23 Mar 2009 at 14:26

Depends totally on the motherboard and cooling tbh.

subbytna · 23 Mar 2009 at 14:34

mmmm, been toying with this before but chicken'd out as it seemed a bit complicated...thanks anyway, I'll go find my previous thread

fro5tie · 23 Mar 2009 at 15:42

subbytna said:
mmmm, been toying with this before but chicken'd out as it seemed a bit complicated...thanks anyway, I'll go find my previous thread

best bet, check what kind of cooling you have, what your temps are now at stock, that will give you an idea of if you can push it past that. also you need to check your mobo actually gives you OCing options in it.

latercomer2 · 23 Mar 2009 at 16:44

whats your mobo?

iraiguana · 23 Mar 2009 at 17:27

Does the bios even have overclocking options? I know that some of the older dell bios settings were so limited that you could not overclock it at all.

subbytna · 24 Mar 2009 at 13:47

latercomer2 said:
whats your mobo?

reflux · 24 Mar 2009 at 13:48

Ewww...Q9550 in an Asrock 4Core?

fro5tie · 24 Mar 2009 at 13:50

Also, your multiplier is at 6x, should be at 9x so your CPU is actually running slower than it should be. There should be an option to alter this in your bios, just have a look around.

It might not specifically be the multiplier, but some bios have power saving options which lower the speed of the CPU when its not being used fully. See if there is anything like this and disable it.

cje · 24 Mar 2009 at 13:53

He probably has C1E or speedstep enabled. It drops multi when idle.

subbytna · 24 Mar 2009 at 13:59

yep speedstep is active....

@ Refrux..... I take it the MOBO is a bit ****e then? I've no idea

fro5tie · 24 Mar 2009 at 15:08

subbytna said:
yep speedstep is active....

@ Refrux..... I take it the MOBO is a bit ****e then? I've no idea

yeh it does look a bit dire. just have a look in bios, can you find any settings related to overclocking? disable speedstep, what kind of temps do you get when at 9x?

Nick1881 · 24 Mar 2009 at 15:33

fro5tie - Your sig breaks the rules, 4 lines max. Have a read of the FAQ

subbytna - its also worth having a look at your temps now to see what headroom you have for overclocking. If your board has no overclocking options then you would need a new mobo and you'd be well off to get a cooler too.

reflux · 24 Mar 2009 at 15:41

Hmmm, don't know much about Asrock boards but you might have some OC options in the BIOS. She ain't gonna go very far though.

fro5tie · 24 Mar 2009 at 15:41

mr_x_plosion said:
fro5tie - Your sig breaks the rules, 4 lines max. Have a read of the FAQ

Never knew that, thanks for the heads up, I'll get editing

subbytna · 24 Mar 2009 at 16:49

Will have a look when I get home, at work now and don't know temps....dammit I thought my MOBO was a bit crap but didn't think it was THAT shi.t