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The Official OC (OverClocking) Thread!
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23. September 2008 @ 18:52 |
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The only thing I know, that clears it every time without fail, is to turn off and un-plug the PSU for a few minutes! Spare me the arguments or comments about the switch cutting the mains!
That works but since most boards have shorting pins which are a little easier or if also easily accessible try popping the battery. More often than not some new boards such as those made by Asus just requires that you shut the power off, and then start things up again and your bios will be reset.
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23. September 2008 @ 19:59 |
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Russ
when i hit the reset button by mistake i did just start up COD4 and was getting ready to play it when i did it. the first screen of the game came on and then i hit the button and it just kept resetting....i did flip the PSU switch for a few minutes but i didnt unplug it. once i hit the switch and pushed the power button all was fine.
thanks for all the info guys some good stuff. and i actually understood what ya all was saying too..lmao
so when i get home im gonna put my volts back to 2.2v on my mem. i talked to crucial(they are turning out to be a ok company by me) and the tech said the newer DDR2 800 is designed to run on less volts but dont recomend running the older stuff that i have less than 2.16v which i have that setting in my bios. but i will put it back to 2.2v
i'll drop the strapping down to 266mhz and try and bump up my FSB maybe run at 3.9ghz as long as i dont need no more mad volts for the cpu. and get the mem closer to 900mhz.... ill keep ya informed with what and how i do.
hey heres another question... most of our MOBO either be asus or gigabyte and a DFI....lol the rated OCable FSB is 1333mhz right...so when we OC our CPUs and get like 1600and higher on the fsb is that bad for the board?
like right now.(look in my sig at cpuzid my fsb is 1692.
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23. September 2008 @ 20:01 |
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It's not necessarily bad for it, it's just not officially supported by the manufacturer.
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23. September 2008 @ 21:41 |
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RedRob since no one answered I like the OCZ Reapers better than the Patriot. ;) I'm not sure of the patriot stuff now but from past reports it was a little lacking. ;)
...gm
some RAM to look at Robert.
DDR2 1000
DDR2 1066
DDR2 1150
DDR2 1200
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23. September 2008 @ 21:56 |
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23. September 2008 @ 22:40 |
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Originally posted by Sophocles:
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some RAM to look at Robert.
I've been looking at the 1150 and the 1200 only the water cooled ones instead. I'm working out a system to mod and area in my case for a smaller tank just to cool memory.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...0227230
I looked at those too but seeing that RedRob doesn't have a water cooling system atm I opted for the "air" cooled ones. :D
.....gm
Hey btw Sophy did you see the Antec 1200 for sale at buy.com? :) $139.99 delivered. link
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24. September 2008 @ 08:32 |
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ok fellas. i tried messing around with the multi to gain a higher fsb and get the mem up to 900mhz
i first tried to take the OC to 3.92ghz 436x9 putting the mem at 872mhz with the 266strapping also putting the mem volts back to 2.2v
didnt work. wouldnt even post...so i tried messing with the cpu multi
with this F9 bios i now have the option of -/+ .05 so i droped the mulit down to 8.5 and went for 450x 8.5 back to my 3.82ghz and mem at 900mhz on 2.2v and 266mhz strapping...CPU was fine mem would stay stable...
so i got it back to 3.8ghz and mem at 846mhz...gonna take it up to 3.9ghz put a little more vcore to it and see what i get.
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27. September 2008 @ 17:52 |
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So Rob, how did things go? I suspect that you are probably looking for more than you current hardware is going to deliver. A memory upgrade would at least take stress off of that particular area so that you can determine the actual limits of your processor.
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27. September 2008 @ 18:29 |
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Your 100% right Soph.i can get 4.0ghz stable as you have seen. but to get higher or even higher fsb with my Mem now isnt not gonna happen. at least with what i know i cant. so im back to 3.8ghz stable and runing very well.tbh trying to get 3.9ghz stable was harder than 4.0ghz....
so until next year(6 months or so) 3.8ghz is where its at for me and my E8400 and setup. i am more than happy with what i have done with my very first build...might loking into some more mem. 4gb(only be able to recognise 3.5 or of it) and maybe another GPU.. little better than my 7600gt.
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dragnandy
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29. September 2008 @ 18:29 |
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hey, i just built my new pc and everything. and i never OC before. i have a gigabyte ep-dsl motherboard and q6600 cpu. my question is that if you set the vcore too high on the bios, does anything bad happen? beside you wasting power? and if you do, is it a lot of power?
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29. September 2008 @ 18:33 |
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Well, your CPU will go pop, and yes, you waste loads of power. Upping the vcore to the safe limits of 65nm chips can almost double their heat output.
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Teke406
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29. September 2008 @ 19:56 |
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I have an asus p5n-d and a q6600. right now I have overclocked it to 2.64 using the AI program that came with asus mobo. If I try to go any higher Vista will not start. Is this a power issue or a windows issue. My temp at 2.64 is only 36c on both CPU and case. Any suggestions on how I can push it more. I would like to get to 2.8 - 3.0.
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29. September 2008 @ 20:09 |
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Do it in the BIOS, software overclocking is rubbish.
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Teke406
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29. September 2008 @ 20:16 |
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ok should i reset bios to default before i tinker again.
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29. September 2008 @ 20:55 |
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Originally posted by Teke406:
ok should i reset bios to default before i tinker again.
To play safe. id clear CMOS, pop the battery out for a few minutes and start from new in the bios and try the OC from there.
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dragnandy
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29. September 2008 @ 21:15 |
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what vcore should i put for my q6600 if i want 3.0ghz? right now i think i set it to 1.3v.
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29. September 2008 @ 21:25 |
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take it away sam. you got the Q6600. i wouldnt know. what is the max for the Q6600? 1.5v?
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29. September 2008 @ 21:28 |
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There are Q6600s and there are Q6600s though, I need 1.4V ish to get 3Ghz stable, and max out at 3.3Ghz on 1.5V, which is as high as I'm willing to go.
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29. September 2008 @ 21:31 |
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so you got yours up to 3.3ghz sam? sweet. is it stable there? bet your lovin that aint ya?
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29. September 2008 @ 21:34 |
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I haven't properly tested that yet. It's at 3.24 normally. 3.3 works, but it's not stress tested. 3.42 is fine for most things, but fails a burntest...
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dragnandy
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29. September 2008 @ 21:36 |
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do you just use prime95 to check if its stable? ive been using the q6600 at 3.0ghz for a few days, but i have had 100% cpu load.
my idle temp right now is around 40-45C. full load around 50-57C. is that good temps?
according to cpu-z, i set my core voltage to 1.264. i thought i set the vcore to 1.3 in the bios though.
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29. September 2008 @ 22:06 |
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If you get a Q6600 to 3.2 GHz then you are getting the performance of a Core 2 extreme. With all the nonsense floating across the Internet it becomes so easy to become entrapped by it and wonder if there's something wrong with ones stuff. As if one is missing some hidden secret that has somehow eluded them when others had so easily found it. Right now the Q6600 is less than $200 when overclocked essentially makes it the most powerful CPU ever to exist at that price.
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29. September 2008 @ 22:15 |
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so then a Q9650 @4.0ghz makes you king of the night time world then...lol
so jealous soph.... i gotta save my pennies
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30. September 2008 @ 08:06 |
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I use IntelBurnTest, as it seems pretty accurate at testing stability within a short period. Systems that can pass prime95 for hours could still potentially fail that test, and I'd rather not wait hours for a stability check... :P
Your CPU voltage will be lower than you set it due to vdroop, the undervolt effect caused by your motherboard's power regulators. You have got a good chip if it's stable at such a low voltage at 3Ghz, as my CPU was only stable at 3.15Ghz with 1.408 in CPUZ, 1.45 in BIOS. I've set 1.475V with loadline calibration (reduces vdroop effect) just to get 3.24Ghz stable.
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30. September 2008 @ 17:23 |
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Originally posted by cincyrob:
so then a Q9650 @4.0ghz makes you king of the night time world then...lol
so jealous soph.... i gotta save my pennies
I was originally wait because I thought that the prices would come down a little but they've actually gone up by another $20, so I guess waiting would not have been wise.
I actually was able to overclock it to 4.15 GHz but at that speed my memory was way out of spec and required voltage increases. I'd considered purchasing some new RAM (1200 MHz) that would be within spec but then I remembered the advice that I often pass around about a smart overclock versus one just to impress. However I can say that if anyone is looking for a Quad core chip that will run stable at 4 GHz, this is the one that will do it.
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