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The Official OC (OverClocking) Thread!
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crowy
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26. June 2007 @ 00:47 |
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Lii,
Thanks for the heads up.........ROFL!!!!!
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Lii
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26. June 2007 @ 00:51 |
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That hasn't, of course, kept me from doing it :)
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26. June 2007 @ 01:04 |
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Lii,
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Overclocking kills the CPU faster ;)
It all depends on the CPU temps! My C2D idles at 26-28C! It will last longer than me! ROFL!!
Clock On,
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crowy
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26. June 2007 @ 01:05 |
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Iv,e yet to see someone keep an overclocked cpu long enough to see it fail.
If the facts dont fit the theory, change the facts." -- Albert Einstein
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Lii
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26. June 2007 @ 01:09 |
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Lii,
It all depends on the CPU temps! My C2D idles at 26-28C! It will last longer than me! ROFL!!
Clock On,
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That is a good point... It all depends on how its done and with what hardware. But I'm not about to get into that, because it's me bedtime now! :O
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2.5>3.0>3.03>1.5>3.10OE-A'>3.30OE-A>Interdementional Tuning Data Modification Tool
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26. June 2007 @ 01:25 |
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Crowy,
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Iv,e yet to see someone keep an overclocked cpu long enough to see it fail.
My D-940 ran for 2 months at 3.81GHz. I upped it to 3.94 for another 2 months until I finally hurt the MB! Ran it for the final 8 months at 3.71. It's my roomies now and it still runs fine! Even cooler since I modded the heat sink with AS5. MB dropped 13C, from 47 to 33-34C! All were on air I might add!
I had a Prescot 3.0GHz/800 at 3.84 for a year! Now that's a hot chip! LOL!! Sold it when I built the D-940 and it still runs great!. The only CPU I ever lost was one that had been a machine that the PS went up in smoke and burned out damn near everything in the computer. I put the CPU in another MB and it lasted about 3 days! Everything else in the computer it came out of, was dead. My buddy and I were sitting there fooling around with it, and it must have seen an ugly woman because there suddenly was a tiny "Nuclear" looking puff of smoke from below the CPU cooler and then nothing! LOL!! The computer the CPU came out of melted the memory sockets, Blew out the DVD-Rom and the floppy! MB was shot too! I guess you would call that a total loss. I have an HP Celeron D 2.8 sitting in my living room for a customer and it's completely dead too! 100% junk except for the case! LOL!!
Clock On,
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26. June 2007 @ 01:57 |
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Lii,
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That is a good point... It all depends on how its done and with what hardware. But I'm not about to get into that, because it's me bedtime now! :O
High quality components as far as MB, PS and memory makes things a bit easier too! Of course I had to learn that lesson the hard way! LOL!!
When I built this one I asked other people in the forum for their opinion on all the important choices I was making when I selected what parts I wanted. I've been building computers for over 20 years and have built something like 247 to date, but I've only been overclocking for about 3 years. Whole different world! Those inexpensive 400 watt power supplies I used in unstressed business computers just weren't up to the task. Now I take my time, ask other opinions, make my choices based on the information I get from knowlegeble people and then build.
This E4300 has A GigaByte GA-965P-DS3 v1.33 MB, 2 GB of high quality G.Skill DDR2800 memory, a nice solid Thermaltake 500 watt PS, XFX 7600GT PCIex16 video, Nice Cooler Master Cavalier case. Arctic Freezer 7 Pro, a Seagate Sata 3 160GB drive and some fan mods on the case! It's overclocked to 3.276GHz (82%), the memory is overclocked to 910MHz and the video card is OC'd to 7600GT Fatal1ty specs at 653/1600 for core and memory. It all runs sweet! Very fast, very cool and very quiet! I would say I made some wise decisions! Thanks for the help guys. You all know who I mean!
Quality is everything, as it only takes one bad choice (usually based on money) in any component to make the whole job a bear! LOL!!
Clock On,
theone :}
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synteck
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26. June 2007 @ 09:48 |
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I need a good fan or better a water cooling kit most likley i'll go for zalman reserator 2 any suggestions pls? (dual core 3.4 cpu)
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27. June 2007 @ 03:11 |
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i think bigdk put together a full list of parts for a vgood watercooling setup in the offical cooling thread (its one of the other stickies) im sure that would help you out.
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synteck
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27. June 2007 @ 07:43 |
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hence what do you think about the zalman ?
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27. June 2007 @ 08:07 |
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i know almost nothing about watercooling, bigdik does hence his post about a good setup in the cooling thread.
from what i read it is ok as a passive res because it is big, but how it compares to a quite activly cooled res.....i would guess not to well. we are in wrong thread really for this kind of chat tho.
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27. June 2007 @ 08:36 |
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I know someone who uses a Reserator with a fan put in it anf supposedly gets great temps.
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synteck
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27. June 2007 @ 08:46 |
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you mean a fan next to the radiator ad still gets high temps?
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durch
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29. June 2007 @ 07:28 |
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Hey guys,
I'm looking to do my first overclock and was wondering if anyone would like to help me out. For starters, is this the correct place to post this or should I start a new thread? (new to this web site). I have been reading up for the past week or two and feel like I have a good base of knowledge but would like someone(s) experienced to confirm that I'm about to do the correct thing lol. I think the first step is to flash my BIOS, as this computer is now a year old and my BIOS is from 5-11-2006. I've never done this before and am a bit nervous. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks!
Motherboard: Asus M2N32 SLi-Deluxe n590, CPU: AMD 64 X2 4200+ AM2 (Windsor), Memory: 2x1GB Corsair XMS2 PC2 6400C4, Graphics: eVGA 7900GT 256MB, Sound: Integrated, Case: Gigabyte 3D Aurora w/ 3x120mm fans at 1000rpm, CPU Cooling: Zalman 9700, Temps: 30C idle, 43C full load, 38C chipset
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29. June 2007 @ 07:53 |
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Hi Durch,
If your system is running stable at the moment, you shouldnt just flash your bios to the newest, you only realy need to flash your bios if your system is having problems recognising your processor ect.
Ie when i upgraded to an Amd 3700 san diego on my msi k8n neo platinum board, I lost the option for command rate in my bios, this was due to the bios not recognising the processor as, it was E6 stepping, if the chip had been E4 stepping the mobo would have recognised it. In the end I had to hastle Msi for an unreleased bios to fix this problem.
If you have had your system a year and its running stable at the moment , thats probably a good base to start your overclocking on.
If you post the specs of your components on here, it will help people give advice.
dont forget to include memory , processor , motherboard, powersupply, cooling as these are all important factors.
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durch
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29. June 2007 @ 09:25 |
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ck5134,
Thanks for the advice. My system specs are listed in my signature, I think that should be enough info but let me know if you need more.
While I agree that my current BIOS version is probably fine for overclocking, I want to learn as much as I can during this first overclock. I'm not only doing this for better performance but also to learn more about this stuff :) Plus, I've read that updating the BIOS usually gives you more options for overclocking. I currently have version 0302 and the newest version (the one I downloaded) is version 1101.
I think I have the process down, I just need to burn the DOS iso image to a CD and restart my computer with this CD in the drive. Once it loads DOS, I take out the iso image CD and insert the CD with the AWDFLASH exe and the 1101 bin file, right? Then I manually type in "AWDFLASH.exe" and then "1101.bin" when prompted, correct? Then wait until it's completely done and tells me to restart, and I'm all set. Seems easy enough, unless I'm missing something important, but that's why I'm posting here :) Below are screenshots of the two CDs I plan to burn.
Motherboard: Asus M2N32 SLi-Deluxe n590, CPU: AMD 64 X2 4200+ AM2 (Windsor), Memory: 2x1GB Corsair XMS2 PC2 6400C4, Graphics: eVGA 7900GT 256MB, Sound: Integrated, Case: Gigabyte 3D Aurora w/ 3x120mm fans at 1000rpm, CPU Cooling: Zalman 9700, Temps: 30C idle, 43C full load, 38C chipset
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29. June 2007 @ 10:16 |
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If you can, ensure that you have an uninterruptable Power supply hooked up to your PC for the procedure. if the power goes out during a BIOS flash, your motherboard may very well be dead.
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durch
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29. June 2007 @ 10:28 |
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Yea I've got that covered, it's hooked up to a backup battery. Does that procedure I listed sound correct?
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29. June 2007 @ 10:28 |
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29. June 2007 @ 11:11 |
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The principle you listed sounds correct, but bewarned, many later releases of official BIOSes cause more problems than they solve. I have a very similar board to you, the P5N-E SLI, and one of the only BIOSes that isn't fatally flawed to the extent you have to warranty return the motherboard is the one it comes with.
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30. June 2007 @ 09:23 |
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you can also use the in bios flash tool too if you copy the bios to a flash or floppy drive.
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just my opinion but i would try your current bios for ocing first and see how far you get, then try flashing it to other versions and see if they more feature rich for ocing or less so as may be the case.
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30. June 2007 @ 09:37 |
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durch,
Be warned! Some motherboards will not let you go backwards with bios revisions once you've upgraded. I ran into that problem on a P5N-E where it would not allow you to go to an earlier bios revision. Whether it was just that particular MB or revision, I don't know.
Clock On,
theone :}
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30. June 2007 @ 09:45 |
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I guess I'm on the other side of the fence regarding flashing to the latest OFFICIAL BIOS prior to OC'ing. I know with my mobo there were many more features in the latest bios and if you wait to flash it until after you have OC'ed you will have to OC all over again since the new bios sets everything back to default settings.
You should be able to flash it with a usb thumb drive or floppy or use asusupdate which uses windows environment. with asusupdate simply download the new bios somewhere on your hdd (desktop for example) then locate and select the file when updating.
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1. July 2007 @ 10:39 |
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@Mort,
Hey Mort, I'm still using 1901 in both my P5W-DH boards. I think there is one version newer bios available and I'm wondering if I should flash to this. Is there any improvement in anything?
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1. July 2007 @ 11:03 |
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I'm still using 1901 too. I woudn't worry about upgrading to to latest. My bios when I got the mobo was 1305 and lacked several features. the latest bios probably only upgrades for vista or something I don't need. you should be good to go.
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