this is the cpu i have AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Black Edition, the reviews said people have over clocked it to 3.2, i have a very nice cpu fan on it, my trouble is i don't understand the over clocking and i don't wanna jack it up, i got into the bios and their are two settings for overclocking the cpu clock, which it wants me to pick a number between 200 and 500, it's on 200 right now so i am guessing this is what is used to over clock it, the other setting was cpu dynamic overclocking, and this setting was dsabled, can someone please help me?
Please can you post your motherboard type (Cant help without that lol ). Or search at http://www.overclockers.com/ if you know your board's brand and stuff.
Cannot find anything to do with overclocking on your board. Try the instruction manual (check manufacturers site). Or the bios. Sorry, This is all i can do
When overclocking it takes two things into consideration to get your processor speed...the clock speed and the multiplier, but a lot more to make sure things stay stable. 200 is very likely your clock speed, and seeing as you said it's running at 2.6ghz your multiplier should be 13.
246x13 would give you 3.198ghz
Some other things you need to take into consideration though:
Core voltage - as you overclock your cpu, it needs more power to keep it stable...and of course increasing the voltage also increases heat.
RAM - Your ram is now going to default to a higher speed, and it may not be able to handle it. By default it may raise the latencies on your ram in order to cope with the new higher speeds (should be able to lock them at the normal latencies in your bios)...your ram also has a voltage setting which you can usually safely raise by .1 or .2...but check your ram specs before doing it. You can change your ram:fsb ratio so it's no longer 1:1 if necessary (unstable). This will make it so that the ram doesn't overclock at the same rate as your cpu.
PCI-Express frequency - Most motherboards by default have it set to auto or something like that...make sure you go in and change it to 100mhz...don't want to fry your video card :)
I recommend googling and seeing how tolerant your RAM is to overclocking, and from there going in small steps. One thing you can do is set your core voltage to auto, but it will make it higher than necessary...and you will still need to make sure your RAM is staying stable.
I might have forgotten something, but those are a few important things you need to consider/remember. Sorry if that's not easy to read. I really like going "..."
that is the ram i am using, the main thing is i don't want to fry something, i did see options for my video card, would i have to tinker with the latency of my ram, i am going to attempt it tonite now that i know the number, overheating is not a concern, i have a very good cpu heatsink and 6 fans in my case, so over heating is a not an issue. anymore advice please let me know.
I have G.Skill ram myself and it's usually quite tolerable to overclocking. Going from 2.6 to 2.8 probably won't need any adjustments, but like I said before it might automatically increase your latencies, which isn't something you want.
I'd find and download something called cpuz. It's a simple little thing that lists hardware specs of your computer, one of which being your current ram latencies.
