Looking for OC help

FiveFig · 11-January-08, 01:12 PM

Helping a friend OC his old rig now that he has a new one.

If anyone has any specs as to what I should set these components (in my sig) to in order to get the most performance as a gaming machine, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Sk8forMaple · 11-January-08, 04:03 PM

I'm getting into overclocking myself, from what I've learned here, there's no real defined settings for hardware. Pretty much what you should do is overclock it in steps, and write those settings down each time. Keep doing that until it becomes unstable, then clock it back a bit and you've found it!

I'm sure people will give you more information, but I'm a figure it out for myself kinda guy

Toxic · 11-January-08, 04:25 PM

When Overclocking, The motherboard is one of the biggest factors. It controlls your steps, volts, and timings.

And if you get a chance look over this guide, It was very helpful for me when i first started way back.

FiveFig · 11-January-08, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Sk8forMaple


	I'm getting into overclocking myself, from what I've learned here, there's no real defined settings for hardware. Pretty much what you should do is overclock it in steps, and write those settings down each time. Keep doing that until it becomes unstable, then clock it back a bit and you've found it! I'm sure people will give you more information, but I'm a figure it out for myself kinda guy

Yea, I plan on doing that tonight when I get off of work (7 minutes to go!).

I was just hoping that there might have been some sort of magic index that had the best settings for all sorts of hardware out there. Idealistic, but you never know!

FiveFig · 11-January-08, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toxic


	When Overclocking, The motherboard is one of the biggest factors. It controlls your steps, volts, and timings. And if you get a chance look over this guide, It was very helpful for me when i first started way back.

Thanks Toxic!

Toxic · 11-January-08, 04:30 PM

With that proc and that memory, i could see a 3200+ 2.6-3.0 giving on the motherboards ability to change the fsb ratio to the memory.

Toxic · 11-January-08, 04:33 PM

If you need some extra help or have any questions just PM me.

-TOXIC

FiveFig · 26-January-08, 11:15 PM

Here are some preliminary results. I left the timings at x3 because I want to get the fsb a little higher. same with the ram timings.

OnyxIce · 27-January-08, 05:05 PM

I can't say for sure because well, I'm not there and I don't know the hardware first-hand, but I'd try increasing your bus speed a bit more.

I think it was in the following link that I read the HT is stable between 800-1100Mhz, which is the range I used on mine.

How to overclock CPUs & RAM

goodman123 · 27-January-08, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by FiveFig


	Here are some preliminary results. I left the timings at x3 because I want to get the fsb a little higher. same with the ram timings.

why do you run your ram at 333 mhz (166) you can keep it at 400 or around there most ram even cheap ones will be able to do 420-430 (210-215) stable
but with the ram you got you should do 450-500

s1ugh34d · 28-January-08, 11:09 AM

Good articles to get you going. Although a bit dated, much info for begginers.

MODTHEBOX.COM - Canada's Premier Case Modding Source - Articles - Overclocking 101: Overclocking Fundamentals

MODTHEBOX.COM - Canada's Premier Case Modding Source - Articles - Overclocking 102: Taking Your Overclock to the Next Level

MODTHEBOX.COM - Canada's Premier Case Modding Source - Articles - Overclocking 103: Turning Up the Heat with Voltage Adjustments

A few pages of this article hit extremely recent types of memory configs, with a good indepth tidbit on TRD...

AnandTech: ASUS ROG Rampage Formula: Why we were wrong about the Intel X48

I reccommend you read these a fe times to soak it all in. With todays stuf the 101 articles aren't extremely updated, but still best to learn all you can.

You are running DDR memory and the timings are lowish, but the speed is too. That's the next step in overclocking.

hwbot.org helps for checking what others have done with the chip. The average OCon that chip specifically is 2588MHZ, so your in the right direction.

FiveFig · 01-February-08, 01:56 PM

I've been toying with increasing the fsb and the memory timings to get a better oc. My system will boot and play games like WoW, CoD4, and others. The problem is that it's not necessairly stable. I can get it to boot with some higher settings and it will be stable for a while, but once in a while I'll get the blue mem dump screen.

Could this be caused by my PSU?

I don't know the exact model, but I can check later.

U8312_1337 · 01-February-08, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by FiveFig


	I've been toying with increasing the fsb and the memory timings to get a better oc. My system will boot and play games like WoW, CoD4, and others. The problem is that it's not necessairly stable. I can get it to boot with some higher settings and it will be stable for a while, but once in a while I'll get the blue mem dump screen. Could this be caused by my PSU? I don't know the exact model, but I can check later.

What it sounds like to me is temps. I was OCing and getting like 65C and it would do that. But my BIOS had a setting to where if it got to a certain temperature, it would BSOD like that. So mess around with your BIOS and see if you can find it and turn it off.

Eh, just my input

killert · 01-February-08, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by U8312_1337


	What it sounds like to me is temps. I was OCing and getting like 65C and it would do that. But my BIOS had a setting to where if it got to a certain temperature, it would BSOD like that. So mess around with your BIOS and see if you can find it and turn it off. Eh, just my input

I thought the bios just shutdowns down the comp when overheating?

Toxic · 01-February-08, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by killert


	I thought the bios just shutdowns down the comp when overheating?

Could be, Or the CPU needs more volts. what vcore are you running?

FiveFig · 08-February-08, 03:54 PM

Either I have good instincts or I jinxed myself because the PSU decided to die last night. I just hope it didn't fry any of my components when it took it's last breath.

Slaymate · 08-February-08, 04:21 PM

Hopefully you'll have some good luck and just the PS died. Replace it with a good
High Quality unit and you'll be glad you did later down the road.

FiveFig · 09-February-08, 01:40 PM

any suggestions on a good psu to go with this setup? the one that died was a thermaltake 450w and was less than a year old. I didn't smell anything fried in my case after I removed the psu and aired the case out so I think I am in luck.

edit: can't test anything until I get a new psu, typing this on my good old lappy, only thing that sucks is this guy isn't built for gaming so I am back to playing online poker instead ;-p

11-January-08, 01:12 PM		#1 (permalink)
FiveFig Apex Techie Wannabe	Looking for OC help Helping a friend OC his old rig now that he has a new one. If anyone has any specs as to what I should set these components (in my sig) to in order to get the most performance as a gaming machine, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Last edited by FiveFig; 11-January-08 at 02:57 PM..

11-January-08, 04:03 PM		#2 (permalink)
Sk8forMaple Apex Elite Tech	Re: Looking for OC help I'm getting into overclocking myself, from what I've learned here, there's no real defined settings for hardware. Pretty much what you should do is overclock it in steps, and write those settings down each time. Keep doing that until it becomes unstable, then clock it back a bit and you've found it! I'm sure people will give you more information, but I'm a figure it out for myself kinda guy

11-January-08, 04:25 PM		#3 (permalink)
Toxic Apex Advanced Techie	Re: Looking for OC help When Overclocking, The motherboard is one of the biggest factors. It controlls your steps, volts, and timings. And if you get a chance look over this guide, It was very helpful for me when i first started way back.

11-January-08, 04:30 PM		#6 (permalink)
Toxic Apex Advanced Techie	Re: Looking for OC help With that proc and that memory, i could see a 3200+ 2.6-3.0 giving on the motherboards ability to change the fsb ratio to the memory.

11-January-08, 04:33 PM		#7 (permalink)
Toxic Apex Advanced Techie	Re: Looking for OC help If you need some extra help or have any questions just PM me. -TOXIC

26-January-08, 11:15 PM		#8 (permalink)
FiveFig Apex Techie Wannabe	Re: Looking for OC help Here are some preliminary results. I left the timings at x3 because I want to get the fsb a little higher. same with the ram timings. Last edited by FiveFig; 27-January-08 at 12:13 AM..

27-January-08, 05:05 PM		#9 (permalink)
OnyxIce Apex Techie II	Re: Looking for OC help I can't say for sure because well, I'm not there and I don't know the hardware first-hand, but I'd try increasing your bus speed a bit more. I think it was in the following link that I read the HT is stable between 800-1100Mhz, which is the range I used on mine. How to overclock CPUs & RAM

28-January-08, 11:09 AM		#11 (permalink)
s1ugh34d Apex Tech God	Re: Looking for OC help Good articles to get you going. Although a bit dated, much info for begginers. MODTHEBOX.COM - Canada's Premier Case Modding Source - Articles - Overclocking 101: Overclocking Fundamentals MODTHEBOX.COM - Canada's Premier Case Modding Source - Articles - Overclocking 102: Taking Your Overclock to the Next Level MODTHEBOX.COM - Canada's Premier Case Modding Source - Articles - Overclocking 103: Turning Up the Heat with Voltage Adjustments A few pages of this article hit extremely recent types of memory configs, with a good indepth tidbit on TRD... AnandTech: ASUS ROG Rampage Formula: Why we were wrong about the Intel X48 I reccommend you read these a fe times to soak it all in. With todays stuf the 101 articles aren't extremely updated, but still best to learn all you can. You are running DDR memory and the timings are lowish, but the speed is too. That's the next step in overclocking. hwbot.org helps for checking what others have done with the chip. The average OCon that chip specifically is 2588MHZ, so your in the right direction.

01-February-08, 01:56 PM		#12 (permalink)
FiveFig Apex Techie Wannabe	Re: Looking for OC help I've been toying with increasing the fsb and the memory timings to get a better oc. My system will boot and play games like WoW, CoD4, and others. The problem is that it's not necessairly stable. I can get it to boot with some higher settings and it will be stable for a while, but once in a while I'll get the blue mem dump screen. Could this be caused by my PSU? I don't know the exact model, but I can check later.

08-February-08, 03:54 PM		#16 (permalink)
FiveFig Apex Techie Wannabe	Re: Looking for OC help Either I have good instincts or I jinxed myself because the PSU decided to die last night. I just hope it didn't fry any of my components when it took it's last breath.

08-February-08, 04:21 PM		#17 (permalink)
Slaymate PCApex Reviewer From Hell	Re: Looking for OC help Hopefully you'll have some good luck and just the PS died. Replace it with a good High Quality unit and you'll be glad you did later down the road.

09-February-08, 01:40 PM		#18 (permalink)
FiveFig Apex Techie Wannabe	Re: Looking for OC help any suggestions on a good psu to go with this setup? the one that died was a thermaltake 450w and was less than a year old. I didn't smell anything fried in my case after I removed the psu and aired the case out so I think I am in luck. edit: can't test anything until I get a new psu, typing this on my good old lappy, only thing that sucks is this guy isn't built for gaming so I am back to playing online poker instead ;-p Last edited by FiveFig; 09-February-08 at 01:52 PM..

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