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nolonger
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 Posted: Wed, 06 May 2009 10:36:13 Post Subject: First Overclock Ever |
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Yesterday night I got my PC back and decided I'd try my first overclock ever on it. It's 2,2Ghz stock. Temperatures running 34 idle and 54 under load.
I could not get any more from this CPU. At a 11x multiplier I crashed with 250FSB every time. I bumped up voltage to 1.55, but wasn't too happy with the temperature (it was 44 idle) for the 250FSB and 10.5 multiplier. |
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Jason
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| Posted: Wed, 06 May 2009 10:48:53 Post Subject: |
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What cooler are you using?
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nolonger
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| Posted: Wed, 06 May 2009 11:23:58 Post Subject: |
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| Stock AMD. The CPU actually just crashed after a couple hours of Prime95 so I'm reducing it to 240FSB. |
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Blake
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| Posted: Wed, 06 May 2009 12:36:10 Post Subject: |
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| Congrats on jumping in with your first OC! Not bad for stock cooling on the CPU as many times it is necessary to upgrade your cooling solution to really push it hard. |
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nolonger
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| Posted: Wed, 06 May 2009 19:36:48 Post Subject: |
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| After a 4 hour test CPU lost stability at 240FSB. I reduced it to 235 for now, I'll play with voltages later on. |
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anonemus
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| Posted: Wed, 06 May 2009 22:56:54 Post Subject: |
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welcome to the thrilling world of OCing!
What RAM are you using? |
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lockhead
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| Posted: Thu, 07 May 2009 06:05:20 Post Subject: |
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overclocking is exciting. i remember my first time OC'ing i was very glad I OC'ed my quad to 3ghz but as they say once u start it, u cannot stop it. this is why my quad is now at 3.6GHZ 
just an advice, read, read and read , watch your voltages and temps.
Good luck and happy OC'ing.
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nolonger
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| Posted: Thu, 07 May 2009 11:17:18 Post Subject: |
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| anonemus wrote: | welcome to the thrilling world of OCing!
What RAM are you using? |
Don't know the brand, but it's DDR400. |
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anonemus
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| Posted: Thu, 07 May 2009 20:58:17 Post Subject: |
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Usually, when you click on the SPD tab of CPU-Z, it will show the RAM info  |
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SAMSAMHA
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| Posted: Fri, 08 May 2009 03:55:25 Post Subject: |
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| congrat on your oc. Once you start to play around with it, you won't stop:). |
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