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New to OC, need help Just starting looking into overclocking about 2 weeks ago and after reading much about it I decided to go ahead and see what I can get outta my system. After hours of testing, it now seems like I can't get much. Here are my specs. 350 W Power Supply 5 Case Fans Asus A7V600 AMD XP 2700+ 1 GB (2x512) PC3200 KingMax x2 SATA 120GB Harddrives (Raid 1) BFG GeForce FX 5500 256Mb Windows 2000 Server These are the default BIOS Settings CPU SPD: 2167 Multiplier: 13.0x CPU Freq: 166/33 CPU V: 1.65 (Auto) MEM Freq: Auto MEM V: Auto AGP V: Auto After all the testing this is the final configuration I came up with that didn't cause blue screens or boot failures. CPU SPD: 2241 Multiplier: 13.5x CPU Freq: 166/33 CPU V: 1.70 MEM Freq: 400 MEM V: Auto AGP V: Auto Not much for overclocking, I was hoping to get up to 2400 or 2600, not asking for much. If you need me to post all the settings I tried and failed at, I will post them. Is this normal for this processor and/or motherboard? If so I guess I will stop trying, I don't want to blow them up. I guess I am just wondering if there is anything I can do to get more out of my processor. Also, does anyone think a better power supply would help? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks. |
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i guess you picked the wrong mobo(oc'ing) :grum: |
he didn't overclock his fsb ;) Do you have an option for chipset voltage? What temperatures do you get on the cpu under load? I don't think it's your psu, 350W should suffice for what you have hooked up |
Hmm, yeah, I have had trouble with this mobo from the minute I've had it. It's the first Asus that I've ever had problems with. I should know better then to buy the ones with all the newest stuff on it. Would have better off waiting for the A7V600-X. I'm going to look into it a little more, but the more I read about, the more I feel this is all I'm going to get out of it. Sigh.... |
Kristos, yes I think I have an option for chipset voltage. At the only speed I got my system to stabalize at, 2241, I had no problems with temperature. The highest it reached is 40. Then again its the middle of winter and my apartment is pretty cold. |
hmm nevermind about the chipset voltage, my bad :) I always think fsb overclocking :^D well, temps are low enough, you could try raising the vcore a little more and see what gives... |
Interesting... I upped the voltage/multiplier and ran a Test. CPU SPD: 2342 Multiplier: 14.0x CPU Freq: 166/33 CPU V: 1.75 MEM Freq: 333 Max CPU Temp: 42 I tried this yesterday, I think, and had some problems. Maybe not. Everything seems stable. I'm going to try some other tests. How much voltage is too much? I read some things where people said they wouldn't go over 1.65, but they were older articles. |
before you do anything more, do serious stability testing with torture tests of prime95 |
For a fairly recent Axp (barton/thorton, througoughbred B/applebred (b?), dunno about earlier models) I wouldn't go higher then 1.85V and that's only when you have good aircooling (although that doesn't seem to be a problem in your case if your at about 40° load temp) but do as the good doctor says and again, keep an eye on your temps because prime stresses your cpu pretty good :) |
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