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Mar 29, 2009, 03:06 AM
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Thinking of doing a little overclock ?????s
Ok...so my new build is up and running and i have been thinking of giving it a little OC.....i dont wanna get nuts yet just something simple and stable to try it for the first time....
system specs below.... AMD PhenomII X4 940 ASUS M4A79 Deluxe MOBO 8gb OCZ Gold DDR2 1066 Ram running at 800 2- HIS Radeon HD 4870s running CorssfireX Cooler Master V8 Cooler Cooler Master HAF case PC Power & Cooling 750 silencer PSU lemme know where to start as this will be my first OC..... Thanks in advance..... 
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Mar 29, 2009, 03:23 AM
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start with the stickies
 http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=22916 Need any help after reading let us know and i'm sure there'll be members who can help you with specifics
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Mar 29, 2009, 03:24 AM
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If you dont have these I would get them.
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/ http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php http://www.ocbase.com/perestroika_en/index.php?Download http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_overdrive.aspx?p=1 http://www.tweakers.fr/memset.html How are your temps at stock I would say 3.6 should be very easy for the setup you have. How high would be nuts for you?
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Mar 29, 2009, 03:31 AM
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with that u should get a nice oc, try doing small things like pushing by 2 the multi (not 2 at once, 05 at once and stress test)
EDIT: 0.5 at once
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Mar 29, 2009, 02:47 PM
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thanks guys.....i havent fired up the machine in a few days....as soon as i feel a bit better from this Hernia surgery i had a couple of days ago i will sit down and play around with the settings and see what happens.....i am sure i will have a million more questions.....
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