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System Name | Vintage |
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Processor | i7 - 3770K @ Stock |
Cooling | Scythe Zipang II |
Memory | 2x4GB Crucial DDR3 |
Video Card(s) | MSI GTX970 |
Storage | M4 124GB SSD// WD Black 640GB// WD Black 1TB//Samsung F3 1.5TB |
Display(s) | Samsung SM223BW 21.6" |
Case | Generic |
Power Supply | Corsair HX 520W |
Software | Windows 7 |
well having found out my rather weak score on 3D mark 06 (2059) i thought i would give OC a go, see if i can get noticable differences.
well my bios settings only have the following options available that i can use to OC:
CPU frequency, can set from 200 to 400 in one unit steps, i.e. 200, 201, 202 ~ 399,400
DDR2 Voltage Control, can set either Auto or 1.9v
CPU Mulitplier, can set from 5V to 10V in increase increments of 0.5V
having read the threads about how to OC here in these forums and googling a few terms i felt i was not ready to alter these settings. so instead i noticed that the i can AI OC, from 3%, 5%, 8% and 10%. 3% and 5% are fine but 8% and 10% increase in AI means that i cant even get to the windows boot screen it always reboots so i have to go into BIOS and defaut settings to go further or drop down to 5% (at the moment i am at default). first i thought it could be my PSU but 550W is more than enough surely?
can anybody give a possible reason/s for this to happen? heres a couple of screenies of CPU-Z. not sure what they will achieve but i guess any infomation is helpful.
plus is it possible to get a good OC with the bios settings that i can alter?
i know it is alot of question and you have all proberly had to answere these types of questions before but i would appreciate any replies.
Thanks
well my bios settings only have the following options available that i can use to OC:
CPU frequency, can set from 200 to 400 in one unit steps, i.e. 200, 201, 202 ~ 399,400
DDR2 Voltage Control, can set either Auto or 1.9v
CPU Mulitplier, can set from 5V to 10V in increase increments of 0.5V
having read the threads about how to OC here in these forums and googling a few terms i felt i was not ready to alter these settings. so instead i noticed that the i can AI OC, from 3%, 5%, 8% and 10%. 3% and 5% are fine but 8% and 10% increase in AI means that i cant even get to the windows boot screen it always reboots so i have to go into BIOS and defaut settings to go further or drop down to 5% (at the moment i am at default). first i thought it could be my PSU but 550W is more than enough surely?
can anybody give a possible reason/s for this to happen? heres a couple of screenies of CPU-Z. not sure what they will achieve but i guess any infomation is helpful.
plus is it possible to get a good OC with the bios settings that i can alter?
i know it is alot of question and you have all proberly had to answere these types of questions before but i would appreciate any replies.
Thanks