overclocking amd 6400+ black

[ZenZimZaliben]

If you are noticing your Multiplier change then you more then likely have speed stepping activiated or some other thermal protection/energy effecient setting activated in the bios, these types of "protections" lets the mobo choose the mulitplier based off the workload.

 

[mackdaddy2887]

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oh how do I find it, to turn it off. I have the ASUS msr32-mvp just like the guy who started the thread. I Did my bios just like him, did he turn anything else on or off other than whats on the pic?

 

[accordpower99]

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HELLO OC'S , i have been building systems for years now, but have never overclocked, i am doing my first build for oc, I just bought a 6400+ on newegg $159 free shipping. fyi. i also have bought the Corsair TWIN2X2048 6400 C4 memory, with a COOLER MASTER RR-CCH-L9U1-GP 92mm Hyper TX2 CPU Cooler, im on a budget but is this a good start?
Im dont have the money to throw processors away but want to overclock nicely, what specs should i run on the cpu,memory, and bus. I also have win xp with a ati radeon x1950 256 mb, anyone know oc specs i should use on it as well? thanks tech powerup for any advice.

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

oh how do I find it, to turn it off. I have the ASUS msr32-mvp just like the guy who started the thread. I Did my bios just like him, did he turn anything else on or off other than whats on the pic?

I am not sure but he must have. Every bios calls it something different. But its usually under the Advanced Options or the place where you can OC the CPU.

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

HELLO OC'S , i have been building systems for years now, but have never overclocked, i am doing my first build for oc, I just bought a 6400+ on newegg $159 free shipping. fyi. i also have bought the Corsair TWIN2X2048 6400 C4 memory, with a COOLER MASTER RR-CCH-L9U1-GP 92mm Hyper TX2 CPU Cooler, im on a budget but is this a good start?
Im dont have the money to throw processors away but want to overclock nicely, what specs should i run on the cpu,memory, and bus. I also have win xp with a ati radeon x1950 256 mb, anyone know oc specs i should use on it as well? thanks tech powerup for any advice.

Welcome to the forum. First thing you should do is fill out your full system specs in your profile.

 

[fullinfusion]

i know that if my fsb is at 219 at 16x it wont boot.. try 215 fsb at 16x ant leave the volt on auto.. dont mess with the pci settings either..

 

[fullinfusion]

hey joosh your running the same mobo as i am.... isn't your's a crash free bios? i've never had to reset.. just flip the power off on the psu for 10sec.. sorry im a little behind in the thred but gota work lol

 

[accordpower99]

Welcome to the forum. First thing you should do is fill out your full system specs in your profile.

updated, another thing would it benefit me to get the am2+ motherboard with bus speed of 2600, or not necessary?

 

[fullinfusion]

to tell ya the truth there's so many mobo's out there id love to buy every updated version there is lol but that's not to practical... but anywayz I WOULD UPGRADE YOUR PSU!!!!
your only running a 500 watt and from what i've been taught in here and by reading alot a PSU is a must for a stable o/c
i was running a 500watt and if you seen my photos of my o/c it wasn't possible to remain stable... sure it seems stable for a while but run tvu player.. spy bot snd.. 2 more spyware scans..cpu-z... windows midia player playing videos...and surfin the web.... that puts a huge strain on the psu... i added a thermaltake 700watt and she hasn't takin a poOp yet lol..

 

[fullinfusion]

I'll post photo's of my new set up in ten min

 

[fullinfusion]

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

updated, another thing would it benefit me to get the am2+ motherboard with bus speed of 2600, or not necessary?

I would say if you are on a budget, then sticking with AMD is probably a good idea. I think a AM2+ mobo would be a good idea. You could always upgrade to the Phenom later, plus they should have worked all the bugs out of it.

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

fullinfusion - Nice looking OC!

 

[accordpower99]

like that 3.5 thats what i wanted to shoot for, thanks for the info ill look into some psu, did you do any memory o/cing?

ZenZimZaliben, Im just hoping they dont spring another socket type on us again, i bought an asus capable holding the fx about year or two ago before the am2s came out or popular not sure which one, i was hoping athlon x's would go farther on 939 but didnt and dont want the same thing to happen on the phenoms or whatevers next. know what i mean.

 

[fullinfusion]

no i didnt o/c the memory i left it alone... ummm as for the phenom!!! DONT!!!!! wait!!!! it's a bottom end 3 core cpu...one of the four cores dont work so they dissabled one of the cores... it runs at 2.6ghz i think so wait for the next one to come out

 

[accordpower99]

no i didnt o/c the memory i left it alone... ummm as for the phenom!!! DONT!!!!! wait!!!! it's a bottom end 3 core cpu...one of the four cores dont work so they dissabled one of the cores... it runs at 2.6ghz i think so wait for the next one to come out

good info so i shouldnt get 2600 bus speed yet? the 1000 is fine for now right?

 

[fullinfusion]

yes id stick with what you got for now

 

[mackdaddy2887]

nice but is the o/c conventional? or just mere ok i did it now go back down some?
should I go for the 3.4 or 3.5 clock? My PC is a 24/7 pc and my gaming rig.

edit: and what is a good HT link speed. the higher the better i presume?

 

[AphexDreamer]

nice but is the o/c conventional? or just mere ok i did it now go back down some?
should I go for the 3.4 or 3.5 clock? My PC is a 24/7 pc and my gaming rig.

edit: and what is a good HT link speed. the higher the better i presume?

You typicaly want it to be at 1000. Increasing this does not increase performance at all, it only effects stablity, so you want it at 800 to 1200, but prefably 1000.

Also nice OC Fusion, is it stable?? Can't wait to get my Thermalrigh Ultra installed so I can try and further OC mine. From my testing it was not stable, but from seeing your success, I presume its the cooling.

 

[erocker]

You typicaly want it to be at 1000. Increasing this does not increase performance at all, it only effects stablity, so you want it at 800 to 1200, but prefably 1000.

Also nice OC Fusion, is it stable?? Can't wait to get my Thermalrigh Ultra installed so I can try and further OC mine. From my testing it was not stable, but from seeing your success, I presume its the cooling.

Not true, like your CPU or RAM the higher the better as long as it's stable and temps are good. I've gotten mine benched at 1500. The M2R32 MVP should do 1200 easy.

Have any of you tried 300 fsb with a x12 multi for 3.6?

 

[AphexDreamer]

Not true, like your CPU or RAM the higher the better as long as it's stable and temps are good. I've gotten mine benched at 1500. The M2R32 MVP should do 1200 easy.

Have any of you tried 300 fsb with a x12 multi for 3.6?

Yeah I know, my board gets like 1600 HT link, but on the older boards they would max out at like 1300 and I was to lazy to see what board he had lol. Still though you don't gain much of a performance increase if any from having a high HT link, so its best to try and keep it at 1000.

You know what I think I have tried to get it to 3.6, but it did not boot. I don't remeber if it was 300x12 though, I suppose I will give it a quick try and see what happens.

 

[fullinfusion]

id do what ever your temp will allow...
And thanks...... yes i've been playing gears of war for a few hours and its very stable... the temp with the side off the case was running 40c... id just try it and see what your temp maxes out at... im almost thinking of droppin my volts down to 1.42 to see if it still runs stable...i'll post tomorrow my findings... thanks guys.. cya l8ter

 

[fullinfusion]

yeah i like to keep the ht link below 1100... it seems running a bench mark gives the best performance versus a 1150-1175

 

[Wile E]

id do what ever your temp will allow...
And thanks...... yes i've been playing gears of war for a few hours and its very stable... the temp with the side off the case was running 40c... id just try it and see what your temp maxes out at... im almost thinking of droppin my volts down to 1.42 to see if it still runs stable...i'll post tomorrow my findings... thanks guys.. cya l8ter

I can almost guaranty that it's running warmer than 40C. I'm guessing you're using Asus's PC Probe software. Don't use it to read cpu temps. It's inaccurate. Use Core Temp instead.

Also, you would be best served to manually set your ram volts, speeds and timings. Memory can have a huge effect on performance.

 

[fullinfusion]

i ran a 275 at x12 and nothing but a crash n burn... even droped the memory freq and raising the core volt... i say na ...... leave the core on auto and if your going to change it (beware) shit goes sizzle sizzle and pop!!! then your s.o.l... but then to each there own right.