Thinking of doing a little overclock ?????s

ghost28 · Mar 29, 2009

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..... :rockout:

silkstone · Mar 29, 2009

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

Fatal · Mar 29, 2009

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?

LittleLizard · Mar 29, 2009

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

ghost28 · Mar 29, 2009

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.....

System Name	REDRUM
Processor	AMD Phenom2 x4 940 Black
Motherboard	ASUS M4A79 Deluxe
Cooling	Cooler Master V8 and NZXT Sentry Fan controller
Memory	8gb OCZ Gold DDR2 1066
Video Card(s)	2-HIS 4870 Radeon 512mb running Crossfire
Storage	4-WD Caviar Blue 640s running Raid 10
Display(s)	ASUS 24"
Case	Cooler Master HAF 932
Audio Device(s)	On Board for now
Power Supply	PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 (crossfire Edition)
Software	Windows XP Pro 64 Bit
Benchmark Scores	None yet....hope to do this within a few weeks after i get my surgery and have to stay home doing no

System Name	Gaming System / HTPC-Server
Processor	i7 8700K (@4.8 Ghz All-Core) / R7 5900X
Motherboard	Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming / MSI B450 Mortar Max
Cooling	CM ML360 / CM ML240L
Memory	16Gb Hynix @3200 MHz / 16Gb Hynix @3000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Zotac 3080 / Colorful 1060
Storage	750G MX300 + 2x500G NVMe / 40Tb Reds + 1Tb WD Blue NVMe
Display(s)	LG 27GN800-B 27'' 2K 144Hz / Sony TV
Case	Xigmatek Aquarius Plus / Corsair Air 240
Audio Device(s)	On Board Realtek
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III Gold 750W / Andyson TX-700 Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero / K400+
Keyboard	Wooting Two / K400+
Software	Windows 10 x64
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R15 = 1542 3D Mark Timespy = 9758

System Name	KAREN / EVA / GHOST
Processor	Intel Core i7-950 / AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE / Core i5 3570k
Motherboard	ASUS TUF Sabertooth X58 / DFI LP DK 790FXB-M2RSH / Asrock z77e-itx
Cooling	Thermaltake Frio / Corsair Cooling™ Hydro Series H50 / Corsair Hydro Series H60
Memory	Corsair Dominator 6GB DDR3 1600 / Corsair Dominator Quad2X4096-8500C5DF / G.SKILL Ripjaws Serie 1600
Video Card(s)	XFX HD6950 CF unlocked /XFX HD5770 CF/ MSI R4890 Cyclone
Storage	OCZ Vertex 2 60 WD Raptor X WD1500AHFD / Seagate Barracuda /Western Digital 80gb, Toshiba 1TB
Display(s)	2 Acer P215H 21.5 Widescreen / Acer S211HL 21.5 / HP 2009F 20inch
Case	SILVERSTONE RAVEN RV02-BW / NZXT Phantom /Bitfenix Prodigy
Audio Device(s)	On board / Philips MMS 321 - PC multimedia speakers
Power Supply	Ultra X3 ULT40311 1000W / Cosair CMPSU-750TX 750W/ CORSAIR Gaming Series GS700 700W
Software	Windows 7 64 bit / Windows 7 64 bit / Windows 7 64 bit

System Name	The Lizard v2.4
Processor	Intel Celeron G1840 (for the time being
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81-S2PH
Cooling	Intel Stock Fan
Memory	16GB Kingston HyperX 1600
Video Card(s)	MSI Gaming GTX 750Ti (For the time being)
Storage	500GB Samsung F1, 160GB Maxtor "Older than god"
Display(s)	AOC 28' LCD
Case	Coolermaster N200
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Antec VP500P
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Benchmark Scores	No crashes in the last 24 minutes.

System Name	REDRUM
Processor	AMD Phenom2 x4 940 Black
Motherboard	ASUS M4A79 Deluxe
Cooling	Cooler Master V8 and NZXT Sentry Fan controller
Memory	8gb OCZ Gold DDR2 1066
Video Card(s)	2-HIS 4870 Radeon 512mb running Crossfire
Storage	4-WD Caviar Blue 640s running Raid 10
Display(s)	ASUS 24"
Case	Cooler Master HAF 932
Audio Device(s)	On Board for now
Power Supply	PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 (crossfire Edition)
Software	Windows XP Pro 64 Bit
Benchmark Scores	None yet....hope to do this within a few weeks after i get my surgery and have to stay home doing no

Thinking of doing a little overclock ?????s

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