My first OC (pics)

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Kathy

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This is my first attempt at this and I'd like to know if my settings are OK (safe) and if there's anything I can do to get it a little higher? Everything else I've tried caused the system to lockup. It's been stable for two weeks now, not one lockup or even a hick-up. :)

Sorry about the poor picture quality! The only testing I've done is by playing several games like DeusEX, System Shock2 and Half Life2, I had no problems with them and the temps only went up 4deg. Let me know if you need more info, thanks!

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very nice, It took me 2 voltage bumps to get to 2.4 on my x2 3800+
im jealous to see you did it on stock voltages
great temps as well, what hsf are you using?
 
Thanks aldy402! I didn't mean to make it sound like I got it right the first time. I played around with different settings for about a week before I got it to this point. You said I did it on stock voltage, what is the stock voltage for this board? I thought it was 2.60v and I bumped it up to 2.65v to make it stable. Or were you talking about something else? And it's a Thermatake Heatsink/fan, not sure of the model number but it's a cheap one. :)

Kathy
 
Kathy said:
Thanks aldy402! I didn't mean to make it sound like I got it right the first time. I played around with different settings for about a week before I got it to this point. You said I did it on stock voltage, what is the stock voltage for this board? I thought it was 2.60v and I bumped it up to 2.65v to make it stable. Or were you talking about something else? And it's a Thermatake Heatsink/fan, not sure of the model number but it's a cheap one. :)

Kathy
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cpu stock voltages vary around 1.3 to 1.4. When your talking about 2.60, your talking about the DDR voltage, [RAM]. Have you run prime to test for stability? if so how long?
 
Did you run Prime95 for 24Hours? I Oced my FX-55 to 2.8 Ghz and it was stable playing games and such, no freeze etc, temps were good. But when I ran Prime95, it threw up an error in less then 10 Minutes.


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Damn aldy, you beat my post about Prime by about 30 seconds lol.
 
Yes, I ran it for 4 hours and then had to go out so I turned it off (no errors) . Is that long enough for a good test? I didn't prime95 yet because I don't have it, is that a must have program too? :)

Memtest is the one I ran, sorry about that!

Kathy
 
yeah, run Prime 95 for at least 24 hours. 12 is good but 24 is better.
 
iSkylla said:
yeah, run Prime 95 for at least 24 hours. 12 is good but 24 is better.
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OK thanks! I'll download that one too. Is it free? :)

Kathy
 
fenderltd said:
nice oc on the voltage :D
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Don't make me come over there! :)

So does anyone have any suggestion on getting my OC a little higher? Or is this about all I can expect from it? Thanks!

Kathy
 
Kathy said:
Don't make me come over there! :)

So does anyone have any suggestion on getting my OC a little higher? Or is this about all I can expect from it? Thanks!

Kathy
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are you air or water cooled?
 
Air only, and my temps are right around 30deg and when playing games there about 4 to 5 deg higher. Thanks!

Kathy
 
Kathy said:
Air only, and my temps are right around 30deg and when playing games there about 4 to 5 deg higher. Thanks!

Kathy
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is that the actual CPU temp or the temp on the HS?
 
Is that stock cooling? If so, I wouldn't push the voltages past 1.45, and if you hit over 60C at load, you're too high.
 
Bona Fide said:
Is that stock cooling? If so, I wouldn't push the voltages past 1.45, and if you hit over 60C at load, you're too high.
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OK, thanks for the tip!

Talonz, don't be so hard on yourself, so far your the only one that thinks so! :D

Kathy
 
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