Overclocking my PC...

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Hey peeps. Ok so Ive been thinking lately of Overclocking but eish idk if I want to and I dont know how to properly :-$. Id like your guys opinion if my Hardware can be overlocked noticing a difference in gaming performance and stable (Dont want restarting and not booting up and stuff like that)... Ok I have... All standard now except Gfx Card which ive already overclocked...

C2D E6750
Artic Cooler Freezer 7 CPU Cooler
Gigabyte X48-DQ6 Mobo
Corsair TwinX2 CL4 4GB 800
HIS 4850 Iceq4 Turbo OC - (685/1100)

Wat you guys think? Would it be worth it?
Thanks
 
I predict you'll be able to overclock your CPU quite nicely, go for 3.0GHz first and then try for 3.6. Read this if you're unsure of how to do it:

Originally Posted by Sapphiron
ok, I assume you've never overclocked before...

I hope you are familiar with playing in the bois, spesifically how to reset it using the motherboard jumper if you make a mistake.

I'm not familiar with Gigabyte BIOS'es, but there are 3 main things to know in basic overclocking

1. CPU speed is determined by taking the FSB times the CPU multiplier.
Intel FSB speed is Quad channel so 200MHz is 800FSB.
Your board is rated for a 1333FSB, or 333Mhz, so you got lots of room to play with. your E5200 has a 12.5 multiplier. 200Mhz X 12.5 = 2.5Ghz

2. Memory speed is determined by a ratio divider to determine your RAM speed relative to your FSB speed. For best speed and stability, its best to keep this ration at 1:1 or 1:2. IE if you FSB is set to 333Mhz, its best to run your ram at 667Mhz for 1:1 (2x333 since its DDR) or at DDR800 if you run your PC at stock FSB of 800, thus giving you 1:2. There are lots of other Devider settings, but you should stick to those 2.

3. its highly unlikely that your CPU will run a the motherboard's 1333FSB at its full 12.5 multiplier (4.16Ghz), but the benefit of running the FSB at 1333 is, that we can run the ram at 667 giving the ideal 1:1 sync. What we do then is to reduce the multiplier on the CPU to something more sensible. Start by aiming at 3Ghz (9 multiplier). That should give you a speed boost without pushing temperatures too high. Most E5200's out the should be able to do that.

what you will need to find out is how to change settings for the above in your particular BIOS. Some other owners of that board might be able to help you out with specifics.

Here's the 3 steps:
1. set your FSB to 333Mhz (some bios would indicate it as 1333)
2. Set you ram speed to DDR2 667 (some bioses might refer to this as 333)
3. Set you Max CPU multiplier to 9.

save bios and reboot.

After that you need to do 2 things, keep an eye on the temps using a program like speedfan

run the CPU through a stress test for a few hours (I use Prime95)

What you are looking to avoid is:
1. Temperature of over 60C when stress testing. below that wont shorten the life of your CPU.
2. Prime 95 failing tests, or bluescreen reboots.

Should you find it to be stable, you can go into the bios and start increasing the multiplier slightly by 0.5 each time and running the tests again, until you find either of the above happening, then go back to the last value that was stable. If your temps get a bit high, you can get a after market cooler like a Zalman 9300 or 7500 Cooler.

Congratulations, you are now "sticking it to the man" and getting what Intel did not intend for you to get

I've been able to get 2 E5200's to a stable 3.5Ghz using a ASUS P5QL-E motherboards.
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Yeah, easiest is to start with the FSB. It's currently 333. (333*8=2.66Ghz) Bump it up to 400 and you will get 400*8=3.2Ghz which is a reasonable bump in speed...
 
Feeling very chuffed about my advice being pulled out

thanks Elev8r!

a few differences for your hardware though

like Sharbait suggests, the start is to get your FSB1600. then you DDR2-800 ram will also be maxed out.

That will give you 25% extra CPU performance. Thats something you will feel.

not quite the 41% overclock my one friend got out of his E5200 (from 2.5Ghz to 3.52) at stock voltage, but a good gain for a 65nm processor.
 
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My friend has overlclocked his E6550 from 2.33 to 3.2.... makes me angry I got better/same quality Components than him and I cant touch that :(.... Im going back to standard frequencys Thnx for the advice anyways peeps
 
How much is the limit that i can overclock my E7300 to with standard cooling. My mobo is a ASUS P5Q VM(i think) 1600FSB, and i have 4GB DDR2 800 RAM. Cos i've got AI Suite installed an my multiplier is maxed at 10
 
Hey guys thnx for all the advice previously, succesfully overclocked it and im happy, you can actually feel it :D

CPU @ 3.2Ghz
FSB 1600
Ram @ 960mhz

@sapphiron: "E5200 (from 2.5Ghz to 3.52) at stock voltage" wat kinda mobo is that :eek:
@hoenner: Overclocked my mates 7200 on his P5Q our results...

CPU @ 2.850Ghz (9.5 Multipliyer :confused:)
FSB 1200 :confused:
Ram @ 920mhz or something

We could push it more right?? But he dont want to push his ram any higher, only using KingMax.
CPU temp reaches 38Degrees max but thats that damn V8 Cooler on there helping him.

Thnx alot guys for all the advice
 
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magikn00b said:
Hey guys thnx for all the advice previously, succesfully overclocked it and im happy, you can actually feel it :D

CPU @ 3.2Ghz
FSB 1600
Ram @ 960mhz

@sapphiron: "E5200 (from 2.5Ghz to 3.52) at stock voltage" wat kinda mobo is that :eek:
@hoenner: Overclocked my mates 7200 on his P5Q our results...

CPU @ 2.850Ghz (9.5 Multipliyer :confused:)
FSB 1200 :confused:
Ram @ 920mhz or something

We could push it more right?? But he dont want to push his ram any higher, only using KingMax.
CPU temp reaches 38Degrees max but thats that damn V8 Cooler on there helping him.

Thnx alot guys for all the advice
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ASUS P5QLE You can pick it up for R1500 or so. He got a very good CPU sample I believe. We set his FSB to 1600, his RAM to DDR2-800 , but dropped the max CPU multiplier to 9, since the CPU would not boot at 4Ghz :mad:

but you can expect about 3.2Ghz or 3.4Ghz
 
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