overclock & 2d mode journal #2

by srph • 3 Aug 2008, 15:56 • Forums › Technology
UPDATE
thanks for all the help, now i achieved this:P
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Original post.

okay, i have overclocked my amd athlon64 3000+ 1800Mhz to 2117Mhz after fixing up cooling (there was dust blocking the cpu fan, so it only rolled @ 1200rpm. now it's 2500+).
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i ran OCCT for 7 hours during the night to check stabily
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i think there's still enough space when it comes to temperature: could raise another 4 degrees.
however, yesterday i tried to increase the clocks with an extra 45mhz and my pc failed to turn on :<. i didn't even reach the bios, i just heard a long beep, and then another one, and then another one... i used my laptop&google to figure out this was a memory problem, so i moved my rams to the other 2 slots of my motherboard, and before turning on, i have done a bios reset. this way it turned on again, i have set back to 2117Mhz.

i have a few questions. is this normal? can i reach higher clocks if i decrease the speed of my ram to 266Mhz (now it's 333 and default was 400)? shall i increase voltage more (i have increased ~0.2V on the cpu, 0.1 on the ram)
i don't want to fuck my pc up, tbh i am almost 100% satisfied already, but i simply want the best. if it's safe to go higher, tell me what to do. thanks :>
i actually didn't have time to decrease the cpu multiplier and test that way, is it going to help ?:o
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Deactivated6120 3 Aug 2008, 17:05
:D

a freak overclocked his 3000+ from 1.8ghz to 2,87 ghz :D
319 mhz fsb
9.0 multiplicator
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srph 3 Aug 2008, 17:11
my oc is 17% aswell :) i'm thinking to by an x2 aswell, but i am going to wait till Wolfenstein comes. surely many people are going to sell their x2s to switch for intel nehalem:p
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Deactivated6120 3 Aug 2008, 17:13
buy c2d :P
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srph 3 Aug 2008, 17:19
my budget is 65 euros. the only thing i can get is the processor, they will get really cheap soon (they already are... but i can wait longer). getting c2d from now on is useless. everybody should wait for nehalem, it comes with LGA1366
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h3ll 3 Aug 2008, 19:33
bullshit, you can always wait for new stuff to be released, if you want to play the newer games your 3000+ wont get that far, and to wait another 2 years till nehalem gets released, no thx :X
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srph 3 Aug 2008, 17:21
but i'm sure it's with watercooling, i don't have that. just a huge heatsink with a fan. also my rams are crap, don't think they can handle too much overpower
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Deactivated6120 3 Aug 2008, 17:44
with a better cooler like the Freezer Pro u should be able to oc to 2,4ghz
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srph 3 Aug 2008, 17:55
good, unfortunately the time i bought this thing, the freezer pros were all sold out=(
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Lover 3 Aug 2008, 17:23
u do it on ur risk
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Klapp 3 Aug 2008, 17:23
sounds to me you need to do more research
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srph 3 Aug 2008, 17:25
yeh, i wrote this journal just in case if somebody is more familiar with this topic :>
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Klapp 3 Aug 2008, 17:32
not me, i fried my CPU try google and get an old PC 4 practice
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srph 3 Aug 2008, 17:52
this cpu is worth 13 euros, i'm not that worried ;) i still don't wanna throw it away tho:P
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Klapp 3 Aug 2008, 18:16
if you really want to learn to OC, google 4 what other ppl could reach with your specs and go 4 it in small steps (if you dont have patience like me forget it) if you just want more performance buy a AMD 3800+ to reach same performance with your CPU you will spend the same amount of money on cooling.
btw my cpu fried cuz the lack of cooling paste, dont forget to check that
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S3ti 3 Aug 2008, 17:25
Just be careful @ voltages and temp, frequencys alone can do no damage, all that can happen is that the system fails to boot or that it´s unstable. Just rtfm and play with the settings :p
Generally you can say raising voltages up to 10% shouldn´t be a prob.
Ram frequencys, multi, voltages, timings and so on depends on which ram you have.

hint:
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e: There is no common proof procedure which you can do to reach the highest and stable clock, you have to test it yourself with every individual system
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srph 3 Aug 2008, 17:51
ok thx a lot =) gonna read a little bit more about the whole process, and then continue the job :>
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jnz 3 Aug 2008, 17:35
overclocking is for ppl who own shit cars and put spoilers on them and stuff

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S3ti 3 Aug 2008, 17:38
And nobody would say yes to 30% more power by just turning a few screws o0
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srph 3 Aug 2008, 17:48
indeed, why would you spend 3x the price if you can get the same thing with a little work. :)
i actually could afford it, but as i have mentioned before, i am not willing to spend more than 65 euros on my pc for the upcoming 2 years.
it's a shame that i have bought my current cpu for 10x the price what it's worth now. i don't want to end up the same way. :)
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spooz 3 Aug 2008, 21:49
not
by overclocking u can save some real money, buying worse proc and overclocking it instead buying higher model
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SuchY 3 Aug 2008, 17:48
I need more !!! :XDD

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srph 3 Aug 2008, 17:49
i am a complete beginner :p but i have to the right tools to start, so why not.
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dundy 3 Aug 2008, 17:53
If you just are lucky with your procesor and mobo and get good cooling you can get pretty high clocks but you need also good gfx if you are thinking reach high fps
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srph 3 Aug 2008, 17:57
my gfx have cpu limit, that's for sure =p should be np...
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Pafke 3 Aug 2008, 18:30
How the hell!?..... xD

e: Never mind, just got it to 4 gigs me self :)
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S3ti 3 Aug 2008, 19:18
looks nice :o
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reality 3 Aug 2008, 20:04
FAKE FAKE FAKE it's all faked.
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triflip 3 Aug 2008, 18:12
I've my 3200+ 2,0 ghz running @ 2,6 ghz. Could go higher if I had better ram :(
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srph 3 Aug 2008, 19:03
my samsung rams are the best D:
i have just downclocked the rams to 266mhz and have given them 3-4-4-8 timings.
i'm @ 2250 (9*250) now, gonna test stability now!
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h3ll 3 Aug 2008, 19:27
same here \o/ @ 1.58V

viege's 3000+ (also venice) can run higher tho xD
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triflip 3 Aug 2008, 19:30
I'm running stock voltage :o
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h3ll 3 Aug 2008, 19:35
lol? no auto voltage enabled then or smth ? ;p
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triflip 3 Aug 2008, 19:39
ff gechecked staat op 1.43V standaard is 1.38V, dus heel wat minder hoeven te verhogen dan jij.
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triflip 3 Aug 2008, 19:42
oke lol denk tog dat auto voltage aanstaat op een of andere manier want CPU-Z zegt 1.49V terwijl bios op 1.43 staat.
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an1mal 3 Aug 2008, 19:25
get c2d xD

ps. the only reason I can't get higher FSB is probly my mainbord.. I bet this cpu can go higher... on another mainbord

But I run these settings standard.. works fine :D
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srph 3 Aug 2008, 19:56
2250MHz is stable, gonna try to hit 2300 now
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srph 3 Aug 2008, 20:35
2300MHz is stable aswell :> and tbh i think this is gonna be the one i'm keeping.
idle 45°C, load 60°C
this is 27,7% overclock.

i'm sure 2400MHz wouldn't be much far away, but i am satisfied now =) i'm happy with winning 500MHz already :P

maybe after a while i'm gonna get better cooling.
thanks for all the help. :>>>>
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srph 3 Aug 2008, 20:44
image: finalcpuz

tbh i feel sick, i mean. i have this cpu with this cooler for 3 years already, and i have never done this before =( nvm, it's never too late :>
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indu 3 Aug 2008, 22:19
beginners ...
3000+ overclocks easy to 2.6ghz
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srph 3 Aug 2008, 22:33
so what, everybody was a beginner once...
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indu 4 Aug 2008, 13:44
normaly people read tutorials and then they start to overclock.
First one- for that old cpu you need good ddrams like corsair. Motherboard should be with nforce4 chip.

2 years ago ...

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with E8400
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Estonian Record image: 8.078
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srph 4 Aug 2008, 14:22
i have read a couple of tutorials, but still. i wanted to be sure.
anyway, n1 results:)
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