Healthy overclock?

dazftw

NOTE: Im probably after doing a few things wrong that you might not like so bare with me

So I went at some overclocking last night and I managed to get this..

Temps were idling at around 35 - 40(Ive had the pc on about two days prior to this.. when I 1st turned it on I was getting temps of 28 - 32.



If them temps are too high its probably because I didnt apply the artic silver enough.. Ill let you decide on that!

Also in bios it only lets me change the Rated FSB and not the Bus speed.. In all guides ive seen there changing the bus speed? Normal?

I hope it looks ok anyway and I got no warnings or errors from ORTHOS

dazftw

1st time I ran 3Dmark05 on it I got 14019 Running it now Im after overclocking im getting 15903

awhir

you are rising ur "bus" speed.

nice 3d mark score but i will giva ya a run for ur money when i get my upgrade in

could you tell me ur stepping ??

its on the box ,see the large label,see FPO#,then just give us that code.

my e6420 is a l702c553

Anti

you have a gts he has a gtx. I doubt your gonna be able to better his score. unless you introduce ln2 into the equation.

dazftw

<abuse coming my way>Im sorry I dont know what stepping is</abuse coming my way>



What box? The one for the cpu?

Main thing are temps ok to go further?

tuxy

See what the temps are in Core Temp while running StressPrime 2004 ORTHOS

awhir

look for FPO around here :

awhir

Anti wrote:

you have a gts he has a gtx. I doubt your gonna be able to better his score. unless you introduce ln2 into the equation.

mines running at gtx speed.

dazftw

awhir wrote:

mines running at gtx speed.

What about memory

Ill get that code for you when I get home im in work now so I cant

Tuxy ill do those test tomorrow sometime or it could be tuesday cause im working the next three days nights.. so I wont be on my computer at home much at all!

dazftw

Whats stepping? Like what increments am I going up?

awhir

the stepping is the code for the chip.its the code i was wondering you could post.

dazftw

Whats that like how far it can be clocked to? Or something to do with batch it was made in?

awhir

WELL BY the stepping you have an idea if its a good or bad chip because previces records of people who have allready overclocked with the chips.

see here is some amd optys records :http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=96900

awhir

hmm no 1s up then ,suppose i should hit the sack then

dazftw

sleeping is over rated lol..

Im in work 8pm to 8am.. ill go home and sit on my computer for like another hour before I go to bed

Im so sad.

Ill post up that code in the morning for you!

Chosen

Tell me about it...

DanGerMus

You just cant help it can you. you get home see it stareing at you beggin you to... turn it on. lol. Also working late but got home half hour ago.

dazftw

God were such losers

Feck it! pcs ftw

dazftw

Just a question.. What will happen when I up the fsb to the max before upping the voltage? Windows wont boot or it will become unstable?

Anti

Either really, it can become unstabe or it wont boot.

dazftw

This is not right at all.. It could be one of 2 things I think...

I had it going all day in my room when there was no window open and the radiators were on(didnt know was asleep)

Or ive not put the thermal paste on right..?

Im using zalman 9500 so I suspect it should stay lower?



Still got no errors or warnings from ORTHOS

awhir

as we said the 9500 is a pritty crap cooler.

but try reaplying the paste again.

dazftw

It cant be that crap though like?

Yea im guessing its the paste! Ill sort that out maybe in the morning ive work in half hour!

If the paste doesnt fix it.. I consider getting a different cooler.

Temps are idling now at 40C(how do you get a degrees sign?)

dazftw

put some more on... now there idling 35...

tuxy

Check out the artic silvers site for a guide on apply paste to a dual core intel cpu. Took a few degree's off my temp when I followed it.

I get much the same temp as you but my e6600 is at 3.2 ghz and 1.55 vcore. (scythe ninja cooler)

dazftw

Im running ORTHOS now and there both maxing at 56 and 57 degrees

might leave this on overnight til I come home in the morning.

dazftw

A little bit nice me thinks...



The thermal paste id say was the problem!

idling at 34 - 36 degrees now

dazftw

Went up a bit more.. Call me crazy but im a little impatient!

Got this..



Feels stable have played BF2 and HL2 all high temps dont hit 50 degrees

Ran 3DMark05 still not hitting 50

17127 is my new score

link.

Will run ORTHOS later..

awhir

cool 3ghz whats ur stepping ?

bet ya its a "G" for 3.0 on stock V

Anti

pretty impressive for stock voltage. Dont forget with the new therman comound on you should give it a few days to settle "bake in" before you really start pushing it.

dazftw

FPO#: L636A646

Is that what your looking for?

Whats the highest you can go on air? Also whats a safe temp to have at its highest?