Overclocking help

[2fast2furious]

ok what can i safly overclock my amd a64 3000+ to? and will upping the voltage on my agp card from 1.5 to 1.7 make a differance i have a newcastle chip and a geforce 6800 card.


also is this correct? and a realable temperature sensor? it came on a cd with my mobo.

 

[2fast2furious]

ok i am on 2.4 from 2.0 :P whats my limit llo? its running at 35 degrees mobo temp and 34 cpu, whats my limit LOL

 

[Rick-e]

You'll know when you've gone too far, your CPU will fry.

That would be your limit.

 

[urbanfox]

You'll know when you've gone too far, your CPU will fry.

That would be your limit.

Instabilty is the limit, you can't fry something unless you are a complete idiot or by chance.


The temps it displays for the CPU is way off, try something like speedfan.

It would help to know...


motherboard
cpu
ram
settings
cooling

 

[2fast2furious]

speed fan says temp 1 30 temp 2 29 temp 3 -128 HD 28 is that ok? that is with the pc clocked back down to only 2.2 instead of 2.4 it was origionally 2.0

 

[urbanfox]

speed fan says temp 1 30 temp 2 29 temp 3 -128 HD 28 is that ok? that is with the pc clocked back down to only 2.2 instead of 2.4 it was origionally 2.0

The temps for that is off too, your winbond chip on your bios probably doesn't read em well then.

What...

cpu
motherboard
ram
cooling
settings

do you have

 

[2fast2furious]

cpu is amd a64 3000+ newcastle chip, asus k8n mobo, 512 Dane-elec pc 3200 ram, standard cpu fan, 2 extra case fans, gfx card fan, what settings u mean?

 

[¤]´)÷¤--§îr Äürøñ--¤÷(`[¤]

cpu is amd a64 3000+ newcastle chip, asus k8n mobo, 512 Dane-elec pc 3200 ram, standard cpu fan, 2 extra case fans, gfx card fan, what settings u mean?

Lol, if you have High-RPM fans and a good case, i'd say those temps are probably achievable.

I know i wasn't getting much higher without any fan other than my CPU one running

For the record, there's a good chance the PC3200 ram might hold you back when overclocking. Is it 1 stick, or 2 btw?

Other than that, keep going, and run tests like PiFast and Timedemos to check for instability. When you reach that limit, call for help

 

[urbanfox]

Lol, if you have High-RPM fans and a good case, i'd say those temps are probably achievable.

There is no way his CPU is running 32c~ idle @2.4 unless his ambient is really cold, unless that is a stock clocked CPU, and that's with aftermarket air cooling.

There is definitely no way his CPU is 32c~ idle @ even stock with the stock HSF unless his ambient is friggin friggin cold,

Settings is like...

vcore
ht
htt
vdimm
memory timings
divider

and your agp v should be kept @ 1.5 and your agp/pci clocks to 66/33

I am assuming you are using a half multiplier?

 

[2fast2furious]

nope i set the fsb to 240, in a manuel setting in the bios there is a selection where u can select preset overclocking at 1% - 10%, it seems fine but atm i am scared to break it lol so i avent went past 2.4 :P i have 1 stick of 512 btw pc 3200.

 

[2fast2furious]

ok am at 2.45 Ghz it set overclocking faild when i went to 2.5

 

[SkyDragon]

my pc runs at 22c for ages it hardly ever moves after been on for hour +1 and warmed up lol . mums b/f good with pcs and he says lowest temp hes seen but me pc got like 4 fans in i think. a big monster one on my processor. one on motherboard i think -.- and one on back of case and 1 below me grpahics card blowing up onto it

edit : ok these are my pc specs tell me if these ok.
i just reading from where it says them

Amd athlon (tm) XP 3000+

2.17 GHZ
512 of ram

 

[2fast2furious]

is that over clcoked? i have over clocked it by 450 Mhz here thats why temp increase.

 

[SkyDragon]

nope not overclocked

 

[2fast2furious]

also my chip set is nforce 3 btw

 

[Detritus]

Lol voiding your waranty for an extra lil bit of speed is not worth it imo

 

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There is no way his CPU is running 32c~ idle @2.4 unless his ambient is really cold, unless that is a stock clocked CPU, and that's with aftermarket air cooling.

There is definitely no way his CPU is 32c~ idle @ even stock with the stock HSF unless his ambient is friggin friggin cold,

Settings is like...

vcore
ht
htt
vdimm
memory timings
divider

and your agp v should be kept @ 1.5 and your agp/pci clocks to 66/33

I am assuming you are using a half multiplier?

Urban, those temperatures are VERY possible :P

Make note of two things, first the cold weather the UK is experiencing right now, and that he said AMD64 3000+, *removed*.

Even in my cheap case with 3 cheap fans, i still manage to idle at 33 :P

 

[2fast2furious]

decided not to overclock so much as a just paid 650 quid for ma machine well gfx card was half of it n i dnt wanna knack it :P

 

[urbanfox]

Urban, those temperatures are VERY possible :P

Make note of two things, first the cold weather the UK is experiencing right now, and that he said AMD64 3000+, *removed*.

Even in my cheap case with 3 cheap fans, i still manage to idle at 33 :P

how cold does it get in your house 30 F?????


And detrisus, how in the world are you qualified to make a statement like that...

Overclocking with a 3000 can yield a 25+% increase in clockspeed... not worth it? BS, of course it is. Oo I ****ed my warranty... who the hell cares you plan on frying your chip anytime soon?

And threadstarter, download 'cpu z' and post screenshots of the cpu, mainboard, and memory tabs.

 

[2fast2furious]

there u go m8s. that is it clocked by 200 Mhz as it was saying it was like 1.1 Ghz on cpu z when i went higher.