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| 418390 | 2006-01-05 06:26:00 | Hey Guys. Less than a week till I get the new rig :D :D And I want to OC the CPU, it is an AMD Athlon 4400+ X2 and I want to get it to atleast a 4800+, the difference is 200Mhz, how would I go about this? :confused: I will be keeping the stock HSF until a little later Thanks :D |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 418391 | 2006-01-05 06:44:00 | in the BIOS. Hit del when it boots up. I would get better cooling before you overclock that. | Prescott (11) | ||
| 418392 | 2006-01-05 06:52:00 | Yes I am going to but not at the moment, when I have better cooling I will OC it but I would like to know how to do it now, do what in the BIOS? | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 418393 | 2006-01-05 07:01:00 | Why exactly do you want to overclock your BRAND SPANKING NEW CPU? Do you do a lot of benchmarking gaming or are you just FIDDLING AROUND? Think long and hard before you decide to run your equipment above stock. I ran my 2.8(E) GHz Prescott at 3.2GHz for a few months and didn't really notice much of a difference.... there was no blindingly fast difference between stock to overclocked. I would think that considering how much an X2 CPU costs today... overclocking for fun is not to be taken likely. Just my 2cents cheers chiefnz |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 418394 | 2006-01-05 07:10:00 | It won't be quite so new when I get the new HSF. Just playing to see if it can get to the highest X2 speed and will be doing a little benchmarking. What are the risks involved in OCing? |
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| 418395 | 2006-01-05 07:30:00 | It won't be quite so new when I get the new HSF. Just playing to see if it can get to the highest X2 speed and will be doing a little benchmarking. What are the risks involved in OCing? The risk to the CPU is overheating. If it gets too hot it won't work anymore and you will have voided any warranty so go buy a new one. As to how to overclock it will depend on your motherboard and BIOS. What make and model motherboard is this. Some motherboards will automatically shut down the computer and some don't. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 418396 | 2006-01-05 07:39:00 | The mobo is a DFI Lanparty SLI-DR, and it says that it monitors the CPU temp and shuts down if it gets too hot :) | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 418397 | 2006-01-05 07:55:00 | The mobo is a DFI Lanparty SLI-DR, and it says that it monitors the CPU temp and shuts down if it gets too hot pressf1.pcworld.co.nz That seems to be good news. I personally have no experience with that motherboard. I will check this thread later tonight as I have to plod down to a mate who seems to be having problems with Emails. It's not paradise BTW and I don't need a reply about that so as to not hijack this thread. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 418398 | 2006-01-05 07:58:00 | it says that it monitors the CPU temp and shuts down if it gets too hot Yeah Right!!! :o They also said the Titanic was unsinkable... and we all know what happened there....need I say more. Forgive my insolence but if you're doing the overclock just to see how far you can push it... then what is the point... If you do get it to that MAGICAL 200Mhz... what then... I'm sorry to say but it won't be much of an overclocking accomplishment... there are others out there who use extreme cooling and will leave you eating their dust. If you want a decent overclock where you see tangible performance results you will have to go liquid nitrogen or something of the sort... and that doesn't come cheap by any stretch of the imagination. Cheers chiefnz |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 418399 | 2006-01-05 08:14:00 | Here is the spec page (us.dfi.com.tw) CPU Overheat Protection function monitors CPU temperature during system boot-upYeah, I was looking at getting a water cooling setup later in the next year or so, and then pushing it even further, all good things take time you know :p |
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