New to OCing

Sygnus, Ciara, BCXtreme, Wishmaster,

Thank you a bunch! I have an AMD 955 Black Edition Quad core. The reason I need a fast computer is not because I am a big gamer, although I do like to play, it is because I trade stocks. The faster I can make my computer the better. This will give you an example of what I am trying to accomplish:

Multiple Monitor Computers

What I did so far is raise the multiplier to 18X, left the voltage on auto and the FSB is at 200 MHz and it raised it to 3.6GHz. My temps which I monitor on HW monitor didn't get over 41*C, then I raised the multiplier to 19X still left the voltage stock and the FSB at 200MHz. it went to 3.8Ghz. With my trading program on, a web page, Microsoft Outlook, CPU-Z, HW monitor the max temp is 43*C. Should I try the stress test now like Prime 95?

I will wait till the new HS arrives though before trying to go higher.

I wouldn’t attempt to run prime95 overnight until you are sure your temps are stable first. This means running prime for a few hours while keeping an eye on the temps. Once you feel comfortable they are stabilized, then if you want, you can run prime95 overnight.

Myself, I’ve never ran prime95 for more than 5 hours, but that’s me. And as Wishmaster stated, you’ll rarely run you system as hard as prime 95 does, so….

Anyway I was running my i7-930 (2.8gig) to 3.52gig crystal smooth without issues and prime95 load temps in the low 70’s.

Now that I have my i7-950 (3.06gig), I'm trying to push it to 3.8gig but I find this processor is not as voltage friendly as my 930 was, thus I'm battling heating issues because proportionately, this one needs more voltage. Bottom line, I think I got a bad chip compared to my 930.

This is what I mean when I say overclocking depends on the chip as well.

Thanks. BTW you happen to know what the max voltage is for his processor? - See this post - https://www.sevenforums.com/overclock...ml#post1188318