New To Overclocking help!

[Quadrider10]

@kbrady1979 and @TwoCables


if you guys are going to bash and fight, take it elsewhere. i dont want that crap in my thread

@TwoCables

i wish you posted that earlier. i bought the CX500M. damn. owell. by the time i receive the rebate, ill be back up and running. so idk how long it takes. my stock CPU cooler is fine for now and fine for some experimenting at least.

my future upgrades consisted of 660Ti and 8 core FX cpu, mobo, and HDD/SSD with some OCing of course. the other reason why i bought the CX500M is because it has a 5 year warranty. so the warranty and the price kinda won me over the 450W one you posted earlier.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

It's true if money was never an object then it would be Seasonic's forever and all would be 1000+ or higher wattage and Silver, Gold or Platinum rated. Having personal experience with 3 Ultra's I'm happy with the performance and value but I don't expect them to equal the Seasonic of which I have 1 for double the Ultra's price. I've used a couple of builder Corsairs and they're just ok. Not really fair to compare those budget Corsairs with top flight high power modular units. I think there are more great PSU's also being made by many others. The one overriding concern I have is Japanese caps, good warranty, excellent and quiet cooling and then not under purchasing on power. I've read many a bad review as I've read many a good and I find that when reading reviews it's as important to read between the lines and look for those words which ring true to you. In order of preference for me money being no object.
Seasonic, Corsair, Thermaltake, Antec, EVGA, Coolermaster, Silverstone, Ultra, XFX, OCZ, Kingwin

 

[TwoCables]

kbrady: whether or not you realize it, you said that I'm wrong by showing me what Guru3D recommends and then saying "Taken directly from your 2nd link. I made my recommendation........I'm done". It looks to me like you're using that to say that I'm wrong and that I'm also blind for not seeing that on the same article that I linked to (I also felt like you were throwing it back in my face, which I really don't appreciate)! Well, as I hope to have shown you, I know what their recommendations are and I also know what kind of PSUs they're talking about too. Again, they're talking about peak-rated units just like how both AMD and NVIDIA are (and how all aftermarket brands are) with their recommendations/requirements. The reason they're not talking about continuous-rated units is then they would have to teach their customers about the difference between peak-rated and continuous-rated and they would also have to teach them other PSU-related things. This way they can just state their recommendations/requirements and be done with it. There are people out in the field like me to take care of that education, and they know that.

I just wish you would back off. That's all. It seems to me like every time I post something, you come along trying to contradict it somehow and I'm absolutely sick and tired of it. So please stop! You're the only one in this entire community who's doing it! It has reached a point for me where every time I see one of your posts after mine, I roll my eyes and say "Oh great. Now what?".

I don't know, it just feels like you don't like me and that you'd rather I quit coming here. I feel accepted by everyone in this community except you. What is your problem with me? Should we just put each other on ignore and be done with it or what?

I really think you have the wrong idea about me, or maybe the wrong impression of me. Whatever the deal is, I want to work this out. If we can't work it out, then I would want you to put me on ignore. I'm sick and tired of having to defend my facts because of you. You're the only one in this entire community who's doing this to me!

@kbrady1979 and @TwoCables


if you guys are going to bash and fight, take it elsewhere. i dont want that crap in my thread

@TwoCables

i wish you posted that earlier. i bought the CX500M. damn. owell. by the time i receive the rebate, ill be back up and running. so idk how long it takes. my stock CPU cooler is fine for now and fine for some experimenting at least.

my future upgrades consisted of 660Ti and 8 core FX cpu, mobo, and HDD/SSD with some OCing of course. the other reason why i bought the CX500M is because it has a 5 year warranty. so the warranty and the price kinda won me over the 450W one you posted earlier.

What's nice though is you'll have a modular PSU. It has more hardwired cables than most modular PSUs, but still: once you experience a modular PSU, you'll never want to own a non-modular one!

The only regret I think I have here is that you could have spent a lot less up front, but it looks like you don't mind waiting 1½ to 2 months to receive the prepaid rebate card (it takes 6-8 weeks to arrive once you send in the request form).

The CX430/500/600 PSUs aren't bad though. You could've done much worse.

 

[kbrady1979]

I have to continually defend myself because of my recommendations. I have never said you were wrong, just offered another option. In fact, SEVERAL other members usually have the same opinion as mine, and none of us tell you that you are wrong. Get off your cross, we need the wood.......nobody is picking on you. I don't appreciate how you disregard my opinion/recommendations, but I don't bitch and whine about it like you do. I think I have you figured out pretty well, and still have managed to back you up in several posts BECAUSE I'm aware you are knowledgeable. There is no harm in you having an opinion, and someone else having an opinion. The quicker you can wrap your head around that, the better off everybody will be.

Carry on.

 

[Quadrider10]

IF YOU GUYD ARE GPING TO FIGHT. FU*KING LEAVE!

@TwoCables

Well this way I have to excuse to buy anything within that 3 months cause it would be mastering money I call it smart! Haha

 

[TwoCables]

IF YOU GUYD ARE GPING TO FIGHT. FU*KING LEAVE!

@TwoCables

Well this way I have to excuse to buy anything within that 3 months cause it would be mastering money I call it smart! Haha

Oh yeah, it's kind of like self-discipline or something.

 

[Quadrider10]

IF YOU GUYD ARE GPING TO FIGHT. FU*KING LEAVE!

@TwoCables

Well this way I have to excuse to buy anything within that 3 months cause it would be mastering money I call it smart! Haha

Oh yeah, it's kind of like self-discipline or something.

exactly! lol

idk this whole build costed me $260 out of pocket for parts! grand total was $386. but after $20 mail in rebate, and my check from youtube, it kinda even its self out.

the only thing im biting my self on is not getting the FX 4350 and a different MOBO. but whatever. i can live with it.

 

[Britton30]

How'd you get a check from youtube?

 

[Quadrider10]

How'd you get a check from youtube?

monetize on my video

 

[Quadrider10]

ok so i am now trying my hand at OCing. im not going for my orgional 4.5 or 4.4. im now shooting for 4.2...


so i want my base clock to be 4.0ghz and turbo to be 4.2ghz. my main pet peve tho is that i still want the CPU to scale its speeds and voltages. to keep temps down. how should i go about doing this, and what should i enable/disable for CPU features?

also there are 2 settings i can change in bios for the turbo speed. one is CPU MAX turbo speed, and the other is CPU turbo speed. which one do i change?

 

[Quadrider10]

i think i got it. base is 4 and it boosts to 4.2 also the cpu is scaling and so is the voltage. just have to stress test it and make sure its stable.

also 1 other problem. when i go into bios, it says my RAM is at 1600mhz. but the speed its really rated at is 1866mhz. id i change the DRAM value to DDR3 1866, bios now sees it as 1866 ram in some parts, but MSI control center still sees it as 1600mhz. what can i do to fix this?

 

[Solarstarshines]

i think i got it. base is 4 and it boosts to 4.2 also the cpu is scaling and so is the voltage. just have to stress test it and make sure its stable.

also 1 other problem. when i go into bios, it says my RAM is at 1600mhz. but the speed its really rated at is 1866mhz. id i change the DRAM value to DDR3 1866, bios now sees it as 1866 ram in some parts, but MSI control center still sees it as 1600mhz. what can i do to fix this?

Don't use MSI control center go by the bios only that program will produce false results

 

[Quadrider10]

i think i got it. base is 4 and it boosts to 4.2 also the cpu is scaling and so is the voltage. just have to stress test it and make sure its stable.

also 1 other problem. when i go into bios, it says my RAM is at 1600mhz. but the speed its really rated at is 1866mhz. id i change the DRAM value to DDR3 1866, bios now sees it as 1866 ram in some parts, but MSI control center still sees it as 1600mhz. what can i do to fix this?

Don't use MSI control center go by the bios only that program will produce false results

bios in the top right when first opened says DDR3 1866. but when in other parts of the bios like the mem section, it reads 1600mhz

thats when i change DRAM to DDR3 1866

 

[Solarstarshines]

i think i got it. base is 4 and it boosts to 4.2 also the cpu is scaling and so is the voltage. just have to stress test it and make sure its stable.

also 1 other problem. when i go into bios, it says my RAM is at 1600mhz. but the speed its really rated at is 1866mhz. id i change the DRAM value to DDR3 1866, bios now sees it as 1866 ram in some parts, but MSI control center still sees it as 1600mhz. what can i do to fix this?

Don't use MSI control center go by the bios only that program will produce false results

bios in the top right when first opened says DDR3 1866. but when in other parts of the bios like the mem section, it reads 1600mhz

its rated speed and what it is running at is two different thing the BIOS reports 1866 ram but it was downclocked to 1600mhz im thinking that is wh at you see you need to select it to 1866 and save it

Now if it goes back to 1600mhz something is up with your ram because natively those chips support 1866

 

[Quadrider10]

Don't use MSI control center go by the bios only that program will produce false results

bios in the top right when first opened says DDR3 1866. but when in other parts of the bios like the mem section, it reads 1600mhz

its rated speed and what it is running at is two different thing the BIOS reports 1866 ram but it was downclocked to 1600mhz im thinking that is wh at you see you need to select it to 1866 and save it

Now if it goes back to 1600mhz something is up with your ram because natively those chips support 1866

let me clear this up..... and get SS.

if i have everything set to "auto" bios will read my 1866mhz ram as 1600mhz. if i go into bios and change DRAM from auto to DDR3 1866, bios will read it as 1866, but MSI CC will not. ill post SS of what i mean

 

[Quadrider10]

ok first pic is when everything is set to "auto"

second pic is when i changed DRAM from "auto" to "DDR3 1866"

third pic is what is displayed in RAM Specs section when still configured to 1866

fourth pic is what is displayed in MSI CC when still configured to 1866

my cpu stoped scaling frequencies after i changed it.

 

[Solarstarshines]

1st Enable XMP

Core control needs to be Auto

lots of your settings are off

HT link needs to be manually set to match up to 2600 it's native HT speed you are at 2400

 

[Dude]

1st Enable XMP

Core control needs to be Auto

lots of your settings are off

HT link needs to be manually set to match up to 2600 it's native HT speed you are at 2400

Your in good hands here Quad. Don't worry what control center says as stated above, even after you enable xmp (or what amd calls it) it wont read write. CPU-z memory tab will show you its at 1866

 

[Quadrider10]

alright ive tried EVERYTHING!!!!!! can not get it to 1866 even after manually changing the timings. so im just going to leave it. not worth it for how much of a gain it will be....

 

[Quadrider10]

GOT IT! or at least i think i do... CPUZ is saying 933mhz so i guess im good. also CPU is now scaling and OC to 4.0 base and 4.2 Turbo. when i get my cooler, depending on temps, i might still go to 4.4..... now on to my wifi problem..... anyone care to help? lol

http://www.sevenforums.com/network-sharing/292731-need-help-router.html