Post Your Overclock!

[bassfisher6522]

First CPU overclock

Here is my first attempt at overclocking my CPU. I went from 3000 MHz to 3300 MHz and running smooth and cool.

 

[Britton30]

That's the way Jimbo, slow, steady, and small increments. You may be able to get that chip around 3.7-3.8 GHz before it starts sweating.

 

[A Guy]

That's the way Jimbo, slow, steady, and small increments. You may be able to get that chip around 3.7-3.8 GHz before it starts sweating.

But how high before he starts sweating?

A Guy

 

[tw33k]

Still tweaking the RAM



CPU-Z

 

[bassfisher6522]

I noticed when I OC my CPU it also changed my clock on my GPU...it went from 250 mhz to 500 mhz...is that normal and now it's running about 5 degrees hotter.

 

[StalkeR]

I noticed when I OC my CPU it also changed my clock on my GPU...it went from 250 mhz to 500 mhz...is that normal and now it's running about 5 degrees hotter.

Are you overclocking from BIOS ?

 

[smarteyeball]

I noticed when I OC my CPU it also changed my clock on my GPU...it went from 250 mhz to 500 mhz...is that normal and now it's running about 5 degrees hotter.

Normally no.

However if you adjusted the PCI Express frequency (or the AMD equivalent) it might explain the rise in higher 2D powerstate setting though.

 

[Britton30]

Still tweaking the RAM

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CPU-Z

Nice tw33k, is this still the 1600 in your specs? Impsessive if so. How's the mobo doing, I've got my RMA back and will be installing over the next few days.

 

[tw33k]

It's the same RAM but I raised the FSB to 250 so I could run the RAM at 2000MHz. The board is great. The main reason I got it was because of the LLC options and to be able to run RAM XMP profile and it does both brilliantly

 

[Britton30]

Nice! Hopefully I will get my GSkill Sniper 1866 to go faster. Whenever I got my 1600 RAM much over 1656 it wouldn't boot due to overclocking on my Gigglebyte board.
BTW, what is LLC?

 

[A Guy]

CPU Load-line calibration. Mark can explain from experience

A Guy

 

[tw33k]

load line calibration This explains vdroop pretty well

 

[bassfisher6522]

I noticed when I OC my CPU it also changed my clock on my GPU...it went from 250 mhz to 500 mhz...is that normal and now it's running about 5 degrees hotter.

Are you overclocking from BIOS ?

err...no...I'm using the AMD catalast control panel. So that might explain it.

 

[Britton30]

CPU Load-line calibration. Mark can explain from experience

A Guy

load line calibration This explains vdroop pretty well

Well that was confusing to me. The author says vproop is helpful and protects the CPU from volt spikes than goes on recommending to disable it. It seems it is for Intel chipset/CPU/mobos? I'll have to see if it is in the UEFI after I get back up with the 990FX pro.

 

[Dave76]

load line calibration This explains vdroop pretty well

Nice link, thanks.

 

[smarteyeball]

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Well that was confusing to me. The author says vproop is helpful and protects the CPU from volt spikes than goes on recommending to disable it.

The more 'constant forced' voltage LLC provides is sometimes needed for higher OC stability, despite the 'extra risk' of using it, hence the reason it's often recommended to use LLC to eliminate vdroop.

 

[tw33k]

I thought/hoped this RAM would perform better...

 

[Britton30]

That is really good Mark.

 

[StalkeR]

I thought/hoped this RAM would perform better...

Sorry that I ask, but I'm a bit confused. Why you have Memory 1 and Memory 2 there ?

 

[Dave76]

I thought/hoped this RAM would perform better...

Sorry that I ask, but I'm a bit confused. Why you have Memory 1 and Memory 2 there ?

Looks like he has two different RAM cards installed, haven't seen MaxMem post two sets of Memory info.
His specs say one kit 2x4GB.

Hey Tw33k, what ya got in there?