Overclocking

Hi all,

Can anybody here (hello Zing!) give me the basics of how to overclock my PC?

It's currently a AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core CPU 4600_ 2.41GHz / 2GB RAM

I've read some stuff on overclocking but not too sure what to change - not changed anything yet - don't want to risk damaging anything!

Are there any programs I can download that tell me what I could possibly change and what performanc increase I could obtain?

Cheers

Lee

[DocDutch]

i wouldn't do it is there any reason you want to as you dont notice a overclock that much only if you get it over 3 ghz

Originally Posted by DocDutch

i wouldn't do it is there any reason you want to as you dont notice a overclock that much only if you get it over 3 ghz

Just want to see if I can get a bit more oooomph out of this before I start looking at upgrading.

[DocDutch]

okay so what mobo have you got and then we can see what can be done also the cooler as if its stock the cpu might overheat

you seriously aint gonna get much out of that above stock.

Watch the cooling

Drop the ram speed first then up the FSB bit my bit and if need be up the vcore once you get a stable overclock on the cpu you can play with the ram. I wouldnt really bother to much though

Is it AM2 or SKT939 neither are good overclockers though

If you are possibly considering an upgrade and want to stay with AMD go with a Balck Edition chip as these are multiplier unlocked

Originally Posted by DocDutch

okay so what mobo have you got and then we can see what can be done also the cooler as if its stock the cpu might overheat

Motherboard

Motherboard ID 03/09/2006-NF-CK804-A8NSLISE-00
Motherboard Name Unknown

Front Side Bus Properties
Bus Type AMD Hammer
Real Clock 200 MHz
Effective Clock 200 MHz
HyperTransport Clock 1000 MHz

Memory Bus Properties
Bus Type Dual DDR SDRAM
Bus Width 128-bit
Real Clock 161 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 322 MHz
Bandwidth 5145 MB/s


CPU:


Field Value
CPU Properties
CPU Type DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2400 MHz (12 x 200) 4600+
CPU Alias Manchester S939
CPU Stepping BH-E4
Instruction Set x86, x86-64, MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
Min / Max CPU Multiplier 4x / 12x
L1 Code Cache 64 KB (Parity)
L1 Data Cache 64 KB (ECC)
L2 Cache 512 KB (On-Die, ECC, Full-Speed)

Multi CPU
Motherboard ID OEM00000 PROD00000000
CPU #0 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+, 2412 MHz
CPU #1 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+, 2412 MHz

CPU Physical Info
Package Type 939 Pin uOPGA
Package Size 4.00 cm x 4.00 cm
Transistors 233.2 million
Process Technology 11Mi, 90 nm, CMOS, Cu, SOI
Die Size 199 mm2
Core Voltage 1.100 - 1.350 V
I/O Voltage 1.2 V + 2.5 V
Maximum Power 89 - 110 W (depending on clock speed)

CPU Manufacturer
Company Name Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Product Information http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...30_118,00.html

CPU Utilization
CPU #1 / Core #1 0 %
CPU #1 / Core #2 1 %

[Kymmy]

One of the reasons I got an Nforce board many years ago, just run NTUNE on it and it tests all the overclocking for you...

Umm that's intresting - just loaded up a load of apps and noticed that:

CPU Utilization
CPU #1 / Core #1 0 % - Did not change at all..
CPU #1 / Core #2 1 % - Went up to 99% and back down to 2%

Core #1 not working....??

Originally Posted by Kymmy

One of the reasons I got an Nforce board many years ago, just run NTUNE on it and it tests all the overclocking for you...

That's a great utility! Just what I was looking for - thanks.

Downloaded and will run soon!

Cheers

Lee

[Kymmy]

Just make sure that you keep an eye on ALL of the temps whilst doing it..

[damien c]

i think you will manage to get it to about 2.7ghz maybe abit more but amd's don't overclock to well, especially the older dual core's as far as i know.

but it's worth a try although you probably won't notice a difference unless you manage above 3.0ghz.

good luck with it.

[Ramrod]

I always had better results overclocking the GPU......for gaming anyway....

[Kymmy]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

I always had better results overclocking the GPU......for gaming anyway....

Well Ntune will overclock your CPU, FSB, GPU and Mem It steps each one a little at a time until the system becomes unstable then on the reboot it drops it back slightly, the only problem is that it doesn't monitor the temps so you may need to step them back a bit further or make sure youve got a really, really, really decent active cooling system on your CPU, chipset, Memory and GPU's

does it step up the cvore, vdimm and the north bridge voltages?