Overclocking Procedure

[Bondi007]

I was thinking of overclocking my E6750 when or if I get some watercooling, I was wondering if I mess up the overclock and the pc doesnt boot up can I reset the cmos and try again at a lower level? how do u do it safely?

[Toxcity]

Thats all there is too it really, if a clock goes wrong just reset the CMOS. Easy!

[Bondi007]

Cant you damage ur cpu tho? if it goes wrong?

[Toxcity]

Not really. Unless you are going stupid with Voltage.

If it doesn't boot it just doesn't work.. from my knowledge it doesn't do any harm.

[Bondi007]

so it just changes the settings doesnt do anything permenetly that you cant change back?

[gotmaxpower]

It can do damage, but only if you raise the voltage up too high or let the temps raise too high.

Just dont be silly and you'll be fine.

Also, remember, your FSB can only go as high as 2x the rated speed of your RAM.

For example, my RAM is DDR2-800, so that limits me to an FSB of 1600 (Which sadly limits me to a maximum overclock of 3600MHz, but lets not get into that).

Good luck!

EDIT - Another tip, download 'Orthos' and let it test your system whilst overclocking. If you get any errors, reset the overclock and try something lower.

[Toxcity]

Pretty sure you will be able to get further than double your RAM clock if you push it enough.

[PP Mguire]

Isnt this in the wrong area??

[Rastalovich]

Yeah, there`s overclocking, and extreme overclocking. I`d imagine u wouldn`t go extreme cos.. well ur asking the question atm.

Small steps... small steps.. and in this case Tox is right, u`ll not break anything that can`t be fixed by a cmos clear.

Take big steps, or feel ur gonads are bigger than they are.. something could go, cpu or mobo or whatever.

[Toxcity]

Originally Posted by name='Rastalovich'

Small steps... small steps.. and in this case Tox is right, u`ll not break anything that can`t be fixed by a cmos clear.

-cough- Tox is always right -cough-