Highest OC on air for 4200+
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macgamesrule
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Few Athlons can do much over 3GHz... if you're on air, I'd say consider yourself fortunate to have gotten that far. I took mine up to 1.55V and couldn't get past 2.65GHz
To be honest I am not sure of the temps actually - I need some temp monitoring software if anybody can suggest some? The MSI application Dual Core Centre is not yet compatible with Vista... But yeah I will try to push for 3GHz - reached it before but it was unstable so it may require higher voltage.
UPDATE: 3.02GHz reached.
UPDATE: 3.02GHz reached.
Allargando
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nice work there
hopefully your temps aren't in the 50-60C range
I've only been able to get to about 2565 (270 x 9.5 @ 1.5V) on my x2 3800 s939
I've used both core temp and everest
core temp has a much smaller footprint, but everest tells you a lot more
right now everest seems to be reading temps a bit high compared to the other sensors I'm running (asus pc probe, AI booster and core temp)
hopefully your temps aren't in the 50-60C range
I've only been able to get to about 2565 (270 x 9.5 @ 1.5V) on my x2 3800 s939
I've used both core temp and everest
core temp has a much smaller footprint, but everest tells you a lot more
right now everest seems to be reading temps a bit high compared to the other sensors I'm running (asus pc probe, AI booster and core temp)
irtehbobert
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Hi. Wonder if you could all help me. I have the 4200+ and being the n00b i am i downclocked it. i have a gigabyte m55S-S3 mobo and just wondered what i need to get the most i can out of my processor without oblitorating it. i have a
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro V2 On it atm
help would be much appreciated.
thanks guys.
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro V2 On it atm
help would be much appreciated.
thanks guys.
name='irtehbobert' said:
Hey good to hear from you - I am by no means an expert - I suppose the OC you can achieve really is unique to each processor, as every one will clock differently. It seems I must have a pretty good chip to get up to 3GHz, but as I understand it the average OC for a 4200+ would be around the 2.6-2.7GHz mark.
The easiest way to do this would simply be to up the FSB (The HTT Link SPeed is the same thing) Leave the multiplier at 11x so you can achieve a higher clock with a lower FSB - Also I would suggest upping the voltage to around 1.45V or somewhere around that mark and up your case fans quite high to keep the chip cool.
If you want your memory running faster then drop the multi down to 10x and your RAM will get a larger dividend of the HTT speed and will run faster.
Tips basically are don't go too high if your hardware isn't up to the job (crap RAM will not OC well) and make sure you have enough airflow to keep it all cool.
Hope this helps.
irtehbobert
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All i can up is the mhz on the chip i cant seem to find out where the fsb is on my mobo. any ideas
thanks
Rob
thanks
Rob
irtehbobert
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I thought that too but all i have is htt vaultage control.
sorry im a n00b.
sorry im a n00b.
Perhaps it would be wise to invest in a better mainboard then perhaps if you are serious about overclocking. I aren't too sure on this, but I would have thought a fairly decent Gigabyte board like you have would allow at least some overclocking - try taking a look in the Cell Menu or a similar option tab in the bios. From there you should be able to up the HTT link speed / FSB
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