Hey guys I'm new to this forum and was recommended by a friend for advice and entertainment (Unboxing, guides etc).
I just built my first gaming rig and know little about overclocking. Literally all I know is that you multiply your FSB with your multiplier to get your processing speed, also you need lowest voltage possible (but I hear horror stories about people changing voltages and destroying processors so I haven't touched them yet). I presume you don't need to know my computer spec because it should be below the post??
Anyway, I went into BIOS and my motherboard has a built in OC Tweaker. I went on it and changed my FSB to 281Mhz with a multiplier of 11. I haven't changed any Voltages or the ram or anything I just changed those two settings and CPU-Z says I'm now overclocked to 3.1 GHz. I have the stock CPU cooler and 4x120mm case fans.
Stock temps are 40 degrees for both cores. I have ran Prime 95 for 10mins and core0 runs at about 53 and core1 at 46 average. I measured these with SpeedFan (is that acurate enough?)
Now you know that, I would like to know how hard I can push this rig without advanced cooling, I know it won't be much but I plan to get Watercooling soon and hope to of learn't the basics so I can then push the rig even more. I would like to be able to overclock the CPU and RAM sucessfully.
I play World of Warcraft most the time, but I do play games like COD BO, MW2, MW...and I would like to be able to have that little bit of extra playing power.
Thank you for all your help and I will return regularly to check for posts
I just built my first gaming rig and know little about overclocking. Literally all I know is that you multiply your FSB with your multiplier to get your processing speed, also you need lowest voltage possible (but I hear horror stories about people changing voltages and destroying processors so I haven't touched them yet). I presume you don't need to know my computer spec because it should be below the post??
Anyway, I went into BIOS and my motherboard has a built in OC Tweaker. I went on it and changed my FSB to 281Mhz with a multiplier of 11. I haven't changed any Voltages or the ram or anything I just changed those two settings and CPU-Z says I'm now overclocked to 3.1 GHz. I have the stock CPU cooler and 4x120mm case fans.
Stock temps are 40 degrees for both cores. I have ran Prime 95 for 10mins and core0 runs at about 53 and core1 at 46 average. I measured these with SpeedFan (is that acurate enough?)
Now you know that, I would like to know how hard I can push this rig without advanced cooling, I know it won't be much but I plan to get Watercooling soon and hope to of learn't the basics so I can then push the rig even more. I would like to be able to overclock the CPU and RAM sucessfully.
I play World of Warcraft most the time, but I do play games like COD BO, MW2, MW...and I would like to be able to have that little bit of extra playing power.
Thank you for all your help and I will return regularly to check for posts