Overclocking FX-60

[duktayp]

When i look at FX60 reviews and stuff on the web, everybody says the cpu is perfectly stable at 3ghz+ on stock cooling AND voltage. i have a zalman CPNS9500 cooler and the computer is not stable at even 3GHz with this fan. cpu temps are around 42-46 (summer). i have tried various settings that i've found on the web and nothing works.

here is a 3ghz one: http://forums.legitreviews.com/about4133.html

i tried this AND messed around with the voltage. after i login to windows & msn opens, the computer locks up and in the msn window are coloured dots like this:

anything above 2.93 gives problems like these & anything above 3GHz will give me BSOD when windows boots. should i be not worrying about this and just get my ram to run at a higher speed and drop the multi? or is there a problem.

all help appreciated thx. sometimes even at what i have my comp at now (13*225 1:1 1T) i get rare bugs like alt+f4ing a game or minimizing it will result in coloured squares covering the screen with my monitor turning off intermittently, but this could be because of some problem with my graphics cards. thanks for the help

 

[Ham]

Id put it down to either RAM or mobo. But there is no definite in overclocking. Your CPUs max may be 2.9.

Try a devider on the memory, just a small one. If that dosn't help get a DFI SLI-DR.

 

[llwyd]

PCI-E bus freq locked? The new msn uses a slightly more advanced rendering method that puts more strain on a GPU than your normal windows form style window.

 

[duktayp]

i tried a divider

hopw do i change the pci-e bus frequency? i cant see anything that would change it.

 

[Nagaru]

Shouldn't it be simply raising the multi, then the voltage, then the multiplier since it is an FX chip?

 

[duktayp]

why would you raise the voltage before fsb? sry

<--noob.

 

[ionicle]

as far as i know, you wouldnt, what i do is raise the FSB to the point where it becomes unstable, THEN raise the voltage, i guess you could raise the voltage first, but it seems a bit pointless to me

 

[duktayp]

my voltage is currently at 1.45v is that particularly high? maybe it needs to be below stock?

edit: after a bit of messing around i got this:

i heard somewhere recently that loosening ram timings can help, so i raised my CAS latency from 2 to 3, changed my command rate from 1T to 2T and dropped my voltage to stock. my ram is running at 1:1 (244MHz 3-3-2-6) <- i hope that's still pretty good! *feels pleased with self* i will now go try 3Dmark06 and then try 1T

eit2: i have dropped my cpu voltage AGAIN to something slightly lower, AND im at 1T @ 244MHz *happy* MSN STILL HASNT CRASHED THE COMP! lol. who needs 3GHz when you have practice, fun and achievement?

 

[ionicle]

thats a pretty good achievement, well done

if you put it at 3-3-3-6, then try 300x10, just to see if it works, if it does, performance should see a boost

 

[FarFarAway]

That's good dude.

Now for some stability testing - download and run Orthos and Super Pi 32million

Loosening RAM timings works, as does adding a little bit of voltage to them.

Try a lower FSB and higher multi seeing as the chips not locked. 300 x 10 is good, but you're better off staying in the high multi's if your RAM's holding you back

 

[WC Annihilus]

Hmm... I'm pretty sure the RAM he has should be able to go higher with loosened timings. Or maybe not. Those should be either UCCC or Infineon CE-5/6 chips I think

 

[duktayp]

will try everything you guys just said tomorrow sleep time now! thx.

 

[duktayp]

sry double post!

I got up this smorning with high hopes, i tried 10*300, tried lower, tried ram timings, tried voltages, failed. did the same with 11*~270, failed again. so i went back to my 12*244 and messed around for about 45 mins, even 1mhz faster (245) had problems so it looks like im at the 'limit' of my cpu that sux.

 

[FarFarAway]

Tried raising the multi and lowering the FSB?

 

[Ham]

are you still running 1:1?

If so i spect its your ram, iirc pc3500 is rated for 225mhz.

 

[duktayp]

yeah i tried 13-14-15 * and didnt work.

it's not my ram because it's running fine at 244 right now

 

[Ham]

if its rated for 225 and its running at 244 then its most likely your ram mate. Try a divider.

Edit: Google showed PC3500 is only 217mhz.

I still say get a DFI SLI-DR

 

[duktayp]

if its rated for 225 and its running at 244 then its most likely your ram mate. Try a divider.

Edit: Google showed PC3500 is only 217mhz.

I still say get a DFI SLI-DR

sorry i dont understand if my ram is running right now at 244 as i type this, then why is the problem my ram? :O

 

[Ham]

Your ram runs at the same fsb as you CPU at 1:1. So if your trying to run at 300x10, your ram will be running at 300. wich they just wont do. using a devider you can run your cpu fsb at 300 and your ram at about 250 or 200. Id write more but i gota get too work, so ill leave it to someone else.:wavey:

 

[duktayp]

thx for replying so fast i know how dividers work, it's just that i've already tried with a divider (300x10) and it doesn't work :O

and you said my ram will only run at 217, it's running, right now like i said, at 244 with a 1:1 divider so the 217 thing isnt true.. see what i mean?