When to stop?

[Riff]

When is the right time to stop overclocking a Athlon 64 3200? When it fries!?

I've overclocked mine from 2.21 to 2.43Ghz and my system appears to be stable. Although the CPU tempurature has gone from 38 to 43.

This was achieved using the motherboard's own BIOS settings, something called AI Overclock. Options are 2% 5% 8% 10%. (2.43 is 10% i.e the Max) To go further I'd have to switch the settings back to manual and continue uping the CPU frequency. (Currently at 220) (220 x 11)

I fear my setup is not configured for further overclocking. My motherboard is an ASUS K8N4 w/ Nvidia nForce 4 Chipset and is designed for overclocking. However I still have a bog standard Athlon 64 Heatsink and Fan cooling the CPU. The temperature when running a game reached 43 Degrees.

Go on? One mhz at a time with frequency tweaking, or avoid tempting fate and leave as is? Current goal is 2.5 Ghz, retaining system stability.

 

[Dav0s]

stop when you blow something up!!!

nah, seriously, until your chip cannot go any further. but to be on the safe side, when your temps seem to be getting too high under load

 

[Ham]

Untill sp1m fails, then -5/10mhz on the HTT/FSB for stablity.

 

[Ares210]

When is the right time to stop overclocking a Athlon 64 3200? When it fries!?

I've overclocked mine from 2.21 to 2.43Ghz and my system appears to be stable. Although the CPU tempurature has gone from 38 to 43.

This was achieved using the motherboard's own BIOS settings, something called AI Overclock. Options are 2% 5% 8% 10%. (2.43 is 10% i.e the Max) To go further I'd have to switch the settings back to manual and continue uping the CPU frequency. (Currently at 220) (220 x 11)

I fear my setup is not configured for further overclocking. My motherboard is an ASUS K8N4 w/ Nvidia nForce 4 Chipset and is designed for overclocking. However I still have a bog standard Athlon 64 Heatsink and Fan cooling the CPU. The temperature when running a game reached 43 Degrees.

Go on? One mhz at a time with frequency tweaking, or avoid tempting fate and leave as is? Current goal is 2.5 Ghz, retaining system stability.

43* is nothing. Basically around 50 - 52 under load is fine. the only thing that might hold you back is your stock heatsink because as i have seen it pretty much sucks on keeping temp. down under load. But, 2.5 stable should be do able.

 

[Riff]

Currently, looking at AI Booster. All the needles are in the green. That's fan speed, voltage and temperature.

Checkout the screenshot below, the temperature concerns me. Another couple of degrees and we'll be in the yellow.

Note: You might notice the chassis fan readout is nil, but I have two fans in this case - they just aren't plugged into the motherboard is all.

 

[Ares210]

Currently, looking at AI Booster. All the needles are in the green. That's fan speed, voltage and temperature.

Checkout the screenshot below, the temperature concerns me. Another couple of degrees and we'll be in the yellow.

Note: You might notice the chassis fan readout is nil, but I have two fans in this case - they just aren't plugged into the motherboard is all.

Lol 42 is nothing. I have a Venice 3500+ and i am idling at 43 right now and i have a CNPS 9500. Also, as long as you dont up the volts then the temp. will not rise that much.

 

[NickS]

What the heck, thats a bit warm.

 

[Riff]

Warning! Conflicting opinions detected! Which to go with!

 

[Ty07allstar]

I have a Venice 3000+ @ 2.43ghz idling at 32C and load about 45C. I have a stock heatsink. I would say under load no higher then 50C just to be safe.

 

[Riff]

So continue tweaking and stop when I get to 48-50 under load?

I set my CPU fan to go full speed when the temp hits 51. This advisable? I'm not too bothered about noise.

 

[Ty07allstar]

Yes stop around 50C. Set the fan to max.

 

[Ares210]

So continue tweaking and stop when I get to 48-50 under load?

I set my CPU fan to go full speed when the temp hits 51. This advisable? I'm not too bothered about noise.

I would go full speed all the time and anywhere around 48 - low 50's is fine. Also, amke sure you have AMD cool'n'quiet off cause i belief that might mess with your overclock a bit if i remember correctly.

 

[Riff]

Right, tweaked the frequency up to 227. (227x11)

Achieved just under the target: 2497.19.

Sadly, whilst putting it through it's paces, the game crashed out. No blue screen and restart like before. Though I restarted and reverted it back to 220.

Temperature was 45c idle.

 

[NickS]

Yowza!! A tad warm for idle.

 

[Ares210]

Yowza!! A tad warm for idle.

What do you idle at seeing as you have water? Also, as long as he is stable it shouldn't be a thing.

 

[Ty07allstar]

Cool n' Quiet does mess up your overclocks.

 

[Riff]

Don't worry, cool and quiet is off.

I mean, just the very name contradicts what I'm doing here.

Hot and Noisy would be more suitable.

Looks like 2.4Ghz is all I'm gonna get out of this CPU.

Not to worry though, next time I go shopping for parts, I'll be getting ones with maximum overclock potential.

Tempted now to overclock my 4 year old GeForce4 MX440 128MB SDR. It's been sitting in a box for 3 years. But that's another story...