Got my 2.8C

[Irr1449]

I ordered all the hardware in the Anandtech Overclocker guild.

2.8C, OCZ ram with the gold casing, Asus Motherboard and I also got a HT-101 cooler, its that copper thing with "super conducting tubes"

Put it all together today but I dont have windows yet to install.

All I changed was the Core clock speed, and it posted at 3.7ghz but it locked up in the bios. I didn't change any settings like the voltage or ram timing. I had no idea what to change it to, is there a guild some where that will tell me what settings to use for the best overclocking results??

 

[myocardia]

First, and most importantly, you never install Windows with an overclocked processor, so once you've cleared your CMOS, jut leave it alone until after you a) have Windows installed and b) have all of your other software installed.

 

[zodder]

Good rule to live by

 

[Sid59]

and ..

after you install your OS .. image it. if it corrupts, your image is faster to put back than the tedious OS install.

 

[MichaelZ]

Originally posted by: myocardia
First, and most importantly, you never install Windows with an overclocked processor, so once you've cleared your CMOS, jut leave it alone until after you a) have Windows installed and b) have all of your other software installed.

why's that mate? i've done it loads of times and doesn't affect it in the least...

 

[Super56K]

Well, one thing is while it's installing it could be on the edge of overheating and you wouldn't know it. And if it did overheat the system would freeze and you'd need to start over on your installation. It could also just be an unstable overclock. It's really better to wait until you've got your OS loaded and can run benches to test your oc out.

EDIT: Now that I think about it, lazyboy, you're propably talking about reformatting a system you've already oc'ed and know that it is stable. I do that on my system, but it's just a bad idea to overclock before you can run the proper benchemarks to test for stability on a newly built system.

 

[MichaelZ]

ah, that's putting it in context. :beer:

 

[daos]

Originally posted by: Super56K
Well, one thing is while it's installing it could be on the edge of overheating and you wouldn't know it. And if it did overheat the system would freeze and you'd need to start over on your installation. It could also just be an unstable overclock. It's really better to wait until you've got your OS loaded and can run benches to test your oc out.

EDIT: Now that I think about it, lazyboy, you're propably talking about reformatting a system you've already oc'ed and know that it is stable. I do that on my system, but it's just a bad idea to overclock before you can run the proper benchemarks to test for stability on a newly built system.

i was about to disagree, but i will definatly go with that. nicely put.