?how do you OVERCLOCK an AMD 64fx51?? thanks

oalvarez

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just got the machine last tuesday, has been a lot of fun so far. can anyone help in getting me started in overclocking this thing? where do u begin, how do u get there, how much/how little.....that kind of stuff.

thanks in advance
 

oalvarez

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can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, just trying to understand how to do it and to what setting. have not done it before.
 

Ionizer86

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The front side bus is a pathway that connects the processor to the northbridge chip in traditional processors. Everything is a multiple (or fraction) of this bus, so changing its speed changes the speed of many other things, including the processor.

In the case of the Athlon 64/FX, a new concept called the Hypertransport bus arises. This is the name of the bus that connects the processor to the northbridge, and once again, changing its speed changes the speed of everything else.

Your bios may call it the FSB (Front Side Bus) or the Hypertransport bus. (The value should say 150 or 600 I think) In either case, raise the value a little bit and the processor speed will also go up alongside with it.
 

klah

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Athlon 64 FX at 2.8 GHz .

They had a special bios from ASUS that allowed for adjustment of multiplier and vcore. I am not sure if these features are available in a publicly available bios. If they are not then you are limited to overclocking via the fsb as explained before. You should be able to hit around 2.35 - 2.4GHz with a good hs/f.