- Jan 11, 2024
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I have this old system, with a i3 2120 CPU & ASRock H61M-HVGS motherboard. I decided to mess with the BIOS settings and found a GPU OC section. This doesnt have dedicated graphics, so this was to apparently OC the integrated graphics. I messed with the settings, and my default max clock speed of the iGP was 1.1GHz. I increased it little by little to about 1300 when it started crashing. After this,, i increased the voltages a lil bit and managed to get it upto 1600MHz!
This might be rookie numbers to some of y'all but considering this is a ~13 year old system, its kinda impressive. (to me, atleast)
I ran benchmarks as well between each of the OC's and the benchmark differences were mild, but were something. I ran the tests using furmark at a super low res, and got these scores @ 640x360p
SCORE:272 points (5 FPS, 60000 ms) default max clock (1100mhz)
SCORE:282 points (5 FPS, 60000 ms) default max clock (1100mhz)
SCORE:259 points (4 FPS, 60000 ms) 1200mhz
SCORE:259 points (5 FPS, 60000 ms) 1200mhz
SCORE:305 points (5 FPS, 60000 ms) 1300mhz
SCORE:339 points (6 FPS, 60000 ms) 1450mhz
SCORE:372 points (6 FPS, 60000 ms) 1600mhz
Not all scores were logged, but these scores were what i got.
My question is, can I go further?
I know about the stuff that could happen, but anyone who can give me any idea on how much more voltage that could be fed into this thing?
Cooling is not an issue, i'm monitoring that and adjusting fan curves and stuff.
The official ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility allows upto 3GHz overclocking, but thats simply not possible and im aware. this also tells me that the voltage limits that are given in the app are also not what the IGP can handle, and setting it higher and higher could kill it (?)
can it handle fluctuations like +0.5v? or higher?
someone pls tell me whats the safe overclocking voltage that can be added to this. thanks.
This might be rookie numbers to some of y'all but considering this is a ~13 year old system, its kinda impressive. (to me, atleast)
I ran benchmarks as well between each of the OC's and the benchmark differences were mild, but were something. I ran the tests using furmark at a super low res, and got these scores @ 640x360p
SCORE:272 points (5 FPS, 60000 ms) default max clock (1100mhz)
SCORE:282 points (5 FPS, 60000 ms) default max clock (1100mhz)
SCORE:259 points (4 FPS, 60000 ms) 1200mhz
SCORE:259 points (5 FPS, 60000 ms) 1200mhz
SCORE:305 points (5 FPS, 60000 ms) 1300mhz
SCORE:339 points (6 FPS, 60000 ms) 1450mhz
SCORE:372 points (6 FPS, 60000 ms) 1600mhz
Not all scores were logged, but these scores were what i got.
My question is, can I go further?
I know about the stuff that could happen, but anyone who can give me any idea on how much more voltage that could be fed into this thing?
Cooling is not an issue, i'm monitoring that and adjusting fan curves and stuff.
The official ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility allows upto 3GHz overclocking, but thats simply not possible and im aware. this also tells me that the voltage limits that are given in the app are also not what the IGP can handle, and setting it higher and higher could kill it (?)
can it handle fluctuations like +0.5v? or higher?
someone pls tell me whats the safe overclocking voltage that can be added to this. thanks.