OC for AMD X2 3600 newbie here ^_^

[artazexel]

I just bought a new system and i want to try to OC, just like what I said on the topic I'm a newbie when it comes to this, the specs of my computer is: Processor AM2 X2 3600 S940; Motherboard Asrock AM2NF6G-VSTA DDR2; Memory DDR2 512MB PC800; video card Palit 7100GS PCI-E 256MB DDR.

I have a plan to upgrade the memory of my system to 2 Gigs of memory and even my video card because i heared my video card is a very lowend type kind graphic card adapter.

To till you guys honestly i don't know what to do first, do i need a software to be downloaded first to test the capability of my hardwares or something like that...

Please help T_T

 

[formulav8]

I'm not sure how good of a ocing/tweakers board your mobo is. But you need to set a lower multiplyer to the Hypertransport Bandwidth Link, Make it a 3x or 600mhz. And then set the memory ratio down to 133 or 166 or so.

I would start the htt mhz at 230mhz, and then ramp up the htt (fsb) in 10mhz steps or so until it starts getting unstable, and then lower by a mhz steps until you reach stability. You should have no problems getting to 2.4ghz with that chip. 2.7 or higher is possible if its a good chip and you have decent cooling.

That is pretty much the simplified way to oc with the A64's.


Jason

 

[artazexel]

My friend told me that i need to download a software before i do OC, can you give me all the tolls that i need to perform OC pls!




Ryan the newbie ^_^

 

[Furen]

You need no software to overclock, you can do it all through the BIOS. You CAN overclock in software if you want but since I have no experience in that regard, I can't help you there.

 

[artazexel]

ahhh ok... can i ask if what will this software do? i have read one of the way to OC in this site the guy give this link http://www.memtest86.com/ and http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm what will the software from this site do?

 

[potato28]

Originally posted by: artazexel
ahhh ok... can i ask if what will this software do? i have read one of the way to OC in this site the guy give this link http://www.memtest86.com/ and http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm what will the software from this site do?

Memtest will give you a test of the memory, to see if it's stable or not. Prime95 will do the CPU and RAM at the same time, but focuses more on the CPU.

 

[formulav8]

You can use software to oc if you want also. Clockgen will do it, so will SysTool and quite a few others.


Jason

 

[artazexel]

can you till me how to use the Prime95 pls? do i need to make a bootable CD? or i just need to use this software on windows mode?

 

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: artazexel
can you till me how to use the Prime95 pls? do i need to make a bootable CD? or i just need to use this software on windows mode?

You download the installer, install it, and run the program. No CD needed. A run of 12+ hours successfully means your overclock settings are good. Please remember to overclock in small increments and not to jump the gun and set the processor to a very high speed right away, as this is your first time and doing so might damage your chip. Good luck.

 

[artazexel]

ok... very much noted.