Overclocking AMD Athlon X2 4600+

[brawleyman]

Below are the specs for my machine. I know that Dell has no ability to overclock using the bios but that clockgen can be used for it, even though I have never used it myself.

Whenever I have Cool N' Quiet enabled, the multiplier drops to 5x from 12x (I am using CPU-Z to see the stats). Is there any way to up the multiplier? would there be any gain to it? Would it cause any problems with my Dell?

 

[heyheybooboo]

Originally posted by: brawleyman
Below are the specs for my machine. I know that Dell has no ability to overclock using the bios but that clockgen can be used for it, even though I have never used it myself.

Whenever I have Cool N' Quiet enabled, the multiplier drops to 5x from 12x (I am using CPU-Z to see the stats). Is there any way to up the multiplier? would there be any gain to it? Would it cause any problems with my Dell?

No.

 

[MarcVenice]

Heh, unless you got a black edition, which I don't think exists for th x2 4600+, then there is no way to up the multiplier, you can only lower it.

 

[brawleyman]

Thanks guys! That was quick!

 

[heyheybooboo]

Originally posted by: brawleyman
Thanks guys! That was quick!

WARNING! The following information can be hazzardous to your health and that of your computer.

CrystalCPUID

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AMD K6/K7/K8 Multiplier for Power Users.
It does not operate in all environments.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Support CPU List...
- K6 : K6-2+, K6-III+
- K7 : Mobile Athlon XP-M, Mobile Athlon 4,
Athlon XP (LV), Mobile Duron (Morgan)
- K8 : Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64, Mobile(DTR) Athlon 64, (Opteron)

Multiplier which can be chosen...
- K6 : 2.0x - 6.0x
- K7 : 3.0x - 24.0x
- K8 : 4.0x - 25.0x

 

[brawleyman]

What is that? Is that like a configurable CPU-Z? Can it really be bad to increase the multiplier?

 

[heyheybooboo]

Originally posted by: brawleyman
What is that? Is that like a configurable CPU-Z? Can it really be bad to increase the multiplier?

Preachin' to the choir, bro

It's a pretty cool utility that may help. Sometimes it works - sometimes not. Google your CPU and Crystal to find out if anyone has succeeded - or give it a try. Click File, Multi management settings and give it a tweak - to enable the tweak hit F3. Hit F4 for the clock. It either won't take the setting or will hang.

Where it's really handy is a more highly adjustable C&Q or PowerNow. You can clock the multi down in multiple increments - same with the voltages. Select the various combinations which work best for you. It generally won't let you work too far outside the paramters of C&Q but allows greater refinement. I've tried to reduce Opty's way outside the multi/volatage ranges on the low end of PowerNow and it mostly hangs. You'd think it would run 0.8 volts

Where it's handy is with an OC from the BIOS (if you disable C&Q or PowerNow in the BIOS). From within the OS you can fine tune the multi/voltages to dial back the OC depending upon system load