Overclocking

[iop280]

I have a:

GA-K8NF-9 Gigabyte Motherboard (nforce4-4x)
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (2.2 GHZ)
1 gb OCZ Premier RAM PC-3200
7900 GTX 512
450 watt PSU

So I was just wondering what I could overclock, and to how much.

Mainly i'm thinking about CPU and RAM, not really the video card, so can you tell me what programs to use and how far to overclock?

Thanks.

 

[Noubourne]

Nobody can tell you how much you'll be able to overclock until you try it - each chip is different. I wouldn't bother overclocking the RAM - lots of work for very little benefit.

And having a PSU with no brand name is not necessarily a good sign. It might be good, but you won't know for sure. If it isn't a good PSU, you'll probably get unstable pretty quick. Not sure about the 7900GTX cards though. Thought they were clocked pretty high to start. I think those are 90nm chips though, so you might have headroom. Coolbits usually is used to overclock video cards - well, by me anyway. Heh.

You use the BIOS to overclock the CPU. There are guides, well, everywhere. If you can't find them on Google, you won't be able to overclock it anyway.

*edit: Now that I look, there's an A64 OC guide sticked at the top of the forum where you posted this. Since it's seriously right above your post and you didn't see it, I'd recommend not overclocking anything at all. That kind of lack of attention to detail is going to get you nothing but a set of expensive keychains.

 

[iop280]

Thanks, right now i don't have the psu and the video card yet, but I am probably going to get a good PSU.

Someone told me that I could overclock my CPU to FX speeds, so i'm just looking around for info

 

[raincityboy]

Great OC guide

 

[Gbaby1008]

i got my 3200 at 2.5 with 1.45v and stock cooling, i'll probly go higher with a new mobo

 

[swtethan]

i got mine to 2.45 3200+ (2.2) on a $60 mobo lol im such a noob

 

[bennny]

I would read as many different guides as you can, some are better then others. Keep in mind, that each proc/mobo/ram/psu will all work differently as the combo's are always different, especially since each proc will have a diff limit. I have seen many 3200's reach 2400mhz-2600mhz on air. Make sure you have good case ventilation, as you will be oc'ing the HTT on your board. The process will take a long time, and make sure that you stress test with prime95 for at least 12 hours to make sure its stable. If your computer isnt stable on your oc, it might run well for a bit, but then you will encouter lots of bsod's. Be patient, and do your research, then start the process.