Thread: How much can I overclock an AMD Athlon II Regor 3.0Ghz CPU?

[ascendant]

The processor I currently have is:

AMD Athlon II X2 250 Regor 3.0GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor

I'm looking to overclock this thing some for gaming purposes, but at the same time I have a concern for burning it out as I can't afford a new CPU at this time. I'm currently using the heatsink that came with the CPU. I do have another one but from what I had read when I purchased the CPU at the time, their heatsinks were getting great feedback and worked even better than some purchased from other companies. To save myself the trouble, I just went with the stock heatsink though I do have another I used to use. Don't have the name off the top of my head but I can get it later if people feel it would be a wise idea to go with something better for overclocking.

Anyway, don't wanna push the CPU too hard, just within a safe range where I will get a performance increase but not at the expense of risking damage to the CPU. Any suggestions from individuals with experience on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Kevmanw430]

One thing. Why not just unlock the extra cores on it? This would do much more than OC'ing. However, you need a board that allows it.

 

[pantsaregood]

One thing. Why not just unlock the extra cores on it? This would do much more than OC'ing. However, you need a board that allows it.

Regor is a native dual-core.

 

[Elixer]

Without knowing what motherboard you have, or what temp / voltages your current setup produces, then this is more of a guessing game than anything else.

 

[hdfxst]

This is my x2 240 but i was using an AC freezer 64 http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=707773 but i ran it at 3780 @1.4 volts for about a year and a half

 

[ascendant]

Without knowing what motherboard you have, or what temp / voltages your current setup produces, then this is more of a guessing game than anything else.

Sorry, mobo specs along with everything else:

motherboard - ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO AM3 AMD 785G HDMI ATX AMD
cpu - AMD Athlon II X2 250 Regor 3.0GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core
ram - Crucial 4GB (4 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
video card - EVGA GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5
hard drive - Western Digital Caviar RE WD1600YS 160GB 7200 RPM

 

[ascendant]

Alright, just to update...

With asus, I utilized the auto-overclocking feature in its bios. I set it for a 2% overclock for my CPU considering I can't see a 2% overclock which is the bare minimum for this feature to be any concern at all.

As far as monitoring my CPU temp, the program I have is CPUID, but I'm a bit confused as to what numbers are what? There is a tempin0 (currently at 41c), tempin1 (36c), tempin2 (128c) under my CPU information.

Last, my previous heatsink that I used prior to getting this new CPU a while back was: Rosewill RCX-Z940-SL 92mm 2 ball CPU cooler (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835200023). I'm thinking that this one would probably be better than the stock but wanted to throw it out there and get feedback to be sure before I pull my comp apart.