voltage setting"

[Wurmer]

I was wondering if I can pull out a light OC (Q9450 2.67 @ 3.2) by only adjusting RAM voltage and CPU voltage and let the rest of the voltage settings on auto ? Could this cause me problems with auto setting trying fun things like over shooting or under shooting some settings such as North bride, south bride etc etc etc ?

 

[theAnimal]

Have you read the sticky?

 

[Wurmer]

Yes I have read the sticky but nevertheless I am still confuse. It's my understanding that all those voltages were adjusted in order to get the best overclock with the minimum of heat dissipation but honestly I am trying to cut myself some work here if possible. I am not a hardcore OC'er and can live with a bit more heat than necessary if I get a stable OC without damage my rig.

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: Wurmer
...but honestly I am trying to cut myself some work here if possible.

Originally posted by: Wurmer
...get a stable OC without damage my rig.

Do you see how those two statements you made are kind of inviolate of one another.

If you want to cut work for yourself, don't expect too much in the way of stability for your rig or no damage to your rig.

There's a reason someone went to all the effort to make that sticky for folks just like yourself who aren't exactly sure what they need to do.

If you want a cliff's version then you need to be prepared for the elevated chances of having an unstable rig or a possibly damaged rig.

You have to decide which is more important to you, your time upfront setting up the overclock (follow the sticky, reduce chances of trashing your rig) or your your time on the backside (save time now, spend countless hours reinstalling your OS, games, apps, and files when your unstable rig corrupts your data or burns up your PSU).

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Originally posted by: Idontcare

Originally posted by: Wurmer
...but honestly I am trying to cut myself some work here if possible.

Originally posted by: Wurmer
...get a stable OC without damage my rig.

Do you see how those two statements you made are kind of inviolate of one another.

If you want to cut work for yourself, don't expect too much in the way of stability for your rig or no damage to your rig.

There's a reason someone went to all the effort to make that sticky for folks just like yourself who aren't exactly sure what they need to do.

If you want a cliff's version then you need to be prepared for the elevated chances of having an unstable rig or a possibly damaged rig.

You have to decide which is more important to you, your time upfront setting up the overclock (follow the sticky, reduce chances of trashing your rig) or your your time on the backside (save time now, spend countless hours reinstalling your OS, games, apps, and files when your unstable rig corrupts your data or burns up your PSU).

I agree.

He wants to achieve something just short of a 20% over-clock. It should be well established by now for Intel processors -- including even the socket 478 P4 dinosaurs -- that a 20% over-clock is pretty well-assured.

If he wants short-cuts, he can get them, but he still needs to do some extra reading. He can read performance reviews for his motherboard, memory and CPU which put the products through their paces and even provide guidelines for testing and over-clocking. He can read forums on the same components, to see what users achieved. And he can read the specs for these components to get an idea of "safe limits."

Barring these chances to capture proven over-clock settings of reviewers and other users, he still needs to read the specs for the components, even if he proceeds at 5 Mhz intervals to raise his CPU FSB speed.

In addition to Graysky's sticky, I recommend the Fall, 2007 article by Anandtech on over-clocking the 45nm QX9650:

Overclocking Intel's New 45nm QX9650: The Rules Have Changed

So, when it really gets down to the wire, there are "short-cuts" and there are "Short-Cuts." By this I mean that the former involve more work, anyway, even if it saves just part of the tedium. But there really aren't any "Short-Cuts."

Ultimately, he'll discover that the tedium and methodological approach saves a lot of mishaps, panic and trouble.