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merlin · #1 10-18-2007

I thought I would update the overclocking tutorial a little as it is a year old at least now.. It is going to be all over the place for now untill I get it all done.. Yes I know there is allot of mispelling lol, my nickname way back was the resident mispeller.

Overclocking your system will reduce your CPU life and will stress your system. Please follow the directions and Overclock at your own risk

For How To I will be using my AMD 6000+ for the cpu.

To start my cpu is 3.0 ghz stock. With a multiplier of 15 and a Front side bus of 200. So 15 x 200 = 3.0 ghz or 3000 mhz
Every single cpu has a different sweet spot for thier multiplier. Most AMD's is 11 but it is not law. As mine was 15.

Let us begin by downloading this program Stress Prime 2004 . Since most newer cpu's are at least dual core this is a newer stress test made for stressing both cores.
Another program I would like you to download is speed fan http://webpages.charter.net/bvanlies...peedfan431.exe
This will let you know what your cpu's tempature is and other critical temps ionside the case are while stressing your computer.
Reboot your system and get into your BIOS. If your overclocking you have a DIY pc. Meaning it was not built by Dell, HP etc. As those pc's are not overclockable.
So once into your BIOS you will want to find the tab that says Hardware Monitpring. You will see a tab that says "Alarms" Or somthing simlair. You will want to set an alarm if your cpu goes above 65c for these tests. One thing about AMD is they can take a little more heat than Intels.

Ram.. Ram is one of the biggest problems people run into when overclocking and not being able to go any further. The number one rul for ram and overclocking is never fill up all your Ram slots. This will greatly hinder your ability to go higher.

merlin · #2 10-18-2007

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Cases. Another factor in overclocking will be what type of case you have... If you have a small enclosed case with 1 or 2 fans overclocking will be greatly hindered.
When looking for a case you want one with at least on intake fan in the front and 2 in the back (you want more air being sucked out than being pushed in) For instance my case has 2 120mm fans in the front 2 120mm in the back, 1 90mm fan by my hard drives, 1 90mm fan on top and one 250mm fan on the side. So it creates a nice vacuum effect.
You also need room in the case for the Air to move around so if it is to thin again it will reduce your overclocking ability.

merlin · #3 10-22-2007

When overclocking you will need to stress your cpu first and a bunch of times after the intial burn in

We call it burn in because when you first install a cpu it is at stock settings..so 3ghz for the AMD 6000+ so I need to stress the system at stock settings first so it can get better used to heat this will provide a better chance for a much higher overclock..

First download Prime 95 once downloaded open it up and do a burn in test see image below..
You will see the options tab..Click it and put a check next to torture test. and make sure the circle that is check in the phot is the same in your window.

Now please remember to have Speed fan opened as well at this time so you can observe the temps.. You will want to run this program for 2 hours.. Yes your CPu is going to get hot, but you want it to, because since it is torturing your cpu (and it really is) once you end the program your temps will drop even lower than they would without having burned in the cpu. Lets say you start speed fan first and your cpu temp is 32c while the program is running it may go all the way up to 65c but once it is doe and has time to rest your new stock temp will drop to about 29c.. SO I hope now you can see the need for burning in.