Hi guys ive been trying to overclock my Core 2 Quad Q8200s as its base clock speed is 2.33ghz and I feel it is probably bottlenecking my Gtx 550ti as i get some incredibly shoddy fps on a lot of games, ive managed to overclock it to 2.793ghz and I cant manage to get it any higher without the computer failing to boot and then showing this:
I cannot seem to get the Fsb to go any higher than 399mhz, at 400mhz i get the error above? I havent changed the voltage at all as im not sure how to or if you even can on my motherboard, here are my current settings:
Also my setup is as follows:
Core 2 Quad Q8200s
Asus P5G41T-M LE
Corsair Value Select Ram 2x2gb @1600mhz
Corsair 750m
Gtx 550ti
Fractal Design Arc Mini
Samsung Syncmaster 2032BW x 2
Also ive tried to use the motherboard automatic overclocking but when I set it to the 20% automatic overclock it wont boot as before which is interesting as because when I check on Everest what my current overclock is it shows as 19% which makes me think that maybe I have just reached the CPU's max overclock? Also I get temperatures of about 40c idle and 63c under load which is only an increase of about 4c from when it was set at the stock speeds. So can anyone help me out? I've checked the Core 2 Quad guide on this website to no avail as the setting he has in his motherboard aren't at all similar to mine, Ive look through the Asus motherboard manual as well and it doesn't explain anything at all. Also I have seen a deal for manufacturer refurbished Corsair Coolers on overclockers and was wondering if it would be worth the risk to pick one of them up for cheap:
[urlExt=http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-021-CS&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2342]Corsair H100[/urlExt]
[urlExt=http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-023-CS&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2342]Corsair H60[/urlExt]
[urlExt=http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-022-CS&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2342]Corsair H80[/urlExt]
Any help would be greatly appreciated as Id like to try and get a bit of a performance boost out of my pc for the little while that I have it before I upgrade to current gen intel.
Thanks in advance,
Lewis Jay Birch
I cannot seem to get the Fsb to go any higher than 399mhz, at 400mhz i get the error above? I havent changed the voltage at all as im not sure how to or if you even can on my motherboard, here are my current settings:
Also my setup is as follows:
Core 2 Quad Q8200s
Asus P5G41T-M LE
Corsair Value Select Ram 2x2gb @1600mhz
Corsair 750m
Gtx 550ti
Fractal Design Arc Mini
Samsung Syncmaster 2032BW x 2
Also ive tried to use the motherboard automatic overclocking but when I set it to the 20% automatic overclock it wont boot as before which is interesting as because when I check on Everest what my current overclock is it shows as 19% which makes me think that maybe I have just reached the CPU's max overclock? Also I get temperatures of about 40c idle and 63c under load which is only an increase of about 4c from when it was set at the stock speeds. So can anyone help me out? I've checked the Core 2 Quad guide on this website to no avail as the setting he has in his motherboard aren't at all similar to mine, Ive look through the Asus motherboard manual as well and it doesn't explain anything at all. Also I have seen a deal for manufacturer refurbished Corsair Coolers on overclockers and was wondering if it would be worth the risk to pick one of them up for cheap:
[urlExt=http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-021-CS&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2342]Corsair H100[/urlExt]
[urlExt=http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-023-CS&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2342]Corsair H60[/urlExt]
[urlExt=http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-022-CS&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2342]Corsair H80[/urlExt]
Any help would be greatly appreciated as Id like to try and get a bit of a performance boost out of my pc for the little while that I have it before I upgrade to current gen intel.
Thanks in advance,
Lewis Jay Birch