overclocking my amd phenom II x4 970 cup

Milky Kou

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yeah im curious on how high i can overclock my cpu because i have had it for about 2 years now, but i have yet to do any over clocking even though i have and advanced liquid cooling system. the cpu doenst give me much trouble on most games, so far the only 2 that go under 60 fps at max settings being tomb raider and hitman absolution, however im wanting to get the most bang for the money i spent, so i want to know how to safely overclock my system without making it unstable, i do have the amd overclock program, but i am a little afraid to use it. any help is appreciated~
 

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when you say fsb, is that within the amd or bios? i tend to not use the bios cause alot of the functions scare me, and the 4.5 ghz, is that ussualy stable or unstable?
 

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so when i went into the bios, the cpu bus speed (closest thing i can find to front bus speed) was already at 216. i increased it to 225 and it seems to be fin, ,but the second i go high the system seesm to be unstable, should i not enhance any more? or can i still enhance but at a different way?