help overclocking AMD Phenom ii x4 965

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i need to overclock it to around 4.0gz my cooler is hyper evo 212. psu is 620 mobo m5a97 le r2.0 gpu hd 7770 so is that possible with my current build and where is a guide to do it
 
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If prime95 ran with no faults for 2 hours, I'd start playing. That will also be a test. How were your temps?

Some boards need more 'work' than others to arrive at a stable OC. The M5A97 le isn't a great OC'er. Doesn't even have a heat sync on the VRMs.
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My #2 machine is very similar to yours. PhIIX4 965BE @ 4.0 GHZ w/212 EVO, MSI 785GM-E65, R9-280, 750W PSU. I got it to 4GHZ with nothing more than the multi at 20 and the core volts at 1.4 I left everything else on auto in BIOS. It passed prime95 and Intel Burn Test.

Go here and scroll down to "overclocking tips": http://www.bjorn3d.com/2009/08/phenom-2-x4-965/
 
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okay i just overclock it and wondering where it said auto do i have to put my number in like 20.0 for 4hz or should i got a list of overclock setting i did hit 20.0 where it said auto and i did turn off cpu Spread Spectrum do i need to turn off cnq or can i keep that.i also keep on c1e.and i also turn my ram from 1330 to 1600 which i did not even know it was 1600 lol. just did prime95 worker 2 stop workering...at 4.0gz
 
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so i change it from 4.0 to 3.8 its working ill may be able to hit 3.9...okay max is 3.8 2hours of prime95 70c and under should i run prime95 longer or can i start using my pc for games now
 
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If prime95 ran with no faults for 2 hours, I'd start playing. That will also be a test. How were your temps?

Some boards need more 'work' than others to arrive at a stable OC. The M5A97 le isn't a great OC'er. Doesn't even have a heat sync on the VRMs.
 
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its all find temps are the same as normal maybe 5-8 more temps with would be between 69-70 ill run blend again for another 2hours.one more thing what is the best way to overclock my HD 7770 seeing how my cpu is overclock i should do the gpu by...at least 10% nothing crazy high....this is until i pay my new high end pc which is in 2 months from now
 
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I'd hold off OC'ing both at the same time. If a crash or BSOD shows up, you won't know which was the culprit.
 
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