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Newbie to Overclocking needing advice

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July 7, 2014 12:00:02 PM

Hello I have recently built myself a new Rig and found through forum threads and posts on the manufacturers websites that the hardware I am using is supposed to handle overclocking very well. The Biostar Ta790gx3 A2+ board I am using has an automated overclocking utility built in to the bios but I don't exactly trust the system to govern its self when it comes to overclocking also when i tested it and ran a couple high intensity games it blue screened on me but it went by too fast to be able to read what it said. So I have had alot of success in the past getting advice from here and wanted to get opinions/advice from you guys.

Here are my hardware specs

Operating System
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD Athlon 7750 Black Edition 18 °C
Kuma 65nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 440MHz (5-5-5-15)
Motherboard
BIOSTAR Group TA790GX3 A2+ (CPU 1) 31 °C
Graphics
HP w1707 (1440x900@60Hz)
1023MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 (NVIDIA) 39 °C
Storage
298GB Western Digital WDC WD3200AAJB-00TYA0 ATA Device (ATA) 33 °C
232GB Seagate ST3250310AS ATA Device (SATA) 35 °C
465GB Western Digital WD My Passport 07A8 USB Device (USB (SATA)) 33 °C
1GB FLASH Drive SM_USB20 USB Device (USB)
Optical Drives
Optiarc DVD RW AD-7201S5 ATA Device
Audio
USB Audio Device


I don't consider myself an idiot but I am totally new when it comes to overclocking and what is involved and what is safe/acceptable when it comes to voltage and temperature so please explain it like you would if you were talking to an idiot :D 

EDIT: I forgot to mention It may be good to know my build is in a Cooler Master Centurion 5 mid tower with front and rear case fans and a Cooler Master heatsink and fan on the CPU that I cannot remember the model number but it is the big heatsink with the copper tubes running through it looking like a water cooled heatsink but it is air cooled.

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a b K Overclocking
July 7, 2014 1:58:24 PM

It's CPU overclocking that will really yield extra performance in some CPU's, you should monitor your temperatures on the CPU (could use HWMonitor), if your CPU under some time at heavy load doesn't get too close to 70 degrees celcius, you'll have enough heat headroom for overclocking, it's usally done from within the BIOS of the motherboard (although newer motherboards actually have programs for auto-overclocking). Keeping the temperature under 75 degrees celcius under load is acceptable.

You just made this system? Well i don't judge, everyones budget is different, but.

You do know that some newer products have come out, which are much faster in a budget pricerange, you're using AM2+ and AM3 & AM3+ are out, Also the DDR2 memory, DDR3 have been out for some time now, DDR4 is actually just around the corner for some extreme CPUs & motherboards.

But as i said i don't judge, i'll just make 100% sure that this was something you knew, and chances are, you'll have a great experience as long as it's better than your old hardware. ;) 
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July 7, 2014 3:02:10 PM

NiCoM said:
It's CPU overclocking that will really yield extra performance in some CPU's, you should monitor your temperatures on the CPU (could use HWMonitor), if your CPU under some time at heavy load doesn't get too close to 70 degrees celcius, you'll have enough heat headroom for overclocking, it's usally done from within the BIOS of the motherboard (although newer motherboards actually have programs for auto-overclocking). Keeping the temperature under 75 degrees celcius under load is acceptable.

You just made this system? Well i don't judge, everyones budget is different, but.

You do know that some newer products have come out, which are much faster in a budget pricerange, you're using AM2+ and AM3 & AM3+ are out, Also the DDR2 memory, DDR3 have been out for some time now, DDR4 is actually just around the corner for some extreme CPUs & motherboards.

But as i said i don't judge, i'll just make 100% sure that this was something you knew, and chances are, you'll have a great experience as long as it's better than your old hardware. ;) 


Well not to be rude but this post literally only answered one of my questions and that was about acceptable levels of temperature when overclocking a CPU. As I stated in my original post I am aware of the automatic overclocking feature on my motherboard I tried it and had ended up with a blue screen that went by to fast to be able to read what the problem was. I am looking for someone to tell me acceptable voltage and multiplier etc. for manual overclocking to bring this CPU to around 3.0GHZ without causing errors or damaging the motherboard.

I am fully aware there is better hardware available on the market but as this new build is a replacement streaming/gaming rig from my old Gateway laptop with a 1.4GHZ dual core 32nm AMD Anthlon and a sandy bridge intel stock board with integrated graphics and 8GB of DDR2 1600 it is not a step up but a leap up.
And considering that I was able to build the whole system with a budget of less than $100 I feel it will work for the time being. This Mobo is using an AM2+ socket which from what I have read will support all the way up to the AMD Phenom 2 X4 950 which when I get the money together I already planned on upgrading to but I just want to get the most power out of this CPU while I am stuck with it.
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a b K Overclocking
July 8, 2014 1:45:17 AM

Cyclonejack1988 said:
NiCoM said:
It's CPU overclocking that will really yield extra performance in some CPU's, you should monitor your temperatures on the CPU (could use HWMonitor), if your CPU under some time at heavy load doesn't get too close to 70 degrees celcius, you'll have enough heat headroom for overclocking, it's usally done from within the BIOS of the motherboard (although newer motherboards actually have programs for auto-overclocking). Keeping the temperature under 75 degrees celcius under load is acceptable.

You just made this system? Well i don't judge, everyones budget is different, but.

You do know that some newer products have come out, which are much faster in a budget pricerange, you're using AM2+ and AM3 & AM3+ are out, Also the DDR2 memory, DDR3 have been out for some time now, DDR4 is actually just around the corner for some extreme CPUs & motherboards.

But as i said i don't judge, i'll just make 100% sure that this was something you knew, and chances are, you'll have a great experience as long as it's better than your old hardware. ;) 


Well not to be rude but this post literally only answered one of my questions and that was about acceptable levels of temperature when overclocking a CPU. As I stated in my original post I am aware of the automatic overclocking feature on my motherboard I tried it and had ended up with a blue screen that went by to fast to be able to read what the problem was. I am looking for someone to tell me acceptable voltage and multiplier etc. for manual overclocking to bring this CPU to around 3.0GHZ without causing errors or damaging the motherboard.

I am fully aware there is better hardware available on the market but as this new build is a replacement streaming/gaming rig from my old Gateway laptop with a 1.4GHZ dual core 32nm AMD Anthlon and a sandy bridge intel stock board with integrated graphics and 8GB of DDR2 1600 it is not a step up but a leap up.
And considering that I was able to build the whole system with a budget of less than $100 I feel it will work for the time being. This Mobo is using an AM2+ socket which from what I have read will support all the way up to the AMD Phenom 2 X4 950 which when I get the money together I already planned on upgrading to but I just want to get the most power out of this CPU while I am stuck with it.


http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/256350-29-athlon-77...

As they say, 2,8-3,0Ghz while only changing the multiplier, should be easy performance boost to just change the multiplier to ~2,9Ghz. After that you should take it up in small steps, use prime95 as a CPU stress test everytime you bump up the clock, when you crash, reboot and go to BIOS and give the CPU a little bit of extra power (not exactly sure how much you'll want to give it since i don't know much about this CPU, 0,01v after each crash is on the safe site, might want to give it 0,02v at every crash. Just continue raising the clock, testing it, looking at HWMonitor or some other program to make sure you havea good temp (keep in mind Prime95 will stress the CPU more than you'll stress it under a normal load, so it will be hotter under this stress than when you use it daily.
But with case fans and a CPU cooler, you'll probably not have any heat problems sub-3,2Ghz.


And just to be more precise, AMD have recommended a maximum operation temperature to 73 degrees celcius.
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