need expert advice for Overclocking (dont wanna fry my cpu)

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dexu

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proci - AMD Athlon II X4 630 (adx630wfk42gi)

Ram - kingston ddr3 1333mhz 4gb

gpu - nvidia gt 430

mobo - gigabyte ga-ma74gmt-s2 (rev 1.0)

hdd - toshiba 500gb

psu - powerlogic 500 watts (ATX-550-W switching powersupply)

3 fans. (thinking making it 4 for overclocking)
Running a 1024x768 LCD
or can i go for 1k or 2k screen?? any advise???

planing to oc my cpu can anyone help me get into it. and any advice if anyone done it before and how did they get it stable. THANK YOU SO MUCH for the help...

Merry Christmass. :)
 
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Merry Christmas...

So, I would look at a couple of basic OC threads... There is probably a youtube vid that has your exact motherboard or one like it to give you a basis on how to start...

I've never OC'd your particular chip, but I used to OC my FX 8350, which is probably very similar. I always stay first at stock voltage and bump the speed up incrementally... When it doesn't boot anymore, up the power a little... Then rinse and repeat until you are happy with the OC or it won't go any higher... Watch you temps during the process and make sure things are good... When you are happy, benchmark using any number of the programs available and see if you have a stable OC...

Like I said, there are a ton of guides out there are give you more specifics... Take advantage of them... The good news is that your computer is pretty old and if you really mess anything up (which is pretty rare), you are due for an upgrade anyhow! :)

Adam
 
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i found instructions on how to start here. http://www.overclock.net/t/1002985/athlon-ii-overclocking-guide-beginner-friendly

is this a good way? and...

Example:
Ref.clock: 200 - changeable??
CPU multi: 16 - dont change???
Final CPU frequency by core: 16*200 = 3200Mhz (3.2Ghz) - from cpuz prog. run and go to the SPD and write down the values then in the bios put the values given by the SPD given by cpuz. em i correct???
NB multi: 10 dont change???
Final NB freq.: 10*200 = 2000Mhz (2Ghz) - from cpuz prog. run and go to the SPD and write down the values then in the bios put the values given by the SPD given by cpuz. em i correct???
RAM multiplier: 667 - dont change????
Final RAM freq: (666/100)*200 = 1333Mhz changeable????

about adjusting the power from 1.35 to 1.40, or from 1.40 to 1.45 is this correct???

in the that thread i notice that....
Performance gains from overclocking goes as follows:
CPU (better performance is gained fastest as the the CPU freq raises)
NB (better performance is gained fast as the NB freq raises)
RAM freq (better performance is gained slower with RAM freq increases)
RAM timings/latencies (better performance is slowly gained as RAM timings decrease)
RAM TRAS latency (better performance is not gained by decreasing TRAS)
HT freq (performance drops as HT freq raises)

so the overall performance of the ram and processor increase when overclocking the processor itself.
can i not overclock the ram??? or the ram is also part of the overclocking procedure regarding the processor for stabilty????



 
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