Is My PSU providing enough wattage for overclocking?

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Tahir Sanwari

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Hello Guys. I am new to asking on communities and all so forgive me if I provide less or wrong info.

So I have been wanting to overclock my CPU for quite a time now and wasn't sure if my PSU would provide enough wattage for overclocking. My processor is the only thing NOT upgraded in my PC. My PSU is stock as well. Else everything is upgraded for average gaming. But, I want some better performance so I wanna know if I could overclock my CPU or not. All the specs are provided below:-

CPU: AMD Athlon ii x2 240
GPU: Nvidia GTX 650 2 GB
RAM: G Skills Ripjaws 4x2 GB DDR3
Gaming Keyboard and a Standard Mouse

My PSU is a stock PSU and was inbuilt when I had bought the PC. (It wasn't a gaming PC back then). I have attached a picture of my stock PSU. All the info is on there. Don't know how to read all that. :D

Any help would be greatly appreciated and just let me know if you require any other info. Again sorry if anything is missing or not write. Still new to all this.
Thank You!!!

https://prntscr.com/iims5t
 
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Tahir Sanwari

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Thank You for the reply Mike. I think I should mention here that before posting this thread I did try to overclock my CPU and by default the HT ref was 200. I changed it to 242 as I had seen in some of the tutorials for Athlon overclocking. But, to my surprise on doing the Stress test, my cpu shut down just after 2 mins. On restarting it stated that the overclocking was failed and that I should revert back to default settings.

So, do you or anyone else have any idea about how much do I change the HT ref or any other settings (everything else was on auto) so that I could get maximum performance out of it.

Thank You for helping out!!
 
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Tahir Sanwari

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Okay. So I went into my Bios setup again and checked a few things. First of all, I can't see CPU multiplier there. But there is a Processor Frequency Multiplier and CPU/NB Frequency. So, can you be a little detailed as to which option and how much value should I start with to get going. I know these might seem a little silly questions but I just want to be careful here. Don't want to burn out my processor or damage my PC or anything. Hope you understand...

BTW, I have attached all my Bios Setup pics below. Just take a look and let me know. There were two options, CPU Config and JumperFree Config. Both are below. There is also something called the Core Unlocker. What is it? and does it affect performance by any chance??

CPU Config:- https://prntscr.com/iinwdp

JumperFree Config:- https://prntscr.com/iinwti
https://prntscr.com/iinwxt
https://prntscr.com/iinvzj

Only the 1st 6 options are changable. Others are all set to auto by default and can't be changed.

Thank You for helping me out...

Forgot to mention my motherboard spec:- (Don't know if this helps.)
ASUS m4n68t-m le v2
 
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Tahir Sanwari

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Hello Mike. Sorry to bother you again but did you find any solution to the problem?? I just wanna know if my Motherboard is stopping me from overclocking or if I would be able to overclock at all.

I am thinking of buying a new PC anyway that's why I am experimenting on this one. Any more help would be greatly appreciated!!!
 
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