I bought this processor because I wanted to try overclocking and this one was supposed to overclock effortlessly. I can overclock to 3.0 Ghz with stock voltage (1.35v) as promised, which is cool, but when I change the multiplier from 15 to 16 (3.2 Ghz) and raise the voltage to 1.4 as instructed in Tom's guide, I BSOD right after Windows loads. FYI, my BIOS doesn't give me a 15.5 multiplier, unfortunately; I'd have been satisfied with another 0.1 Ghz.
I've noticed similar problems in other recent threads, and several posters in those threads seem to suggest 3.2Ghz with 1.4v is reasonable and should just ... work. I'd have thought so too.
So my question is, can/should I try nudging up the voltage a step at a time and see if the stability improves? I just bought this CPU and mobo (ASUS M2R32-MVP AM2 AMD 580X CrossFire ATX / BIOS v906) so I'm really, really not interested in frying anything. I'm also an OCing novice. How high is too high? I briefly tried 1.45v, promptly BSOD'd, and chickened out. Anything lower than 1.4v BSODs even before Windows loads.
Thanks as always for any help.
I've noticed similar problems in other recent threads, and several posters in those threads seem to suggest 3.2Ghz with 1.4v is reasonable and should just ... work. I'd have thought so too.
So my question is, can/should I try nudging up the voltage a step at a time and see if the stability improves? I just bought this CPU and mobo (ASUS M2R32-MVP AM2 AMD 580X CrossFire ATX / BIOS v906) so I'm really, really not interested in frying anything. I'm also an OCing novice. How high is too high? I briefly tried 1.45v, promptly BSOD'd, and chickened out. Anything lower than 1.4v BSODs even before Windows loads.
Thanks as always for any help.