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Italian sniper   10-30-2008 at 09:35:59 PM

Ok, so I have a AMD Phenom 9600 2.3GHz Quad processor and a ASRock A780GXE/128M AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G ATX AMD Motherboard and Vista. Basically my Asrock mobo came with a nice tool called OCtuner which allows me to easily choose my overclock settings w/o Bios. well my computer detected that my CPU was at 2.29GHz standard and I used this tool and moved it up to 2.35GHz (235MHzx10) and it said and showed on the tuner that I was at 2.35GHz but under my "Computer information settings" (right click on my computer) it still says I'm at 2.29GHz. Plz help me! did my overclocking work?

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SanDiego   10-31-2008 at 03:37:00 AM
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download cpu-z, it tells you what your frequency is currently, if you are looking at where i think you are, that is the speed that it detects and keeps when you boot up, it doesnt update itself, i would also recommend learning to overclock in the bios, it is more professional and there is more to tweak when you get more used to it, be careful using software overclocks, it could also push your ram at the same time, and could fry it, also keep your eyes on your temps, run prime95 to test stability if you wish

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englandr753   10-31-2008 at 03:58:24 AM
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Stay away from OCing in windows using software. I tried that before I knew better and its not usually stable. BIOS is the only way to go and if you dont know how then start reading.

Some motherboards dont OC well so try to google search your mobo to see if anyone has OC'd it with success.

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one-shot   10-31-2008 at 04:57:30 AM
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I recommend reading this wonderful tool called "STICKIES". It is designed for people new to overclocking that don't have too much knowledge of it. Read that please, then come back and ask more specific questions. Thank you :p

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