Tom's Hardware > Forum > Overclocking > General Discussions > First try at overclocking
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
bananaboy   07-16-2009 at 07:25:44 PM

I'm going to attempt my first overclock, mainly for ARMA 2.

My specs are:
Antec earthwatts 500W
OCZ 4gb DDR2 memory
C2D e7300 (Stock cooling)
Gigabyte EP45-UD3R

My bios version is F4. (Is there an update I should get?)

http://i674.photobucket.com/albums/vv108/PvreAryan/Untitled.jpg

I found this link:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/s [...] p=12853977
I'm planning I should copy what he did since hes on stock cooling.

I'm not exactly sure how I'm supposed to achieve this. What exactly do I put in the bios? I'm going for 3.3 Ghz. I have no idea what I have to change besides the FSB.

Thanks for the help.

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
festerovic   07-17-2009 at 11:20:11 PM
- 0 +

Check out this guide:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] uals-guide

In a nutshell, you only need to change the FSB to 333mhz, as your multiplier is 10x. You might need extra voltage if the overclock is unstable. Read the guide to learn about increasing CPU voltage.

Reply to festerovic
festerovic   07-17-2009 at 11:25:23 PM
- 0 +

Oh yeah, you will need to change the memory speed setting too. You have DDR2800 running right now, to achieve that, you need to switch the divider to 1:1 (it may have a mhz setting instead, try 533mhz or 667mhz)

Reply to festerovic
jsc   07-18-2009 at 04:00:55 PM
- 0 +

Your limiting factor will be the stock cooler. You really need better cooling if you are going to overclock.

Now, this will get a little confusing. To run CPU and memory at a 1:1 ration on a Gigabyte board, you need to go into the Intelligent Tweaker section and change the System Memory Multiplier from [AUTO] to [MANUAL]. Then you will see a table of values. Select the first "2.0" that you see. You should see the Memory Frequency change to something around 667 MHz. Now, as you increase the FSB, the memory frequency will track.

Keep your temperatures below 70 C. I set the motherboard temperature alarm to 70 C. in PC Health.

Reply to jsc
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Overclocking > General Discussions > First try at overclocking
Go to:

There are 1273 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.177 seconds
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them
How do I win badges?