Overclock

[george62]

Ihave a Biostar MB AMD am2+/am3 and my chip is an AMD PhenomII X2 555 and I would like to know how to overclock this.
this is my first computer i built any help will be appreciated thanks

 

[george62]

hi
What cooler do you have? How's your temperatures on stock. Download hwmonitor and check your temps quickly.

when i boot up it gives me the temps and it says the cpu temp is 26c
Has a big heat sinks and a fast fan and the case has 3 big fans

 

[tcfraz]

is it the fan that came with the cpu or did you buy an aftermarket one?

 

[george62]

it is the fan that came with the cpu and the other fans casme with the case

 

[tcfraz]

before you overclock id look at getting an aftermarket cpu cooler like the hyper master 212+ or a nicer one depending on how much you want to over clock

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/258573-29-black-edition-overclock-raising-multiplier-guide

 

[ksampanna]

As the answer to your original problem, access your motherboard bios (press f2/f10 or something like that during startup at the bios screen, your motherboard manual will have the instructions), access performance settings & increase the multiplier by a few numbers above stock (+1 or +2). This is the easier way (giving slight performance gain). The tougher one (giving bigger gains) can be found in the overclocking section in the forums.
As has already been mentioned, you need to upgrade the CPU cooling if you want to avhieve a bigger number, else the heat generated could kill your cpu.

 

[george62]

thanks