Time to think about overclocking?

[jeffinak]

so, i have been thinking for some time about giving my system a moderate overclock, at this point their is no cpu bottleneck (if anything its the hard drive, but that seems to be about normal and a decent ssd in on the wishlist for the next chunk of change i have to spend) but I have been thinking of doing it just as an academic exercise if nothing else. my main question is if I might see any significant boost in performance by doing so or if this would simply be to say i did it, and if so can somebody offer a bit of advice as i am a complete NEWB when it comes to doing anything along these lines.

current specs are (everything at stock as of the moment)



hec Zephyr MX 750 750W Peak Output ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

AMD Phenom II X3 740 Black Edition Heka 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Desktop Processor HDZ740WFK3DGI – OEM

COOLER MASTER Intel Core i5 compatible GeminII S RR-CCH-PBU1-GP 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler

2 x Wintec AMPX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 3AXT6400C5-4096K
8 gigs total

MSI 770T-C45 AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard

APEVIA X-CRUISER2-PK Pink SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

XFX HD-577X-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAJS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

1x Seagate 750 gig sata II HD

2x Hitachi Deskstar 3.5 Inch 1 TB 7200 RPM SATA II 32 MB Cache Internal Hard Drive

thank you in advance for any and all help

 

[Ubrales]

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

Overclocking will improve performance and will give you a sense of accomplishment.

 

[jeffinak]

I was able to get to a solid 3.7 @ 1.475 volts using amd overdrive, however was unable to figure out how to change voltage in my BIOS so was only able to get to 3.3 without having to redo it everytime i restart my computer. if anyone that has this board could help me figure this out it would be greatly appreciated.

 

[beenthere]

Read the AMD Phenom II OC'ing tutorial at the link below.

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=596023

 

[jeffinak]

thanx the link, its a very well written guide, and if i could figure out how to change my voltages in BIOS would have been very helpfull. if I could figure out how to post an image here I would show you guys what I have been able to do with AOD, unfortunately, unless I can figure out how to change voltages in my BIOS the best I can do is reset all the values in AOD when i reboot