Overclocking my 1055t

[Iceycold]

Hello everyone. I've been doing some overclocking shenanigans and been trying to find help with it. I'm cooling the overclocking with a Cooler Master V6 GT. I'm trying to acquire 3.6 stable.

Okay, the first time I tried overclocking I got it to 3.6 with these settings:

DRAM Frequency - ~1333 mhz or so, (lowred with raising clock speed)
DRAM Voltage - 1.65v
CPU Voltage - 1.45v
All other options that are not needed, cool n' quiet etc.. are disabled

I ran Prime95 for 15 minutes since I didn't see that many temperature issues, played some world of warcraft and it blue screened. That brings me to my other question: should I use Lynx or Prime 95, and how long do I run them for?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a7AxZJ7tWc&list=FL7q8kb8twvZmacVwdgURClg&index=2&feature=plpp_video <-- That is the guide I used, should I do anything differently that he used?

Right now I'm at stock. Here are screenshots of me running at stock, ~2.8 Ghz. So what should I do? I've seen this processor reach 4.2 stable, and all I want is 3.6 stable.

Thanks everyone.

 

[Iceycold]

Um, what was that? I cant' see the image, so I saved it and it opened an amazon webpage?

edit: nevermind, he deleted post.

 

[kajabla]

Prime95 for 15 minutes is fine as a stress test.
How high did your temps get under load?
What are your other specs, and specifically the case?

 

[Iceycold]

Build SpeCs:

CoolerMaster HAF 922
AMD Phenom 1055t Six Cores @ 2.8 Ghz soon OC'ing to 3.6 Ghz
MSI Hawk GeForce GTX 460 1GB
CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-750HX 750W 60A Modular
Lite-ON 24x DVD/Reader/Writer all that good stuf
1.5TB (1,500 GB) Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive
G Skill Ripjaws 8GB Ram 1600MhZ
Asus M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 Motherboard
Cooled with 5 fans, and a Cooler Master V6 GT Heatsink/CPU Cooler
G930 7.1 Surround Sound Gaming Headset
Logitech G510 Gaming Keyboard
Razer Deathadder
Acer G235H 1080P 1920x1080 LCD Monitor 23.6"


My temps only got to 30C playing world of warcraft at ultra settings.

 

[kajabla]

Gaming isn't CPU load. Prime95 is.

 

[Iceycold]

Ah, yeah it got 30C too.

Hell, I was playing while Prime 95 was running I believe not sure.

I'm thinking the problem is the overclock was far too simple, if you look at the video not much stuff was adjusted in the BIOS.

Thanks for help so far.

 

[kajabla]

Well, that's not encouraging. That's an idle temperature. For some reason Prime95 isn't working, or you're not starting it correctly. Can you get a screenshot of Prime95 running after 10 minutes or so with Speedfan or similar next to it?

 

[Iceycold]

How exactly do I do this? Set those custom prime95 stuff.

And your asking me to OC again right, for the prime95 stuff? Cause it's at stock again, I'm gonna do the OC again, do u suggest doing anything different?

 

[kajabla]

Yeah, try it at 3.6.
There are no alternate ways to overclock (besides setting the BCLK, which you don't need to worry about). You just set the multiplier.
As soon as you open Prime95 you'll get a window of options after choosing "Just stress testing." Choose Small FFTs with 6 threads and let 'er rip. Don't have any other applications but Speedfan or whatever temperature monitoring software you're using open.

 

[Iceycold]

DRAM Frequency - ~1333 mhz or so, (lowred with raising clock speed)
DRAM Voltage - 1.65v
CPU Voltage - 1.45v
All other options that are not needed, cool n' quiet etc.. are disabled

I still apply those settings?>

 

[Iceycold]

Oh and, what screenshots do I post with the OC?

 

[kajabla]

Is the RAM frequency lowering automatically? If not, there's no reason not to leave it at 1600.
Looks fine otherwise. Leave the CPU voltage on auto.
Just a shot of Prime95 running with a temperature monitor on to figure out that weird 30C temp.

 

[Iceycold]

Started it, will run for ~15 minutes or so. Will post screenshots after I run it for 15 mins. So far, it started and is floating at 45C, which is pretty high. But that is normal considering it's a stress test right?

15 Min Stress Test:

Idling atm at 20-25C stays at 30-35C gaming on populated areas in the game with maxed settings. Was just researching and someone suggested to lower vcore? Could that prevent a BOSD?

I'm gonna keep these settings and play some games, and see if I BOSD.

Thanks.

 

[Iceycold]

Went to the bathroom, it was good. Came back and it was on black screen with "start windows normall" I don't know if it restarted randomly or it blue screened. Should I lower vcore now?

 

[kajabla]

Yeah, that means it bluescreened.
Turn off automatic restarting by going to "System" in Control Panel, then to Advanced System settings (on the left), hitting the "Settings" button under Startup and Recovery and unchecking "Automatically restart" under "System failure".
This way your computer won't automatically shut down and restart when you bluescreen, and you'll be able to copy down the error codes and locate the problem later (you won't need to do this now, as BSODs that you get now are almost certainly OCing-related).
Lowering the vcore will not make you OC better. I'd lower it anyway, maybe to 1.43. That'll make it last longer. Try that and see what happens.
I don't see 30-35; I see 47 and a 56 (odd). 47's great; 56 is fine.

 

[Iceycold]

Are the CPU temps the core temps in the bottom that list cores of hwmonitor or the ones on top that just say temperatures CPU?

I'll try the OC again with 1.43vcore and make it run for what? 15 mins again? And can I watch a livestream while I do the test? kinda boring lol.

Starting Stress test at 7:15 PM small FFT's 6 Threads
Settings Ued:
1.43 cpu core (is this the vcore?)
1.65 dram voltage

Idling at : 36C

Ending Stress test at 7:30 PM Results:

 

[Iceycold]

BBBBBBlue screen!! I declare war on my CPU Lol, it ran for like 10 minutes. I got a picture with my phone this time:

 

[kajabla]

Ending stress test as in you started the temperature monitor after ending the test, no? Those temps seem low.
Well, maybe you just won't get 3.6. I'd expect you to get it without trouble, but eh. Try 3.5.

 

[Iceycold]

Nono, ending meant I had it running from the start of the test and I took a screenshot when I finished.

I'm new to the overclocking community. But I see many people get 4Ghz easily with this processor, but I can't get a stable 3.6? Is that normal? Different for everyone?

 

[kajabla]

It is different for everyone, but keep snooping around. Chips are not guaranteed to OC well, and you may have a bad one. See what kind of vcore (same as cpucore) those webizens are running.

 

[Iceycold]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a7AxZJ7tWc&list=FL7q8kb8twvZmacVwdgURClg&index=3&feature=plpp_video

Take a look at that fast, it's a 4GHz overclock with my same board. So I thought I can get 3.6 easily.

 

[kajabla]

Hm, 1.464.
He jacks up the FSB, which is that 286 number. Try that.

 

[Iceycold]

Doesn't 286 give me a 4ghz oc or what did u mean 286 for? And 1.464 for what exactly?

Assuming I can't achieve an OC. Will I notice and NOTICABLE difference in FPS from 2.8 to 3.6 in something like battlefield 3 mainly? I don't mind not ocing if it's not doing much that I can notice.

 

[kajabla]

You won't see a difference with that 460.
Oh, you already have it on 286. In that case, put it on 200 and put the main multiplier on 36 instead of 14.
1.464 is his vcore.

 

[Iceycold]

Hmm, your probably right. Think I won't get BOSD with those new settings, won't bother if I will.