Overclocking - Pentium (R) E5300 CPU and GA-321M-ES2L MB
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Heya guys, I'm a new overclocker looking to OC my bad Pentium CPU. :-)
Mostly for gaming, but my GPU currently is bottlenecked by it and I'm hoping to crank the CPUs power up a little bit.
Here are my specs:
http://puu.sh/1QQ16
1st display
http://puu.sh/1QQ1k
2nd
http://puu.sh/1QQ1z
As you can see I have a socket-L775 motherboard which can be overclocked. It's a GA-G31M-ES2L by Gigabyte which I do believe supports OCing.
My battery is 585W if the number on it is correct. I assume I have a stock cooler but I can check if that is needed.
Here is my temperature (just on desktop with a YT video going and about 15 tabs open on Google Chrome): http://puu.sh/1QQb7
My questions are the following:
What do I do?
What's a good GHz to OC to?
Is this safe?
Will this increase gaming capabilities (positively)?
What's a safe temperature to stop at (on idle and in gaming)?
I do plan to get a new computer in the (near) future so I hope this rig can last until then. :-)
Thanks for looking and please be descriptive because, one again, I am new to OCing.
Also, here's a video I found - is this safe to go off of?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F8xfZ9qxk8
Mostly for gaming, but my GPU currently is bottlenecked by it and I'm hoping to crank the CPUs power up a little bit.
Here are my specs:
http://puu.sh/1QQ16
1st display
http://puu.sh/1QQ1k
2nd
http://puu.sh/1QQ1z
As you can see I have a socket-L775 motherboard which can be overclocked. It's a GA-G31M-ES2L by Gigabyte which I do believe supports OCing.
My battery is 585W if the number on it is correct. I assume I have a stock cooler but I can check if that is needed.
Here is my temperature (just on desktop with a YT video going and about 15 tabs open on Google Chrome): http://puu.sh/1QQb7
My questions are the following:
What do I do?
What's a good GHz to OC to?
Is this safe?
Will this increase gaming capabilities (positively)?
What's a safe temperature to stop at (on idle and in gaming)?
I do plan to get a new computer in the (near) future so I hope this rig can last until then. :-)
Thanks for looking and please be descriptive because, one again, I am new to OCing.
Also, here's a video I found - is this safe to go off of?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F8xfZ9qxk8
More about : overclocking pentium e5300 cpu 321m es2l
Not to be abrupt, but I wouldn't go overclocking a Pentium too much at this stage, they're quite old and you could damage it beyond about 3 Ghz. I reckon that's your safe point to stop... Or I would invest the money in a new CPU altogether, maybe an Ivy Bridge i3 or a budget i5 perhaps?
Regards,
Dan.
Regards,
Dan.
OK, I clocked it to 2,600MHz.
This is pretty much normal settings for my CPU, for some reason it was on lower.
Here's stats:
http://puu.sh/1QVKx
Temp:
http://puu.sh/1QVKV
As you can see the temperature is lower than the previous one so it's doing okay.
I'm going to go up to 3,500MHz to try it out, I will probably stop there or try 3,300 or lower afterwards. Because my Bus Speed is at 200MHz and my DRAM Freq is at 400MHz, thus making my ratio 1:2, I want to double my bus speed so that the ratio goes to 1:1. Any clue on doing this?
I have set my CPU Host CC Enabled, the System Voltage is at 1.4375 (recommended max is 1.450) and I set my CPU Host Freq to 250. I also set my CPU Clock Ratio to 13x (from 9x).
I assume to 1:1 my FSB : DRAM, I want to change my System Memory Frequency?
The options are Auto, 2.66, 3, and 4. Which do I want? It is currently set to auto.
My Memory CPU-Z page:
http://puu.sh/1QVRA
This is pretty much normal settings for my CPU, for some reason it was on lower.
Here's stats:
http://puu.sh/1QVKx
Temp:
http://puu.sh/1QVKV
As you can see the temperature is lower than the previous one so it's doing okay.
I'm going to go up to 3,500MHz to try it out, I will probably stop there or try 3,300 or lower afterwards. Because my Bus Speed is at 200MHz and my DRAM Freq is at 400MHz, thus making my ratio 1:2, I want to double my bus speed so that the ratio goes to 1:1. Any clue on doing this?
I have set my CPU Host CC Enabled, the System Voltage is at 1.4375 (recommended max is 1.450) and I set my CPU Host Freq to 250. I also set my CPU Clock Ratio to 13x (from 9x).
I assume to 1:1 my FSB : DRAM, I want to change my System Memory Frequency?
The options are Auto, 2.66, 3, and 4. Which do I want? It is currently set to auto.
My Memory CPU-Z page:
http://puu.sh/1QVRA
Okay, overclocked to 3.51GHz. Running smooth.
Set System Memory Multiplier to 2.66, lowest it will go. FSB : DRAM is at 3:4.
How do I get it to 1:1?
Screenshots:
http://puu.sh/1QXBp
http://puu.sh/1QXBM
Anyone?
Set System Memory Multiplier to 2.66, lowest it will go. FSB : DRAM is at 3:4.
How do I get it to 1:1?
Screenshots:
http://puu.sh/1QXBp
http://puu.sh/1QXBM
Anyone?
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