Overclocking (Main Thread)

Honestly, don't even bother trying to push the overclocking too hard because you aren't going to gain much of anything... except maybe a massive headache when you end up frying your processor entirely

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An LCD, obviously!!! Or feel free to suggest something else.

You're our MVP, seriously, props to you! 🙏

What, you gonna try to overclock a monitor? 🙄

You can call me President if you want...

Noooooo, though I honestly have no idea what that actually means... (overclock) Anyway, I see there are people here, but they still aren't getting me

wiredmarlin5 said:Don't even bother messing with the clocking. You won't gain anything except a massive headache when you accidentally fry your processor.

You can definitely push it up to 1.9 GHz, but honestly, the difference isn't really worth the hassle.

Timothy Kim60 said:Nooooo, though I have no clue what that actually means... (overclock) Anyway, I see there are people here, but they still aren't getting me.

Look, if you had just started a new thread, you would've found plenty of people right there!
It's probably for the best you didn't head over to the Romance and Erotica section... that's where you'll find the most of them! 🤣

I finally finished putting this new build together. It isn't anything groundbreaking, but I put it together out of curiosity.

nForce650i-SLI motherboard
Intel Core duo E4300
Gigabyte Radeon 1950 Pro

I played around with some overclocking on both the motherboard and the processor. At a standard voltage of 1.325V, I got these results:
CPU FSB 366 MHz
Processor Speed 3300 MHz
The system seems stable. If I bump the voltage up to 1.400V and push the FSB to 400 MHz, the system stays stable for a few minutes before it restarts.
For now, the maximum is 366 MHz FSB, which runs stably without any issues.
I used a Thermaltake Big Typ VX AlCu Cooler CPZ-Z for the processor cooling.
You can check out the CPZ-Z OVDJE

There were rumors that the Radeon 1950 Pro didn't have much potential for overclocking because the GPU clock is already high at 575 MHz.
But maybe those rumors were wrong; this Radeonka actually seems to overclock quite well.
I swapped out the Zalman cooler and replaced it with a Coolermaster CoolViva Pro, getting these results:
Standard 575 MHz Overclock 722 MHz
Memory Standard 690 MHz Overclock 817 MHz
Check the GPU overclock OVDJE

The power supply is a 530W Hyper Modular unit.
2 GB of Kingmax PC6400 (800MHz) RAM plus a Thermaltake copper passive heatsink for the memory.
You can see the interior of the case OVDJE

Let me know what you think.

Go ahead and run Orthos, then let me know if everything stays stable without throwing an error—be sure to include a screenshot along with those temperature readings...

It could be even better...

wiredmarlin5 said:Run Orthos and let me know if you get any SS errors. Also, send over the temperatures.

Torture Test ran 10 minutes 26 seconds - 0 errors, 0 warnings.
Temperature was 48

Everest system Stability Test 10 min Temperature 40 Info HERE

Try setting the voltages for both the motherboard and the processor—maybe try an FSB of 1.4V and a VCore around 1.55V—but just make sure you keep a close eye on things so the temperature doesn't climb past 61 degrees... and if you find yourself hitting a ceiling there, then you've essentially hit a wall at 366MHz, which actually isn't a bad result at all...

Increasing the voltage for the CPU and FSB doesn't seem to have any effect; I'm getting practically nothing out of it.
It's a bit strange, though. When I bumped the voltage up to 1.550, I got a stable 375 MHz Bus speed and a processor speed of 3375.0 MHz.
Setting the voltage back to Auto results in the exact same thing.

For my specific motherboard, I guess 375 MHz is the upper limit.
Take a look at the CPU-Z info OVDJE and pay close attention to the processor voltage.

Alright, if anyone feels like being generous enough to explain the whole overclocking process to me,

I'm rocking a dual-core E6420 with an 8x multiplier, some OCZ Platinum xlc 2GB 800MHz RAM, and a Gigabyte DS3 motherboard

My goal is to push this thing up to at least 3.2 GHz

THANKS

You have Google... Crank up the Front Side Bus, mess with the BIOS, and bump the VCore on the processor. If that doesn't work, the processor won't boot. Try lowering the ratio between the processor and memory if it still refuses to start.

I follow everything you're saying—I truly do

Edward Thompson86 said:Finally got my new rig all put together! It’s nothing mind-blowing or anything, but honestly, I just couldn't help myself—curiosity totally got the better of me and I had to see what this setup would do!

The nForce650i-SLI motherboard!
So, I finally got my hands on the Intel Core 2 Duo E4300! Honestly, I’ve been itching to get this thing running. It feels like such a solid little upgrade for what it is. I'm already thinking about all the potential here—there's so much fun to be had once you start tweaking things!
So, I finally got my hands on this Gigabyte Radeon 1950 Pro! Honestly, I’ve been eyeing this card for a minute now, and having it sitting right here on my desk feels awesome. It’s one of those pieces of hardware that just makes you excited to get back into the rig and start testing things out. I can't wait to see how it handles some heavy lifting!

I’ve been playing around with some overclocking lately, pushing both my motherboard and my processor to see what they can really do! I kept things steady at a standard voltage of 1.325v, and here is the breakdown of the results I managed to pull:
The CPU Front Side Bus is running at 366 MHz!
I finally hit that sweet spot! I just managed to push my processor speed up to 3300 MHz!
Everything seems to be running smooth at first! But here’s the catch: once I bump the voltage up to 1.400 and crank that FSB to 400 MHz, the system stays stable for just a few minutes before it suddenly decides to reboot on me.
Right now, I’ve managed to push the Front Side Bus up to 366 MHz, and honestly? It’s rock solid! No crashes, no weird glitches—it’s running perfectly smooth without any issues at all.
I ended up using the Thermaltake Big Typ VX AlCu Cooler to keep my processor chilled!
Check out the CPZ-Z! HERE!

People were saying the Radeon 1950 Pro didn't have much room for overclocking because that GPU clock speed was already sitting pretty high at 575 MHz.
Man, we’re really pushing our luck here! I'm honestly convinced this Radeon is just begging to be overclocked. It feels like it's got so much more potential hiding under the hood!
So, I decided to rip off my old Zalman cooler and swap it out for a Coolermaster CoolViva Pro! Honestly, I was pretty curious to see if it would actually make a difference. After getting everything hooked up, I ran some tests, and here’s what I found:
I managed to push my standard 575 MHz up to a solid 722 MHz!
So, I decided to mess around with my RAM today! It’s running at a standard 690 MHz right now, but I managed to push the overclock up to 817 MHz. Not too shabby, right?
Check out this GPU overclocking! HERE!

I was running this setup on a 530W Hyper Modular power supply!
I've got some 2 GB of Kingmax PC6400 (800MHz) RAM up for grabs, and I’m tossing in a Thermaltake Big Typ VX AlCu Cooler CPZ-Z passive memory heatsink to sweeten the deal!
Check out this view! Here’s a look at what's going on inside the case. HERE!

I'd love to hear what you all think! Lay it on me—what are your thoughts?

Way to go! Awesome job!👍

I’ve gotta give a massive shout-out to this graphics card! Seriously, I am just so stoked with how it's performing.

Can someone please point me toward a reliable site where I can download these tools? I'm looking for
AquaMark and FutureMark 3DMark. And please, don't just throw this link at me: http://download.ocklub.net/
because their servers have been completely unresponsive for quite some time now...

Could someone please point me toward a program for bumping up my processor voltage? I've combed through every single setting in the BIOS, but I can't find anything related to it anywhere. Does such a tool actually exist, and if so, where on earth can I download it?