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cj1976
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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 Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:36 pm Post subject: Advice needed re: Overclocking AMD 64 X2 5200+ |
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| Anyone know how to safely overclock one of these CPUs? It's currently running at 2.6ghz per core. I want to step it up to 2.8. Would I need to worry about heating issues? |
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chevro1et
Joined: 01 Feb 2007
Location: Busan, ROK
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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| If you dont have to bump the vcore to get it stable at 2.8 you likely wont have any more heat than you do now. Just try it and watch the temps to ensure they remain <~60C at full load. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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200MHz? That's an overclock? Any modern CPU that can't deal a pithy 200MHz above stock is flaky from production. You shouldn't have to play with vcore to get such an insignificant bump.
What do you think 200MHz will get you anyways? |
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cj1976
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Demophobe wrote: |
200MHz? That's an overclock? Any modern CPU that can't deal a pithy 200MHz above stock is flaky from production. You shouldn't have to play with vcore to get such an insignificant bump.
What do you think 200MHz will get you anyways? |
I want to try running at 2.8 to see if it's stable. If it is, I'll probably step up to 3.0. I don't have any experience of overclocking so I'm erring on the side of caution a bit. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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Black edition. Unlocked multiplier and much easier to reach a stable overclock. Not sure if the OP has one of those.....? |
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cj1976
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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| No, I don't have the Black edition. I tried stepping up, but to be honest I didn't know what I was doing so I just left it. Better safe than sorry. |
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Temporary
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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| AMD cpus are horid overclockers. The current gen anyway. I played with my firends BE and I could only manage 350mhz on a quad core. |
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