sack_patrol Posted November 4, 2009 Posted November 4, 2009 How would I know what the highest NB Frq. is when I overclock? Thats what I mean. The voltage is kind of obvious...so that I get, but when do I know it's time to stop pushing the frq? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizzlenitch Posted November 5, 2009 Posted November 5, 2009 (edited) Your temps are the MAIN thing..Watch 'em..You can dump all the voltage you want on stuff as long as the temps stay ok and you're stable..Your mobo mfgr might have the NB temp spec for you, maybe..Send some e-mails to the mfgr's if you can't find stuff. Whatever you do, do not listen to this poster's comment. The voltages you put through your hardware are very important, as running voltages too high can cause your hardware to degrade or fail all together. AMD's website will provide you with your chip's maximum safe voltages. Same goes for your other hardware: check the manufacturers' websites. Come on now, man, you really should think twice before spreading such potentially dangerous information. Advice like this could lead to someone burning up their rig... Edited November 5, 2009 by Bizzlenitch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sack_patrol Posted November 5, 2009 Posted November 5, 2009 Bumping for my nb question. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizzlenitch Posted November 5, 2009 Posted November 5, 2009 Bumping for my nb question. Your maximum NB frequency is going to vary from board to board. No two boards, even the same exact part number, are going to perform exactly the same. As long as your overclock is stable I would imagine your NB is operating at an adequate frequency. Should you get reboots and other system abnormalities I'd said either add more voltage to your NB (within safe specs. of course) or reduce your overclock as you've likely reached your limit. Just a thought... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sack_patrol Posted November 5, 2009 Posted November 5, 2009 Alrighty then, New Oc will start...Friday probably...unless I don't feel like in which case it won't start Friday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted November 5, 2009 Posted November 5, 2009 (edited) I would not go above 1.45 on that CPU. just because its a 45nm chip doesn't mean it follows the same trend voltage wise (as say your E8400). Edited November 5, 2009 by damian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sack_patrol Posted November 5, 2009 Posted November 5, 2009 (edited) OK I'm in the middle of fixing the ram timings n stuff... but theres something weird about the ram voltage. Now when I showed the ss on the first page it said that the ram is at 1.28V or something like that. In the bios the DRAM VOLTAGE is 1.680V. So...wuts going on here? EDIT:Ok I think this HW monitor is busted. When I changed the voltage it is still showing the same value...what a total noob. What can I use to check ram voltage? Edited November 5, 2009 by ballist1x Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cirro Posted November 5, 2009 Posted November 5, 2009 btw over-volting can give false/improper readouts on alot of programs such as hwmonitor that show voltage/temps if i bring my CPUVID over 1.6 things start slowly reporting funny. but thats kinda overkill , the same theory would apply i assum Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sack_patrol Posted November 5, 2009 Posted November 5, 2009 (edited) 1.6 is stock voltage...it's not over -volted. Well I'm not sure I will need more than 1.8V which is perfectly in the safe zone. Tomorrow I will see how things go when I start the new overclocking. Unless I feel lazy. Better do it when I feel like it cuz half an hour ago I wanted to try it...but I was like "I'll just do a little test" so I rushed things and forgot to up the cpu voltage and ended up with a non posting PC so I had to res cmos. So thats the story. Edited November 5, 2009 by ballist1x Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBags Posted November 6, 2009 Posted November 6, 2009 OK I'm in the middle of fixing the ram timings n stuff... but theres something weird about the ram voltage. Now when I showed the ss on the first page it said that the ram is at 1.28V or something like that. In the bios the DRAM VOLTAGE is 1.680V. So...wuts going on here? EDIT:Ok I think this HW monitor is busted. When I changed the voltage it is still showing the same value...what a total noob. What can I use to check ram voltage? Have you tried AMD OverDrive utility? you don't have to OC through it (you can though) but it does report a lot of system info for your reference. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sack_patrol Posted November 6, 2009 Posted November 6, 2009 Nah, I think I'm okay with the bios readings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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