God Of Gaming Posted April 1, 2012 Posted April 1, 2012 I'm totally new to overclocking, and since yesterday I'm trying to overclock my PC. I brought this PC in early 2009 I think. The specs are: Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5300 @ 2.6 GHz (I tested it and found out that the FSB wall is 356 MHz) Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 mobo A-DATA 2X2GB DDR2-800+ Vitesta Extreme Edition Point Of View Black Diamond 500W PSU Sapphire HD4850 512MB Dual Slot Fansink CM HAF 922 case Intel's stock cpu cooler 2 hard drives for a total of 1629GB of space I overclocked the HD4850 with AMD Overdrive, it was easy. 690 MHz GPU clock, 1188 MHz Memory Clock. After 2 sleepless nights I think I'm about done with the CPU as well. Here's what I did in the BIOS: Robust Graphics Booster: TurboCPU Clock Ratio: 10.0 Fine CPU Clock Ratio: +0.5 CPU Frequency: 3.50 GHz (10.5 x 333) CPU Host Clock Control: Enabled CPU Host Frequency (Mhz): 333 PCI Express Frequency (Mhz): 100 C.I.A.2: Disabled Performance Enhance: Standard Extreme Memory Profile(X.M.P.): Profile1 (G)MCH Frequency Latch: 333MHz System Memory Multiplier (SPD): 2.40B Memory Frequency (Mhz): 800 DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD): Manual CAS Latency Time: 4 tRCD: 4 tRP: 4 tRAS: 12 CPU Vcore: 1.35000v CPU Termination: 1.200v CPU PLL: Auto CPU Reference: Auto MCH Core: 1.100v MCH Reference: Auto MCH/DRAM Reference: Auto ICH I/O: 1.500v DRAM Voltage: 1.800v DRAM Termination: Auto Channel A Reference: Auto Channel B Reference: Auto Now it doesn't go over 67 degrees under prime95 blend test, and the windows idle voltage is just 1.312 and 1.280v under full load. I tried 3.6 GHz (10.5 x 343) but the temps were reaching 73 degrees. I also tried to get the RAM to 3-3-3-6 timings but it didn't POST, then to 1066MHz with 5-5-5-15 timings, but it was giving me BSOD during windows load no matter how much I pumped the voltage (I went as far as ICH I/O 1.650v and DRAM Voltage 2.200v). Results from the overclock: 3DMark Vantage - custom settings: CPU Score 6451 (It was 4694 before the clock) Crysis - 1080p Very High: ~24 fps (I didn't notice a difference after the overclock) Serious Sam 3: BFE - 1080p Ultra: 30-50 fps (it was 20-40 fps before) Battlefield 3 - 1080p Ultra: ~35 fps (it was ~30 fps before) ArmA 2 - 1080p Very High: 30-32 fps (it was ~22-24 fps before) Is it good like this? Is there anything other I can change to improve it? I'm a noob at overclocking, so it is a real wonder I didn't damage it yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper Posted April 1, 2012 Posted April 1, 2012 Still a bit hot for that processor. You wont get much OC'in headroom with the stock cooler on them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
God Of Gaming Posted April 1, 2012 Posted April 1, 2012 (edited) I think I received a bad chip, but 3.5 GHz is still ok I think. I can see others going to 3.75 with the stock cooler, but I wasn't able to stabilize 3.66 no matter what I did. I won't get aftermarket cooling since I'm already saving money for a new PC, no point in upgrading this one. The reason I'm overclocking it is because I think it's bottlenecking my graphics card. Edited April 1, 2012 by God Of Gaming Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted April 1, 2012 Posted April 1, 2012 The chip you own is not one of the best for sure. Buy a after market cooler like Hyper 212 evo and see for how long it can stress. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 I agree, buy a better CPU cooler and I'll take this seriously (good work so far though). I think the 212+ is still the price/performance champ, I haven't looked in months Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
God Of Gaming Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 (edited) As I said I'm already saving money for a new PC. And when I buy it, I will try to sell this one. So I'm not putting any more money into it. I'm not sure which of the 2 coolers that I have my eye on will be compatible with the new motherboard, so I can't get it in advance either. Edited April 3, 2012 by God Of Gaming 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted April 5, 2012 Posted April 5, 2012 As I said I'm already saving money for a new PC. And when I buy it, I will try to sell this one. So I'm not putting any more money into it. I'm not sure which of the 2 coolers that I have my eye on will be compatible with the new motherboard, so I can't get it in advance either. What are you upgrading to?? Most likely the cooler will still be compatible Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETTERSTOTHEDEV Posted April 5, 2012 Posted April 5, 2012 Nice work if you are a "noob". Also clocking the crap out of a crapper is exactly what I would do to avoid spending money . Also good work documenting, If you date and store it all you can look back over the years and see laughable scores . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
God Of Gaming Posted April 5, 2012 Posted April 5, 2012 (edited) What are you upgrading to?? Most likely the cooler will still be compatible Asus Sabretooth Z77 mobo Intel Core i7-3770K Thermalright Silver Arrow Asus DirectCU II Top HD7970 G.Skill Ares 2x8GB DDR3 1600 5x2TB HDD Seasonic X-760 PSU I'll be using this case since I love it. These are my first choice, but if it happens that the Silver Arrow doesn't fit the mobo because of the fat TUF armor, I'll probably get Corsair H100 instead, and Corsair Vengeance 2x8 memory. I'll try to sell the components of this PC after that. So, since I'm not yet sure which of the two coolers I will get, I can't get the Silver Arrow in advance and then to find out it doesn't fit the mobo. P.S. Although my cpu's FSB wall is 356 MHz, for some reason I can't get it to work with 10 x 350, windows freezes when I start prime95... Edited April 5, 2012 by God Of Gaming Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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