Overclocking the 5169 mobo

has anyone tried to overclock the 5169 mobo with a Amd 450 if so please reply

Since the GPU is underclocked setting the clock speed back to the stock speed shouldn't do any damage to your system. However, the machine gets really hot (hotter than usual if you can imagine that) after running it for an extended period of time. So you're really not OVERclocking the GPU just setting it back to stock speed and not pushing the GPU past it's tested limits. So I think you're safe!
I do it everytime I play a game in windows and have yet to experience any issues, except for the occational artifact and the system freezing when I have pushed it too far.

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Overclocking the i7, a beginners guide

To give credit where credit is due: This was not written by myself. I have only edited parts of it.
I found this on the internet, but it was such a great article, that I wanted to draw your attention to it. Credits go to Chad. Thanks for all the effort you put into this.
What is overclocking?
Overclocking is a process of making various components in a computer to go faster than their stock speeds. So if you buy a processor (lets say an i7-920 2.66 GHz) and make it go faster (lets say 3.6 GHz), that can be deemed as overclocking.
HALT! Do not proceed any further until you have read this:
Dell, Gateway, eMachine, etc... do not overclock very well, so proceed at your own risk. You break it, it is your fault.
A little bit more of some explanation:
This guide is intended to explain how to overclock and its uses. It was made for those who have computers (moreover, motherboards and other components) that support overclocking. If you bought a brand of computer like Dell, Sony, Gateway, HP, eMachine, or any other crappy PC (not saying all of them are) that comes for a store like Walmart, Best Buy, or Circuit City, then this guide does not pertain to you. Even though it is possible to overclock these systems with software, it is not recommended nor advised. This guide is meant for anyone who has a motherboard made by ASUS, GIGABYTE, Abit, DFI, (sometimes Intel), or any other well known brand known for their boards and overclocking abilities. But be forewarned, not all boards made by these companies are made to overclock. Check and see if yours does before going any farther than this final line.
Note: There are ways to bypass hardware overclocking via software, but it is not recommended and can make your PC unstable, even rendering it unable to stay stable till the system is returned to normal. Overclocking software is made for boards that supports overclocking so that changes can be made without having to restart.
Further notes:
-Motherboards not designed for overclocking will not go as far in overclocking, become unstable sooner, and heat far quicker.
-Computers with boards that do not support overclocking do not have adequate cooling.
Why would you want to overclock if it could be damaging?
Simple, to get more out of what you payed for. Overclocking is similar to going and upgrade a car's engine by boring out its piston chambers and adding better fuel injection, air intake, transmission, etc..., but there is always a risk in doing so. But it all boils down to one thing: performance. It is hard to fry your system if you are careful and know what you are getting yourself into. If you are careful about what you do, then it is rather hard to do any kind of permanent damage to your system by pushing it to its sheer limits.
As with any kind of performance enhancement, there is a level of risk involved. The first and foremost danger is heat. Heat will degrade and damage your components beyond repair if left unchecked and will most definitely lower your system's life span. When you overclock, you are making your computer do more work than it is used to, thus it is going to generate more heat, so having a good cooling system is essential. If you do not have sufficient cooling, then your system could and will overheat. Overheat by itself cannot kill your computer though, the only way for that to happen is to repeatedly overheat it time and time again past the recommended temperatures. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS TRY TO STAY AT OR BELOW YOUR CPU's MAX RATED TEMPERATURE! If you go above this, you can risk harming your CPU. Do so at your own risk. Run your CPU at 5-10C above its max temp for short periods only and ONLY for benchmarking purposes only. DO NOT DO IT FOR LONG TERM!
And as luck would have it, you do not have to be overly worried about your system overheat as there will be signs before you system becomes a fried potato. Random crashes are probably the most common sign. Overheat is easily prevented by the use of thermal sensors which can tell you how hot your system is getting. If you see temperatures that you think is too high, then either run at a lower speed, or get better cooling, which I will cover later on.
The other danger of overclocking is voltage. Too much, and you can significantly shorten your components' lifespan. A small boost will not do much, but if you plan on a rather hefty overclock, you may want to be aware that it will decrease the lifespan of your computer's components. But this is usually not an issue since most people who will overclock do not use their components for more than 4-5 years and there is a good chance your components will not fail before 4-5 years regardless of the voltages running through it. Most processors are designed to last in upwards of ten years. So most of the time, loosing a few of those years is worth the performance gained for overclocking.
Disclaimer for my own protection:
WARNING!!! READ THIS DAMN WARNING!!! I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR YOU WHINE YOU BROKE YOUR COMPUTER SO READ THIS WARNING!!!!!!
Overclocking can really mess things up, and it wares down your hardware and its life-expectancy. In other words, the more you overclock, the shorter your computer will live (like how an F1 car's engine must be replaced after every other race). If you attempt to overclock, then I am not responsible for any damage or destroyed hardware when using this guide. Follow at your own risk.
Overclocking
This guide is meant for beginners and not for people looking to squeeze out every last bit from their processor. That’s when things become extremely motherboard specific. The goal of this guide is to try to make overclocking the core i7 an easy and enjoyable experience. Overclocking your core i7 is a must; if you don’t you’re a chump. This guide will focus more on core i7 920s, but ideas will probably carry over into EE and higher end chips with locked multipliers.
Recommended hardware:
1. A good cooler (Do not use stock if you plan to go past around 3.5. You will run your processor way too hot) (Noctua, ThermalRight Ultra Extreme or Megahalem are my preferred ones but read around.
2. DDR3 1600+ - You can get away with 1333 but with ram being as cheap as it is, why not.
3. Pretty much any x58 board (although some are better than others, read some reviews).
4. A good PSU with an EPS(8 pin) plug.
5. Paper, Pencil, and Patience – Write things down so you can remember your successes and failures. There is not much to play with in terms of the i7, but keeping track of what you tried can eliminate any frustrating experiences and also allow you to go back to a known stable settings.
Recommended software for stability testing:
1. Prime95.
http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft/
2. Memtest86+ http://www.memtest.org/
3. Realtemp http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/
4. CPUZ - http://www.cpuid.com
Many people have personal favorites but the above are what I use.
Not all I7s are created equal:
1. So you read on a thread that someone hit 4 ghz on a C0 stepping processor with only 1.28 vcore and you’re wondering if yours will do the same. It’s doubtful, but who knows. It may take you up to 1.4 volts at least with a C0. That’s life; if you're unhappy, sell it and buy a D0.
2. Not all i7s have the same quality IMC (Integrated Memory Controller). Some are more temperamental than others and will refuse to run your ram at its rated speed without a huge raise of qpi/uncore (VTT). This is not common and often it can be a sign of the quality of the ram.
3. For the most part, D0's overclock higher and at lower voltages than C0 chips, due to refinements in the fabrication process. Late C0 chips benefitted from the same refinements, and random other batches hit 4.0 ghz at really low volts. I have been told that some D0's do not hit 4.0, but most will do so at a lower voltage than most C0's. A D0 is a more desirable chip, but it's not a must and this guide is still useful to owners of C0's.
4. Toms Hardware article about speed vs power consumption is flawed and based on one really terrible C0 that needed 1.5 vcore to hit 4ghz. Is a D0 at 1.2v at 4 ghz going to consume more power than a C0 at 3.6 and 1.32 volts? No. The D0 will use less. Power consumption at any given voltage will increase about 3-11 watts (avg 5 for every 100 mhz you increase). Something brough to my attention recently though is that this may differ because some chips are leakier than others. A D0 is by no means a guarantee that it will consume less power.
5. If you want to reach higher clocks, you may need a better motherboard, cooler, chip or whatever. This guide is not for advanced overclockers.
Key Terms and Settings Quick Guide:
BCLK – Base Clock - This clock controls your memory speed, QPI speed, and core speed based on whatever multiples for those settings you have. It's the most important part of overclocking the Core i7. It's stock setting is 133
Uncore – This is basically the speed of everything which isn't your core (i.e. L3 cache, IMC, etc). It should be 2x your memory speed but allows for multipliers higher than 2x as well. Stability will be greatest at 2x.
QPI – Quickpath interconnect - It's basically the intel equivalent of AMD's hypertransport. It's how the CPU and the X58 chipset communicate. It has multipliers of 18x, 22x, and 24x. The 920 should be left at 18x creating a 9:8 ratio between the uncore and the memory multiplier assuming you use the 8x ratio, which some claim offers the greatest stability. Although people have been able to run it at all sorts of ratios.
Memory - Memory is calculated based on either a 6x, 8x, 10x, 12x, or 14x of your base clock. I recommend 6x and 8x. Depending on your mobo bios it may be called ratio or multiplier.
Ram Timings – This guide will only deal with the first four and the command rate. There are other guides regarding these. You can use XMP (intel's memory profile system) to have these values plugged in but it may set your QPI/uncore voltage automatically to 1.35 which may be more than you need (although it will be stable).
Turbo mode – This enables the 21x multiplier on the chip. Most boards allow you to do this with eist disabled, but some boards require it enabled. See if a newer bios lets you change things.
CPU Multiplier – On the 920 the range is from 12x – 21x (22x on one core when at stock speeds). It has been found that the 19x and 21x multipliers are more stable than the 20x.
Vcore – Voltage of your cpu. See below for tweaking instructions.
PLL – phase-locked loop – Just use the settings recommended below (1.8 – 1.88 is within specification).
QPI/Uncore (VTT) – This voltage is the VTT although it does play a role in feeding the IMC with voltage enough to overclock your ram, the L3 cache and a number of other things (Specification is that it should be less than 1.35 but when taking droop into account you can go higher, probably 1.4 is safe. Some ram modules have XMP profiles which call for higher QPI so some will argue that this is safe. I'm not going to argue one way or the other.)
Vdimm – Your ram voltage (Specification says 1.65 max but 1.66 is fine and so is a bit higher depending on your QPI/uncore voltage).
Important to do before you overclock:
EIST – Enhanced intel speedstep technology - It's a power saving tech that should be disabled while testing overclocking stability. This should be disabled while finding your OC, but can be enabled after you are stable (Disable if you have stability issues).
C1E – Another intel power saving technology. Disable while overclocking, enable afterwards.
Anything Spread Spectrum – Disable it.
PCIE frequency – Always at 100, but see FAQ questions below.
LLC - Load Line Calibration - This gets rid of vdroop when enabled and can help stabilize overclocks. It breaks intel spec, but it is highly recommended to enable it, since it will reduce the needed vcore for a stable OC. The argument for vdroop is that it's a standard and reduces voltage spikes. I have not been able to find anyone who's done any damage by enabling LLC and thus disabling vdroop. In an old anandtech review from 2007 they found that it increased power consumption on an X38 asus board; a newer xbitlabs article using X58 found that it actually decreased with more threads or was otherwise the same. This guide pretty much assumes you use it, but like anything else you are taking the risk. Then again, on my board, enabling it doesn't give you any red letter warning like when you maybe tap your vdimm above 1.65.
All other settings leave at auto unless needed for stability.
Initial steps:
If you've played around with any settings before reset your bios to its stock options. There's probably no need to reset your CMOS, but it can't hurt; if you don't know how to reset your CMOS then I suggest you learn to do so. It's unlikely that you will have to as most modern motherboards will usually have some sort of protection against bad overclocks and automatically allow you to reset the bios upon a bad boot.
Once your bios is at its stock configuration disable EIST, turbo mode, C1, and any other power saving options that may interfere with an overclock as well as any spread spectrum settings. Now, boot into windows (If you want to use the 21x multiplier then go right ahead and set it as long as you can do so without enabling EIST). Open up cpuz, load up prime and see where the voltage goes. This is your approximate vid for stock. The chip may very well run under this voltage, but this is the vid that the bios is seeing.
From here we have a number of different methods we can try. I always change my BCLK in my bios settings so that anything set to auto will adjust itself if need be, although you are free to use whatever windows based tools you want although beware of any problems they may cause you.
You should always set your memory to 8x or 6x depending on what you have and your uncore to 2x the memory. Leave the QPI at the lowest setting.
Set windows not to restart on a bsod (You want to know what the error was):
Windows XP and Vista Directions, but it is the same for Win7.
Method #1: Optimizing for max performance per watt.
This method takes by far the most amount of time but for many its worth it in terms of its power efficiency.
Begin by going into the bios and changing your voltage to your vid and setting QPI/uncore (VTT) to 1.25 (I have raised this due to concerns about droop at 1.2) and vdimm to 1.65 (Most boards can't do this; 1.66 is safe, ignore your spaz bios warnings; you are not going to explode anything, although if you do, it's not my fault. Set it to 1.64 if it helps you sleep easier. I recommend at this point to be working with either the 21x multiplier if possible in order to keep your ram as much out of the equation as possible. 20X has known problems and 19x will land you with high ram speeds quicker which will require raises in the QPI/uncore voltage sooner.
Open up real temp and run Prime 95 with 8 threads and check stability for an hour at least (The more the better. I recommend overnight just to make sure all is good). Record your settings on a piece of paper or email them to yourself. Make sure to have Realtemp open in order to watch your temperatures. Temperatures should not exceed 80-85 during Prime. During normal use for extended periods, they should never see these kinds of temperatures. I like to keep mine below 70 for normal usage.
After its stable go into the bios and increase the BCLK by 10 and repeat the process. Find the max BCLK for your stock vid (or any voltage, if you'd like by lowering by smaller amounts when you find an unstable clock. This will help you know what you can run at any given voltage.
See below for known Prime 95 errors and how they relate to your settings (also some settings to try for stability). Once you get to the clocks you want, I recommend running Prime for at least 16-24 hours. I have in fact had errors in the 14th hour so it's good to know that you're truly stable.
See also below for optimizing your ram settings.
Method #2: Quick and dirty method for 4ghz aka screw efficiency
Set your ioh and ich to 1.2, your vdimm to 1.65, your cpu pll to 1.88, and your QPI/uncore to 1.35.
For D0 users set your vcore to 1.275 and for C0/C1 users set your vcore to 1.4 and BCLK to 190/191 or 210/211 and multiplier to 21 and 19 respectively. Check for Prime stability. D0's should be fine, but C0/C1 still may not make it, at this point your temps may be too high if you're not on water, so I suggest you start working backward in order to hit a much lower vcore or use method 3.
Method #3: Quick and dirty vcore boosting.
Set your ioh and ich to 1.2, your vdimm to 1.65, your cpu pll to 1.88, and your QPI/uncore to 1.35. Set BCLK to 190/191 or 210/211 and multiplier to 21 and 19 respectively.
The D0 chip usually hits 4.0 in the vcore range of 1.175 and 1.25. Try those voltages until you find whats right for your chip.
The C0/C1 is a much more difficult beast with a much larger range of 1.27 to around 1.4 and up to 1.5 (Do not attempt on air unless you live somewhere really, really cold). Some may not hit 4ghz at all.
This method is more difficult as some chips may not boot until you give them the proper vcore
How to use Prime95 to test stability:
Open up Prime95 and Realtemp to check your idles and loads. Set Prime95 to whatever priority you'd like. I prefer 4 or 7 so that realtemp still updates but some people prefer 10 and will run without a temperature monitor. Either is fine, but I'm always paranoid that my cooler will somehow become unlatched spontaneously. Set windows not to restart on bluescreen by setting [insert settings here] so that you can catch the error (although windows will record it somewhere). Start a mixed torture test and let it run for however long, depending on if you're only doing a temporary stability test in order to raise (about 1 hour) or a true stability test (16-24 hours). Once you've passed Prime95 you can run any other stability test that you want.
Prime 95 Errors:
Freeze: Increase the vcore
Other errors can indicate instability with the chip if they are during small fft (increase vcore by .125) or instability with ram large ftt (Try raising the ioh and/or running memtest).
BSOD code 101: Increase the vcore. I recommend increasing by +.025 if you get a bsod
BSOD code 124: Increasese or decrease the QPI/uncore by .25. Depending on where you are in your stability tests you'll probably need to increase it. 1.375 is the max I'm comfortable with although people say 1.4+ is safe. This is for you to determine and research. Don't do anything you're not comfortable with. Intel says do not go above 1.35 so 1.375 with droop and loss is safe and not too far outside specification.
It is important to note that sometimes QPI can be too high and that might cause this code. That's why it's not a good idea to just set things to 1.35 and hope for the best. If you find that increasing QPI/uncore voltage is not increasing stability, try decreasing it. Just remember of course, to keep track of your settings. I recommend not increasing, unless you have to (Don't be arbitrary about it).
D0 exclusive BSOD weird 2 letter/number codes: Treat this as a 101 and increase vcore by +.025. Update: It seems that these error codes can crop up for other reasons. Depending on where you are in the process you should take a look at your other voltages. I realize this is vague, but you may need to experiment.
If any worker fails, especially during small fft then it's cpu voltage. Bump it once or twice. If it fails during large fft then its probably memory error you can try running memtest/upping ioh. I would try running small fft at that point for a good amount of time and make sure its not the cpu voltage. If it passes 8-12 hours of small fft then work on making it pass large fft. Just remember to keep track of your settings. That's not to say that a large fft error won't be the result of cpu voltage, it's just not what I would try. Be methodical. If something allows Prime to run significantly longer then keep it. Significant depends where you are in the process. If your workers fail as soon as you start and a setting change gets you through a test then I'd say its good. If you get crashes during the 8th hour, and the setting change only gets you another 5 minutes in the 8th hour, it's probably just random and not the setting.
Testing Memory Stability with memtest 86+:
Personally, I do not run memtest until I actually encounter what could be memory errors( I assume things work until proven otherwise). Begin by setting your ram timings in the bios and setting your QPI/uncore to 1.35 and your vdimm to 1.64-1.66. Do not oc your cpu. Just run your ram at its rated spec to make sure that the ram is stable and not defective. You can also check it again with an oc'ed cpu as well. If it's unstable try raising the ioh to 1.20 or higher. If you are still getting errors try each dimm one at a time and see if you need to RMA (A pain in the *** but necessary).
Optimizing ram with memtest86+:
Assuming your ram is stable you can either overclock, lower voltage, tighten timings, or all of the above.
1. Lowering voltage. Run memtest86 for 20 minutes, if you get errors, stay where you are. Otherwise lower the vdimm by .02 and repeat until you get an error within 20 minutes. Then run it overnight.
2. Overclocking. You may be able to run your ram faster than you thought. Loosen the timings(make them higher) and then increase BCLK. You can optimize your voltage with the above number one. Depending on the ram, you may be able to overclock quite a bit or not at all. Running your ram at anything above 1066 is in fact overclocking the IMC.
3. Tightening timings. Timings should be decreased as such. Assuming you begin with 9-9-9 your next step should be 9-9-8 then 9-8-8 then 8-8-8. You can also try 8-9-8 but this is going to depend on your memory. You may need to raise voltages to tighten the timings.
The usefulness of overclocking your ram is limited. See the useful links sections below to see how certain ram settings will impact your real life performance.
Frequently asked questions:
Q: I can't raise my BCLK over some number. How do I fix it? What's the deal?
A: Not all chips and motherboards are made the same. You can try playing around with voltage amplitude, pll, skew or pcie (pcie is probably best not raised as it can cause damage). This is a question that is better asked on a thread dedicated to a specific board. You may end up being out of luck.
Q: What are safe voltages?
A: According to Intel or common knowledge the following are the safe air temperatures:
Vcore: ~1.4
QPI/uncore (VTT): 1.35
PLL: 1.88
Vdimm:~1.65 (Some will say that you are safe within .5 of your QPI/uncore allowing for a max of 1.85 on vdimm. See the link to the xtreme systems forum below on this subject for a long thread).
IOH: Less than 1.3
ICH: Less than 1.3
Q: My chip is too hot before I can reach 4 ghz. What can I do?
A: Disable hyperthreading or buy a better cooler (Noctua, TRUE or Megahalems recommended).
Q: But don't I want hyperthreading?
A: It's certainly nice to have a feature you paid for, but it sometimes decreases performance and it definitely causes a lot of heat. It's up to you.
Q: How do I go past 4ghz?
A: Same way as you got there in the first place. Just keep increasing BCLK. Past this point though it's up to you to do some research on your own.
Q: What is this multiplier throttling I've heard about?
A: Some boards will throttle down the 21x multiplier if the wattage becomes too high. The culprits without public fixes are the Asus P6T Deluxe and vanilla (The Deluxe v1 has a bios available on the xtremesystems forum which can be crossflashed onto the v2 which will fix this problem) It really only becomes a problem at high voltages with high frequencies. Other boards have ways of disabling it.
Q: Why would I want to optimize my voltages?
A: Save money on power bills and leave more wattage for other devices.
Q: My chip was stable for X amount of time and now it's not?
A: Have you added any hardware? How are your temperatures? High voltages and high temps can cause decay and make the chip require more voltage for an overclock. It may also be that your PSU is starting to go or maybe your motherboard is. Do your best to troubleshoot this.
Q: My temperatures seem really high? Is X degrees ok?
A: A better question is whether or not you are ok with X degrees. How long do you plan to won this chip? What are your ambients? If your house is 40 degrees centigrade, don't expect your chip to drop below that unless you are using extreme cooling (also try to move somewhere cooler cause that's really hot or get some AC, are you trying to cook yourself?). A cpu well taken care of can last over a decade when run within spec. How long do you really think you're going to keep this chip? A rule of thumb I go by is never push a part that I can't afford to replace if I break it (I do this anyway, but its a good rule nonetheless). Your temps will always get higher than normal when stress testing so do some normal stuff to see if your temperatures are acceptable. Try backing down a bit if you are unhappy.
Q: I heard this will work or this needs to be this way?
A: Try it. This is a general guide, not a set of hard and fast rules.
Q: My computer restarted while priming; how do I find out the error?
A: If you haven't already, disable bsod restarts in windows. Sometimes, though, it decides to restart anyway.
Open Computer Management by right-clicking the Computer icon on the start menu (or on the Desktop if you have it enabled) and select Manage. Navigate to the Event Viewer. Note: If you did not disable UAC then you will be prompted to consent to the action you're about to perform. Click Continue. Note: You can also open the Event Viewer by typing Event Viewer in the Search box and pressing Enter, or typing eventvwr.msc in the Run command.
Also check the results.txt in your Prime95 folder for a log of when it ultimately crashed and what it was doing at the time.
Q: Whats the deal with PCIE frequency? Can it help break my BCLK wall?
A: Yes, but I advise caution. Raising this too much can damage things running on the pcie bus or cause them to not work. I would not raise it personally more than a few mhz. You are probably safe at 103, but I take no responsibility of course.
Voltages/settings you can try to use to increase stability:
PLL: 1.88
IOH: 1.2+
ICH: 1.2
CPU voltage amplitude: +800mv
CPU Skew: +300ps
Command rate: change from 1n to 2n
You should really check in on your specific board as not all boards have the same settings. Be methodical in testing settings since you want to know whether something helped or hurt by itself before you combine.
Useful Links:
http://www.overclock.net/intel-cpus/538439-guide-overclocking-core-i7-920-4-a.html
Intel Info on the i7
QPI/Uncore voltage (XS) (Do not take this as gospel try to stay in spec unless you feel like really pushing things)
Info on multiplier throttling (XS)
Memory Scaling on the Core I7

My i7 rig is with a socket 1156 board, an Asus P7P55D mobo, and an 860 CPU. I know the Corsair DDR3 memory @ its stock 1.65v simply doesn't run at 1600mhz like it says on its box - 1333mhz seems to be its stability wall.
I upgraded my Q6600 and Asus P5B deluxe rig because so many people said to never consider overclocking on an editing rig. Was that over-cautious advice?

Overclocking the i7 in Tips & Tricks

Harm Millaard, the hardware guru from the PrPro forum has just posted a LINK to his overclocking the i7 guide, in the Tips & Tricks sub-forum.
If you're considering doing this, you might want to give it a read.
Good luck,
Hunt

My i7 rig is with a socket 1156 board, an Asus P7P55D mobo, and an 860 CPU. I know the Corsair DDR3 memory @ its stock 1.65v simply doesn't run at 1600mhz like it says on its box - 1333mhz seems to be its stability wall.
I upgraded my Q6600 and Asus P5B deluxe rig because so many people said to never consider overclocking on an editing rig. Was that over-cautious advice?

Overclocking the Intgr graphic gForce 4MX?

Is it possible to overclock the graphic card on my mobo?
I was thinjing about using RivaTuner

|-Raider-|,
Since your MSI Hardware is a Motherboard and you posted in the Multimedia Forum, I moved the thread to nForce Forum for you.
Good Luck,
Richard

Overclocking the Processer/motherboard

I am a newbvie at this can anybody guide me in the right path?
Thanks
MSI K7N2 Delta-L SKT A 8xAGP DDR400 Nforce2
Arctic Cooling Copper Silent 2 Tc
AMD ATHLON XP2700+ 333MHZ FSB 256Cache CPU
Acer 1931 RADEON G9800 8xAGP 128MB DDR
Crucial 512 DDR333 PC2700 DIMM x 2
Western Digital Caviar 80gb 7200rpm Ide
Seagate ST3120022A 120Gb 7200rpm
ATX Midi Tower 400w
Windows XP Home SP1
Liteon 16x48 IDE DVD-ROM DRIVE

Homer Simpson,
If you want to overclock the CPU, look at setting the FSB to RAM Ratio at 1:1 and then increase the FSB a couple of Mhz at a time.
Make sure you have good Thermal Paste along with good cooling.
I would run something like 3DMark2001SE to make sure that your overclock is stable, before increasing it again each time.
If you want more info, try the Overclocking Forum.
Take Care,
Richard

Overclocking the fsb on a kt4ultra

I was wondering what (with standard cooling) people are getting overclocking the fsb on kt4 ultra.
I am rock stable at 142mhz with a xp1800 with a coolermaster heatsink - the cpu is running at about 35-36 degrees. If I increase this the machine will reboot itself soon after getting into windows.
I suspect the problem is not with the cpu but with the pci been overclocked as I have two 80gig ibm drives RAID'ed on the serial ATA and I don't think the controller can handle it.
I suppose I could try booting at 151mhz to drop the multipler on the pci but are these cpu's able to operate at these sorts of speeds? Anybody got any thoughts?
By the way the RAM is pc2700 from crucial so no problem there

Try with your FSB higher to drop the PCI multi. Watch your temps closely with Speed Fan, or PC Alert if it actually boots and seems stable. If it gets around 50-60C it is too hot, but is ok so you can shut it down. Then shut down your computer and get a better heatsink/fan. If you do get too much clock speed, you can lower the clock multi, so you can have your FSB still higher, but your processor speed lower.

Overclocking the ex625 w/ HD4670

Hello, I was wondering if anyone has had any luck overclocking the gpu or cpu on their ex625. I am hearing of some people that are having luck doing it, but am not being so lucky. I am running the latest vga drivers. I have tried overclocking the gpu with ati tools and msi's afterburner, but when I click apply on the settings, my clocks just drop back to default. If you were able to get your overclocking done successfully on your ex625, could you please give me some pointers? Thank you for reading and your time.

Hi, I have the same problem with OC ex625 GPU. I tried all (?) known applications and tools. Here are all my knowledge in this topic:
1. MSIAfterburner151 - there is no possibility to change anything (any changes doesn't work - after click Apply return to default, even after change some parameters in ini file).
2. AMDGpuClockTool98 - only shows temperature, no possibility to change anything.
3. RivaTuner224 - RT allows change clocks (after modification in ini file) but there is no impact on benchmarks score (3DMARK06, Furmark). If I set some nonsensical values (e.g. 1000/1000 or 300/300) in RT and run FurMark, FurMark show the same stupid values but benchmrk score is still the same as without OC.
4. GPU-Z.043 - I tried safe BIOS file but this is impossible: "BIOS reading not supported on this device".
5. There is no application to show correct fan speed.
Is anyone who can solve this problem/topic and can help me, cos I know that mobility HD4670 has big OC potential and the same GPU moved to another notebook may be overclocked (over 800/900) ?
best regards

Nw8440 northbridge issue, looking for the right mobo replacement

hi,
i'm my nw8440 mobile workstation (T7400, FireGL V5200, 15.4" WUXGA) seems to have some northbridge issues and i'm looking for mobo replacement.
As i can read from "Maintenance and Service guide" it does share the same mobo (SPS 416397-001) with nc8430 and nx8420. But is it really the same? Because my nw8440 is equipped with a soldered gpu FireGL V5200 instead the other ones have a X1600.
thanks,
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Overclocking the 3000+

Quote from: bassmadrigal on 28-August-05, 18:06:47
Dang! What are you using to cool that processor? Freon? Liquid Nitrogen?!?
Have Fun
Jeremy
"hit a wall at 315..." Egad! Must be a cooler constructed & filled with "unobtainium"

MSI P7N SLI PLATINUM OVERCLOCKING THE Q6600 HELP ME OUT!!!

This is my build
MSI P7N 750I PLAT
Q6600
ZALMAN 120MM COPPER
PC 6400 - 2X2G 4-4-4-12
650W PSU
9800GTX
I cannot overclock the processor what so ever, it wont even let me go from 800mhz fsb to 815 without it crashing. I NEED PLEASE someone to help me with this, what settings to i put it at along with the voltages.
im about to return this peice of crap board and njever buy an msi ever again i fi kant solve this issue, i want to get it running, please help!

Quote from: Langnasen on 13-May-08, 01:02:23
You do not want to see them going over 60c really.
You can go over 60C without any problems, just keep it under ~70C under full load.
If you want your cores below 60C you cant oc very far even with a great cooler, or you'll need watercooling or a dozen fans @high speed
I've seen many people with stress temps of around ~68C and I know someone who has it running 24/7, with cores at ~65C at peak moments for a few hours.
His system has been fine for almost 2 yrs now .
And what about the summer?
It has been 27C here in Holland and my cores ran sometimes over ~61C for a couple of hours (lotta decoding/encoding done) and all is still working fine
Below 60C with a decent oc on air cooler,in summers is a nono as far as i know.
Unless like you, you like a lot of fans spinning at high speed ( must sound terrible ) to cool things down.

Anybody overclocking the PT880??? Tips??

I have a brand New PT880 Neo LSR. The project I am attempting will be a comparison to The Intel 875 Canterwood capability.
Is the PT880 a true "Canterwood Killer" as is rumored??? For 1/3 the price of a Canterwood------is it comparable at all?? Will it overclock??? Is there a PCI/AGP lock (Via's first attempt at this) in the Bios and does it work??
Is it a GREAT deal----or all hype??
These are the questions I will seek to answer.
Appreciate any "tips" from peolple already running this board...
My setup will be:
P4C 2.4 (A known solid overclocker to at least 267 FSB on default Vcore on a Canterwood)
MSI PT880 Neo LSR
2 x 256 Geil Ultra PC4000
2 80 gig Samsung SATA Drives
Enermax 465 VE PSU
MSI DR-8A 8X DVD burner
WaterCooled
The goal is a 1:1 overclock of 250 FSB -----at decent timings, stable and cool. If it can do that-----this board is a superb "deal"
Any help or tips most appreciated.
John

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Originally posted by sticks
Hey johnrr6... from my experience, I would say that this board is a fine board... However, as you might notice from my sig., I had problems overclocking the board. what it would do is that whenever I increased FSB beyond 202MHz, the hard disk, which is sata, would no longer be detected untill I decrease the FSB frequency back to below 202MHz. I haven't been able to resolve this problem yet, though I think it might be a power supply problem ( I guess 300W ain't enough to cut it). I'm gonna get a 400W power supply soon, and I hope this fixes the problem.
Ok, so good luck with ur project... keep us posted..
Are you running SATA RAID----or a single SATA drive?
Is this setting set to 66 in Bios:
From the Manual----Frequency/Voltage controls in Bios
AGP Frequency
This item is used to configure the AGP frequency. Settings: From 66.9 to
100.9 at 1 increment.
Am not sure----but I believe this setting to be the long absent AGP/PCI lock setting that Via was notorious for NOT having----but supposedly fixed with this chipset.
Good Luck-----John

Overclocking the z77a-gd65 board

Hello my new found friends (I hope).I am new to both these forums and overclocking but I'm willing to learn. I have a msi z77a-gd65 mobo, 32 gigs crucial memory with an i7 3770k cpu rated at 3.5 GHz. I also have a corsair H80i cpu liquid cpu cooler. Right now the cpu is running at 4.2 GHz but I would like to try to go higher manually if I can. If any body can help with easy to follow instructions on how to do this I will be extremely grateful.

I recommend searching the threads that specialize in the 'Turbo' OC method. Ivy CPU's are not super OC'ers on conventional cooling solutions, but excellent performance can be pulled out of them in the 44X-45X range and still keep all the power saving features intact as well. CPU V. left alone to work on Auto is recommended. Initially for testing, set VDRoop to 100%. Disable EuP 2013, Overspeed Protection, and Spread Spectrum.

Overclocking the E5300 on the MSI G31M3-F V2

Well here's my story guys......
I jst bought me the E5300 processor......and everything went swell. It ran perfectly on my MSI on which i overclocked it to 3.6Ghz . Bt jst until last month when i upgraded my mobo's bios version from 1.3 to 1.6 (which to me seemed like a good idea at first), i cant seem to get my e5300 to overclock anymore . If i try to overclock it, my system wont reach the post screen. What can b the problem?? Or s it possible to "deflash" my bios to the standard 1.3 that it came out wit?

It's a common mistake that users believe a new BIOS will improve the system. Your's is probably a good example that its not always the case for a specific configuration. The BIOS changes are to accommodate later or different configurations and the rule of thumb is, if it's working for you don't change it. Yes, suggest you flash to the previous 1.3 version as that seemed to work well. You can of course try 1.4 and 1.5 as well just to see from which BIOS onwards it actually does not seem to support an OC for your config anymore. I also suggest once you have done that and its back to "normal" that you provide MSI with your feedback as that may help them to take that into consideration in later BIOS releases. Good Luck.

Overclocking the i7 920 on Eclipse to 3.2 ghz

I am trying to overclock my i7 920 to 3.2 ghz to match my 1600 DDR3 rams, I tried alot of settings but got nowhere. If anyone has successfully clocked such a simple setting could they post their BIOs settings please?
Also is it advicable to clock to 3.2 from 2.66 on stock fan with MSI eclipse mainboard?

I sure don't see one.. I have:
CPU specifications (sub menu with cpu info)
EIST = Auto (enable/disable)
C-State = DIS (en/dis)
base clock = 180 (goes to 400)
Turbo boost = DIS (when enabled adds 1 to the base clock mutli)
adjusted core freq = 3600 (shows final cpu freq)
Qpi config (sub menu, mine set to FULL SPEED and 4.800GT)
Memory-Z (sub menu, shows memory slot info, show only!)
Advance D-ram config (sub menu, hard set the timings here if you want, that's all)
Extreme memory profile = DIS (enable/disable) (not sure what this does)
Memory ratio = 4 (3 - 8)
adjusted d-ram freq = 1440 (this is the kicker, 1440 has my memory underclocked for it's rating, and it's STILL unstable with 6gb, so it's not the mem itself, it something else)
clockgen tuner (sub menu, has some cpu and dram skew setting adjustments, left at default)
adjust pci freq = 37.3 (auto, 37.3, 42)
adjust pci-e freq = 100 (steps in 1mhz incre)
auto disable DRAM/pci frequency = ENABLED (en/dis) this turns off the power to unused slots to lessen excess rf interference from them.
voltages
spread spectrum = DIS (en/dis)
EDIT: I think it's possible I might have a faulty power supply.. I guess? the DDR phase LEDs are off but the memory still works ok with smallish memory amounts... I would think the motherboard would let me know there was a real issue or something, but who knows..

Overclocking the i7 3770K on Z77A-GD65 MB. HELP ME MY NEW FRIENDS!!!

Hi everybody! I really truly hope that someone can help me. I have tried to look EVERYWHERE with no good results... :(
I have a new Z77A-GD65 motherboard and an Intel 3770K processor running on it and I am trying to OVERCLOCK my system properly. You might think that who the hell is this bozo if he cannot overclock with the manuals and all..
Anyway, I really never have gone deeper into overclocking and I would sooooo much like to have a PRESET file (BIOS settings) which could give me about 4.5-4.8GHz frequency and then my memory is a whole another issue. I am able to run it at 1,6GHz anyway but I'd like to try more.
The thing is that I don't even know whether I should have that Genie II button enabled on the motherboard or not! I mean, can I overclock my MB even further if I have Genie button enabled? And then should I enable Genie II via the Control Center from within Windows 7 x64 too?? Or should I have that Genie button disabled from the MB and do everything "manually"? Frankly I know nothing and I am absolutely frustrated.
I know I would have to set some voltages and factors at various points but I find it too complicated. ASUS had a software that you could choose "turbo profile auto overclock" and that software just adjusted voltages and frequencies automatically, rebooting every once in a while until the system came unstable and it applied the latest stable settings. MSI should have that kind of an over-clocking software too!
So could you please reply for me stupid one and tell me that how should I overclock my system. Meaning all the possible settings that you could imagine. I have tried Googling of all the weird C1E's and C-states and HPET's and everything but it's just a mess. I just would like to get as much power out of my PC as possible. Period. I really would appreciate all kind of help.
And yeah, one more thing;;; when I have this MSI Control Center installed in OS then will it kind of "override" the BIOS settings done when booting up? I'm asking a lot of stupid questions but I have struggled with my new PC for four straight days and nights and my brains are starting to melt....
PLEASE::::
- give me the multipliers
- voltages
- other settings (like power settings)
- DRAM timing mode and frequencies
- EIST on/off?
- Turbo mode on/off?
- Enhanced turbo??
- ANYthing you can ever think of.
I'll humbly wait for a reply. Thanks for reading.
-Tommi

Quote from: Froggy Gremlin on 25-September-12, 04:28:27
There are a number of OC threads here to give some basics. First off, learn what the limits are for voltages, etc. Intel datasheets & design guides are a great source. I will give you two voltage limits, 1 - DRAM V. = don't exceed 1.65v's, 2 - CPU V. = for an everyday OC, don't exceed 1.400v's. Get yourself a digital multimeter. There are several OC methods, so pick the one right for your needs.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=159647.0
It's a good start thanks to Froggygremlin.
Btw if I may to add tips : try to overclock processor first with memory stay on default speed if we feels it is stable enough and want some more then go with the memory

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