Shibathedog Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 So my replacement Asus P5N32-E SLI came today, I had a bit of an episode where i thought i broke it and got really pissed off and started yelling and breaking other things (seriously...i havent gotten that mad in a lonnnng time) But everything is working perfectly now I just had to take the battery out to reset it after i upgraded the BIOS because i guess the configuration didnt work and didnt clear right. It turns out what happened before was i upgraded to a beta BIOS not realizing it was a beta, and there are warnings all over the internet about how buggy it was, which i should have researched, but probably wouldnt have anyway because i didnt realize it was a beta in the first place so system specs are: Intel Core 2 Duo e6400 (going to try to overclock to 3.2GHz or so in a minute)1GB PNY Gamer DDR2-667 (3-3-3-6 @ 2.2v)Sapphire ATi/AMD Radeon X1950PRO 512MBASUS P5N32-E SLI1x WD SATA 320GB w/16MB Cache16x Firmware modded NEC DL DVD+-RW i get my paycheck today and im going to see about getting some RAM Ive been wanting 2GB of DDR2-1066 Crucial Ballistix Tracer but who knows. Im stuck deciding between getting that RAM (which can supposedly run at DDR2-800 3-3-3-8 @2.2v and DDR2-1066 4-4-4-12 @2.2v which is nice) or something cheaper thats designed to run at DDR2-800 and possibly lower timings or something close. I cant decide between the lower timings or the higher frequency :/ i'll possibly be selling the RAM i have now, but im telling you now its pretty much stuck at that rate, it doesnt overclock at all, or at least in my old mobo it didnt (which wasnt a great ocer anyway) i wouldnt buy it expecting it to run at anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibathedog Posted July 17, 2007 Author Share Posted July 17, 2007 Well this board seems to be pretty easy to overclock right now im at 2.66GHz and running 1:1 ;D Im not too sure if im brave enough to overclock any more than this though with stock cooling, maybe ill pick up a CPU fan when i get that RAM and possibly some chipset fans (the north/sound bridge run hot as hell on this board) Edit: Holy crap my HSF is garbage, i just hit 71 on idle, flock this lol im gonna wait untill i get something better Edit Again: nvm its raising VCores automatically thats the problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibathedog Posted July 17, 2007 Author Share Posted July 17, 2007 sweet everything is working fine now, passed some brief stability tests, ill do some more later cant get the CPU over 61C under load (60 is supposed to be the limit ive heard) i'll try to reapply the HSF to see if it helps, if so ill be running 1:1 untill i get some RAM and a new HSF 2.664GhzDDR2-667 @ 3-3-3-4 pretty nice, lowest FPS in CSS @ 1600X1200 with maxed out detail AA and AF was around 150 and it flys all over the place into the high 300s (id say its staying around 250 though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_cinder Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 I dun do the overclocking, I just don't see the point. Unless you can do some serious overclocking, the gain isn't worth the risk/lessened life of your hardware. I'd rather just put in the hardware I want, not less and try to pull more out of it. This isn't to say I haven't overclocked, I had my P4 1.4Ghz overclocked to 1.6Ghz, but I was running some serious aftermarket cooling on the CPU and Southbridge, and I didn't want to admit to myself that I needed a new PC badly........nor did my wallet wish to agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoRd_SnOw Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 This reminds me of something that i did a long time ago. Well mainly the part about the Bios being a beta. I Wouldnt overclock it either unless you have an extra one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibathedog Posted July 19, 2007 Author Share Posted July 19, 2007 well with aftermarket cooling its extremley easy to overclock to 3.4, 3.6, even 4GHz and not even spend that much money on cooling stuff, ive seen it done on air cooling im probably going to aim for 3.2, MAYBE 3.4Ghz when i buy a cooler, which is good since stock its 2.13GHz (although i might get a free e6600 soon) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahmad89 Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Sweet, i never heard of this "overclocking". Is it possible to overclock form 2.6GHz to 3.0GHz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodPigeon Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 two questions 1.How do you overclock?? 2. How far from my 1.9GHz CPU can i overclock without the need of a new fan/heatsink??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryuken Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 it really depends on what cpu and motherboard u have. i heard that core 2 duo are able to be easily overclocked to 3ghz with stock heatsink and fan so i might build a new computer once i have enough $$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahmad89 Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 This is my motherboard, is it possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_cinder Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 This is my motherboard, is it possible. Given what you have for a CPU already, you'd be stupid to waste your time overclocking in the first place. You don't need more CPU power if you can't run the latest games well, you need more RAM and/or a better video card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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