I want to overclock my X2 4400. I have a new amazing fan/heatsink that keeps it very cool so now I think I can over clock it safely. Right now its running at 2.2 ghz. My mobo is an ASUS A8N32SLI-Deluxe. I toyed around with my BIOS a bit and only caused crashes and rebooting so I stopped. In my BIOS there is I think 3 different ways to OC the Processor. Manually... one where it gives me percentages.. 1-3-5-8-10. and another called N.O.S. that gives me the same percentage options. I don't really know anything about OCing so I guess my question is what do I need to do? I don't know enough to mess with it manually and the options with the percentages just kept making my PC crash. Any help would be appreciated.

-ASUS A8N32SLI-Deluxe
-AMD 64 X2 4400
-2x BFG OC2 8600GTs 256mb in SLI
-4 GB Crucial Ballistix DDR pc4000 3-4-4-8 DDR500 RAM
-600w Enermax Power Supply

Hang on, aren't you the guy who has posted in the General Hardware forum that you are having stability problems since you installed new RAM? Why would you want to overclock when your machine isn't even stable to begin with???

I use a Mac, still want to take my advice... LOL

Well because my system was completely stable before I installed the new RAM. I figure once I get the RAM issue resolved then I can start overclocking. I'm in the process of a pretty big upgrade.

-ASUS A8N32SLI-Deluxe
-AMD 64 X2 4400
-2x BFG OC2 8600GTs 256mb in SLI
-4 GB Crucial Ballistix DDR pc4000 3-4-4-8 DDR500 RAM
-600w Enermax Power Supply

If your system was completely stable before you installed new RAM, you can be fairly certain the RAM you installed is the problem.

Download memtest86+, create a bootable floppy (or CD) & test the RAM from DOS. If any errors are found, the RAM is defective & must be replaced. There's no way to fix bad RAM.

http://www.memtest.org/

Also, the best way to overclock is by manually configuring the settings, otherwise you're wasting your time (& ours...lol)

BTW, how much did you pay for your two 8600GT's? You may have gotten off cheaper & get better framerates with one good card...plus you wouldn't have the added load on your PSU. And if your Enermax is the Noisetaker II 600W, overloading it is something you should be concerned about. Read the reviews:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...

"BTW, how much did you pay for your two 8600GT's? You may have gotten off cheaper & get better framerates with one good card...plus you wouldn't have the added load on your PSU. And if your Enermax is the Noisetaker II 600W, overloading it is something you should be concerned about."

A single 8800GTS would be faster for the same price and would consume less than half the power. Even better is the new 8800GT, its almost as fast as the 8800GTX uses less power and costs less than the 8800GTS. When I read the initial post in the General Hardware forum my first thoughts were that it was an overloaded power supply, followed closely by dodgy RAM.

I use a Mac, still want to take my advice... LOL

Wow so you think the problem could be my PSU?? I did kind of regret going with the two 8600 gt's after I made the purchase, but too late now. One thing I did notice about the RAM was that it was very very hot when I was switching them around... could the problem be over-heating?? I re-installed my old RAM and it runs fine now. So it definately has something to do with the new RAM. I couldnt memtest it yet because my DSL is acting up and I'm working on getting that working as well. Would RAM take that much of a toll on the PSU??

-ASUS A8N32SLI-Deluxe
-AMD 64 X2 4400
-2x BFG OC2 8600GTs 256mb in SLI
-4 GB Crucial Ballistix DDR pc4000 3-4-4-8 DDR500 RAM
-600w Enermax Power Supply