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Overclocking Athlon X2 3800

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Name: agentofevolution
Date: December 21, 2007 at 13:40:43 Pacific
OS: XP Home SP2
CPU/Ram: X2 3800/2gb Super Talent
Product: Custom built
Comment:

Hi
I was wondering if you could give me any tips or tricks to help me overclock my aformentioned CPU. I've so far managed to get it to 2.3ghz but i'm sure it will go further. My mobo is a Gigabyte GA-M55plus-S3G
Thanks



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Name: agentofevolution
Date: December 21, 2007 at 13:49:19 Pacific
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Also my PSU is the Corsair 520w.


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Response Number 2
Name: jam
Date: December 21, 2007 at 13:55:41 Pacific
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These settings are generic, your BIOS may be different:

Lower the RAM speed to DDR2-667, lower the HT multi to 4x (or 800MHz), lock the PCI-e at 100MHz, lock the PCI at 33MHz, disable ALL Spread Spectrum options, disable Cool 'n Quiet, raise the CPU freq to 250MHz.

Results: CPU at 2.5GHz, RAM at approx 417MHz (DDR2-834), HT bus at 1000MHz.


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Response Number 3
Name: agentofevolution
Date: December 21, 2007 at 14:43:41 Pacific
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Hmm, I looked in my BIOS (and pressed ctrl-f1) but I can't seem to find an option to lock the pci bus OR an option to disable cool n' quiet..


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Response Number 4
Name: jam
Date: December 21, 2007 at 16:12:33 Pacific
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As I said, "these settings are generic, your BIOS may be different"


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Response Number 5
Name: agentofevolution
Date: December 22, 2007 at 04:59:53 Pacific
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Well is there any way to change these options not using the BIOS?


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Response Number 6
Name: jam
Date: December 22, 2007 at 07:11:41 Pacific
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If they're not there, they're not there. A BIOS update *may* add more setting options, but I wouldn't bet on it.


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