First Oc!! Screenshots!! How'd I Do?!

darkjedi · Apr 17, 2004

here's the results of my first OC on my 2500 mobile on nf7-s

currently at 200x12 @ 1.6vcore.. don't know how to test for stability so just using the PC til i see a problem...

any recommendations / advice??

thanks!!

-tawheed

Captain Newbie · Apr 17, 2004

Not bad at all...

For stability use Prime95's torture test.

PerlAddict · Apr 17, 2004

Test for stability by running a program called Prime95. That will stress test your system, plus you'll be able to see what kind of temperatures you are hitting under a full load. But if you're at 34.5C idle at 1.6v, I'd venture to say you've probably got a good little bit of more headroom, depending on your cooling, so keep crankin' her.

Just make sure you keep a close eye on your temps.

Also, it would be a good idea to post the rest of your system as well for those looking to give advice on what other steps to take ... so RAM type, heatsink, fan, power supply, etc.

darkjedi · Apr 17, 2004

okay now im bit, just upped it a bite more, 200x12.5 at 1.675vcore

running 35.5c idle

rest of system includes

antec 350w pwr sply
vantec va7040 hsf
2x512 kingston valueram
2 80mm blow case fans

65stang · Apr 17, 2004

darkjedi said:
okay now im bit, just upped it a bite more, 200x12.5 at 1.675vcore

running 35.5c idle

rest of system includes

antec 350w pwr sply
vantec va7040 hsf
2x512 kingston valueram
2 80mm blow case fans

Id bet alotta money that isnt prime stable for more than 2 hours.

Captain Newbie · Apr 17, 2004

65stang said:
Id bet alotta money that isnt prime stable for more than 2 hours.

So would I, but we'll see.

Get Prime95 here. The best test IMHO is the blend...but run them all.

PerlAddict · Apr 17, 2004

Well, we'll just have to see, but before pushing it anymore, darkjedi, get yourself a copy of Prime95 and start running the torture test. Run it for a while and keep an eye on your temperatures. If it's running and not giving you errors, and it's not going over 45C on load for now (you can run these chips higher, depending on how comfortable you feel, but 45C should be a very safe temperature to try and keep your max at for now), let Prime95 run for 12 to 24 hours. If you can make it that long without it giving any errors, then consider yourself 100% stable, and start pushing it some more.

Just keep a very close eye on your temperatures. Check your bios and see what the warning and shutoff temps for the CPU are, too. I've seen some other people around here setting them for 60C warning, 70C shutoff ... you might even do a 65C if you just want to be safe.

shard · Apr 18, 2004

id say get a new heatsink
the slk-900 can be had for $35
but besides that yu could probebly get around 2.5/2.6

wannaoc · Apr 18, 2004

Nice CPU o/c so far but first thing I would want is to lower those memory timings. Even if it means buying new, but for an AMD lower timings is a must. Keep it up.

darkjedi · Apr 18, 2004

wannaoc said:
Nice CPU o/c so far but first thing I would want is to lower those memory timings. Even if it means buying new, but for an AMD lower timings is a must. Keep it up.

lower memory timings?? how do I accomplish that? =]

thanks!

-Tawheed

diggingforgold · Apr 18, 2004

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Raybo · Apr 18, 2004

I'm very suprised that a lot of you are requesting Prime 95 for stability.

I for one think that it is a little "long in the tooth"

Raybo

Chowdy · Apr 18, 2004

Raybo said:
I'm very suprised that a lot of you are requesting Prime 95 for stability.

I for one think that it is a little "long in the tooth"

Raybo

I'm not sure what you're referring to...

but i dont trust prime95 one bit. That thing crashes no matter what. Every time i run the torture test it errors in less than 5 minutes. It errors at stock speed. It errors at underclocked speed. It errors at overclocked speed. I say screw it, and i run SETI@Home, 3DMark01, 3DMark03, and game for a few hours.

My current set up hasn't locked up, bsod'd, or anything for as long as i can remember and i am an avid gamer playing many games that tax my system greatly...

All while prime95 crashes before 5 minutes.

rUfUnKy · Apr 18, 2004

Chowdy said:
I'm not sure what you're referring to...

but i dont trust prime95 one bit. That thing crashes no matter what. Every time i run the torture test it errors in less than 5 minutes. It errors at stock speed. It errors at underclocked speed. It errors at overclocked speed. I say screw it, and i run SETI@Home, 3DMark01, 3DMark03, and game for a few hours.

My current set up hasn't locked up, bsod'd, or anything for as long as i can remember and i am an avid gamer playing many games that tax my system greatly...

All while prime95 crashes before 5 minutes.

Another dissatisfied Prime95 customer ..

On a more serious note, if it is giving you errors at default there is definitely a problem you need to look into...Make sure you didn't forget to relax your mem timings ect.

TheNewbie · Apr 18, 2004

I'm alittle off topic sorry,but where can I find that winbond hardware doctor to download?

The Coolest · Apr 18, 2004

I don't understand why people still have problems with Prime95? I just set it to the first setting and it runs as long as I want to it to run. I always Prime95 test for 24 hours before declaring an OC stable, as I fold all the time and need my machine to be ROCK SOLID.
for memory, I would use memtest, for FSB overclock I would play UT2004 for a couple of hours its really stressing the system as a whole and will find problems relatively quickly.

darkjedi · Apr 18, 2004

PerlAddict said:
Well, we'll just have to see, but before pushing it anymore, darkjedi, get yourself a copy of Prime95 and start running the torture test. Run it for a while and keep an eye on your temperatures. If it's running and not giving you errors, and it's not going over 45C on load for now (you can run these chips higher, depending on how comfortable you feel, but 45C should be a very safe temperature to try and keep your max at for now), let Prime95 run for 12 to 24 hours. If you can make it that long without it giving any errors, then consider yourself 100% stable, and start pushing it some more.

Just keep a very close eye on your temperatures. Check your bios and see what the warning and shutoff temps for the CPU are, too. I've seen some other people around here setting them for 60C warning, 70C shutoff ... you might even do a 65C if you just want to be safe.

Hey PerlAddict,

Had to pump to 1.8vcore 200x12.5 to stay stable in prime95.. but now my -12v keeps going below the low limit according to my hw monitor.. does this mean anything ??

here's the shots

thanks again

-tawheed

Steven4563 · Apr 18, 2004

it could be reading it wrong or something

it should be ok i dont see y there would be a problem also congrats on that overclock

Cyrix_2k · Apr 18, 2004

as far as I know, modern mobo's don't use the -12v line for anything so no one cares what the voltage is as it doesn't affect stability or anything. My old PSU used to report it as -15v or something and I never had a problem.

Captain Newbie · Apr 18, 2004

If the system is P95 and game/3dMark stable then you don't need to worry about how low the -12V rail is...yet.

Do you have a program that can read the thermal diode inside the CPU? That looks like Socket temp (which can indicate as much as ~15C low)...

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