Hey all,
Thanks for the posts. Like I said, I did a boo-boo and so will follow a logical, slow and correct procedure.
In work at the moment (working 1pm till 10pm each day this week) and won't be home till going on 23.30 - thus it's a little late to start attempting overclocking.
However, as I have now reset my BIOS back to default settings, I will take screenshots off everything at Stock Base level (HwMonitor, CPU-Z (all necessary tabs)) and will post tonight.
That will be my main post going forward in attempting to overclock my system.
The hope then will be that I will have plenty of free time this weekend to change the settings as is needed and to test and re-test.
@caddi daddi - yep, that's certainly the approach I an going to take going forward.
@ShrimpBrime - I certainly will mate. But as stated, going to post the tabs based on stock to get a base to work from. Want to make sure I am methodical and don't jump the gun again.
@RGone - cheers for the post mate. The reason I installed Core Temp was based on a request from you in the Battica O/C thread looking for the Core VID figure?? I will read through it again today at some stage but that is my recollection.
I installed Speed Fan based on the Youtube vid I was directed to but have no real use for it. I had one small issue which I resolved last night. My Noctua Industrialppc 140mm 2000rpm (PWM) fan was running at 100% speed (1980rpm) and sounded like a hoover. I just installed it replacing the back exhaust fan in my HAF 932 case.
Anyhow, I couldn't find how to control it's speed and assumed due to it being PWM, my motherboard would adjust the speed as needed based on temps. That was not the case.
Long story short - I changed the connection to CHA_FAN4, then went into the BIOS and enabled QC Fan Control. Then I installed the Asus Suite II and changed the setting to manual and reduced the speed to 55% (1200rpm) and now the system is silent again.
I will adhere to using the HWMonitor and CPU-Z tools as instructed and as stated will post those base figures tonight.
BTW, thank you for the informative posts and help even at this early stage.
@Johan45 - good to hear from you again. Think it must be nearly a year since I was last here looking to upgrade and then getting into the idea of Overclocking (which I never did in the end). Since we last spoke, I have changed cases, RAM, Cooler, Drives, etc. Happy with my current setup and only thing I have left to upgrade is my GPU - which will be a GTX880 later this year.
Anyhow, I will read through that link you posted - I think it may be the guide you pointed me to initially when we spoke last year?
I intend on reading thorough Oldie_1965 thread as well as there seems to be a lot of good information there as well.
Ok, best be off as I am in work. Many thanks.
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