Overclocking AMD Phenom II X4 830 non BE

[Chirkk]

I'm getting this cpu today and have a few questions. I've heard the non black edition cpus are a pain to overclock, but I had an old pentium 4 I got to 3.8GHz from 3.0GHz OCing just the FSB. I really want to get this thing up to 3.5GHz on the Coolermaster Hyper 212 plus I have, but am unsure if it's possible. I was thinking running the FSB at 250 x 14 to get my CPU to 3.5GHz. I will overclock the NB to 2.22GHz and might up the voltage if nessasary. The ram I will use is 2x4GB g-skill ripjaw x ram @ 1600MHz, Asus M5A78L-M LX, Nvidia 8800 Ultra, and a 600w corsair PSU. Cooling will not be a problem hopefully, I have an Antec 900 with all the fan slots taken up.

 

[Knufire]

That CPU might not like the 1600MHz RAM, you might have to downclock it to 1333MHz, but you can tighten up the timings.

 

[Chirkk]

That CPU might not like the 1600MHz RAM, you might have to downclock it to 1333MHz, but you can tighten up the timings.

I read up on that and will down the ram to 1333.

 

[RGone]

The more short and sweet version by "Dolk".


3 Step Guide to Overclock Your AMD Phenom