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K then, this is my first post on these forums and i suppose i'm neither the first nor last person to show up with a problem... :\
So basically i am a newb at overclocking, i have done some with positive results, but i just want more and i know my PC should be capable of more.
The PC i want to oc:
ASRock 4core1600glan/m mobo
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=4Core1600-GLAN/M
e5200 or e6420 (using the e6420 right now)
DDR2 800mhz Kingston ram 2x2gb
Club3D HD6770 gpu
And all this is fed by some Xilence PSU which i think is 500w, not sure tho (no sticker on it...)
For a while i was using the e5200 oc'ed @3,05ghz which i had acomplished by raising the fsb in bios to 244. I think the DRAM was about 300mhz then and the FSB/DRAM 4:5.
After trying to sell my e6420 which was just lying arround because the mobo of my other desktop fried recently i found out that it might just be better than the e5200 because of the 4mb cache instead of 2mb presuming they both are overclocked @ about 3ghz.
Today i swapped them and tried to oc the e6420 to 3ghz but ran into the same problem i had had before with the e5200. Upon reaching a certain FSB i just get no post and have to pull out the battery from the mobo to reset bios settings. Now i didn't really mind it with the e5200 since i still managed to get more than 3ghz out of it even if others are running it @ 3,2 or even more, but right now i am stuck with the e6420 @ 2,74ghz. My FSB is currently 343 and when i increase it to 344 or higher i get no post.
The main issue here might actually be the mobo since from what i understand it has very little overclocking options so my question is 'Can i overclock my e6420 to 3ghz or more?' or should i go back to my e5200 which was better for some fps gaming than the e6420 is right now being clocked @ 2,74ghz.
P.S.
I have only messed arround with the FSB for now so if you answers involve anything else like ram timings or something please try to explain it in a way even a chimp would understand.
Oh and thank you for your time reading this wall of text and helping out.
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Off topic.
1. Does anyone here have a dual core PC running Battlefield 3 with +40fps without any lags? If you do what are your specs?
2. Should i upgrade to a quad core for lga775 or get some of the new i5, i7 cpu's and a compatible motherboard? (I'd love to play BF3 @60fps on my full hd screen)
So basically i am a newb at overclocking, i have done some with positive results, but i just want more and i know my PC should be capable of more.
The PC i want to oc:
ASRock 4core1600glan/m mobo
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=4Core1600-GLAN/M
e5200 or e6420 (using the e6420 right now)
DDR2 800mhz Kingston ram 2x2gb
Club3D HD6770 gpu
And all this is fed by some Xilence PSU which i think is 500w, not sure tho (no sticker on it...)
For a while i was using the e5200 oc'ed @3,05ghz which i had acomplished by raising the fsb in bios to 244. I think the DRAM was about 300mhz then and the FSB/DRAM 4:5.
After trying to sell my e6420 which was just lying arround because the mobo of my other desktop fried recently i found out that it might just be better than the e5200 because of the 4mb cache instead of 2mb presuming they both are overclocked @ about 3ghz.
Today i swapped them and tried to oc the e6420 to 3ghz but ran into the same problem i had had before with the e5200. Upon reaching a certain FSB i just get no post and have to pull out the battery from the mobo to reset bios settings. Now i didn't really mind it with the e5200 since i still managed to get more than 3ghz out of it even if others are running it @ 3,2 or even more, but right now i am stuck with the e6420 @ 2,74ghz. My FSB is currently 343 and when i increase it to 344 or higher i get no post.
The main issue here might actually be the mobo since from what i understand it has very little overclocking options so my question is 'Can i overclock my e6420 to 3ghz or more?' or should i go back to my e5200 which was better for some fps gaming than the e6420 is right now being clocked @ 2,74ghz.
P.S.
I have only messed arround with the FSB for now so if you answers involve anything else like ram timings or something please try to explain it in a way even a chimp would understand.
Oh and thank you for your time reading this wall of text and helping out.
______________________________________________________________
Off topic.
1. Does anyone here have a dual core PC running Battlefield 3 with +40fps without any lags? If you do what are your specs?
2. Should i upgrade to a quad core for lga775 or get some of the new i5, i7 cpu's and a compatible motherboard? (I'd love to play BF3 @60fps on my full hd screen)
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