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InfernalSolo · 03-25-2008, 02:18 PM

First of all, let me list all the stock speeds and settings of my hardware.

I have a:

ASUS Crosshair Mobo.

PSU: BFG 1000W (+3.3v/28A +5v/28A +12v/20A +12v/20A +12v/20A +12v/20A -12v/0.8A +5vSB/6.5A)

FSB: 200Mhz.

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 @ 2.8Ghz (14x multiplier) with a vcore of 1.39v

HT Link: 1000Mhz (5x multiplier)

RAM: G.Skill 2GB (2 sticks of 1GB) DDR2 800 (running at 800mhz) running at 1.95 volts (rated at 1.8-2.0).

The CPU has a thermal electric cooler on it that keeps it below 26C even at heavy load at stock speeds.

I came up with an OC that I thought would work out really well (note that every change I make here is in the BIOS settings, not with any OCing program such as nTune). Here are the settings that I tried:

FSB: 250Mhz

CPU: 13x multiplier

HT Link: 4x multiplier

Ram: 667Mhz

for a final speed of:

CPU: 3.25Ghz

HT Link: 1000Mhz

RAM: 834Mhz

As you can see, the CPU got about a 16% increase. The RAM barely got OC'd at all, and the HT Link didn't change at all. However, windows got a BSOD on the windows loading screen. It didn't even boot. I set speeds back to stock again, and windows booted normally (with a sigh of relief). I don't think that OC was too radical. Any suggestions on how to make it work? Is the vcore on the CPU fine as it is?

03-25-2008, 02:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
InfernalSolo Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 54 OS: Vista Home Premium x64 SP1 My System	Advice on OCing an Athlon 64 x2 5600+ First of all, let me list all the stock speeds and settings of my hardware. I have a: ASUS Crosshair Mobo. PSU: BFG 1000W (+3.3v/28A +5v/28A +12v/20A +12v/20A +12v/20A +12v/20A -12v/0.8A +5vSB/6.5A) FSB: 200Mhz. CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 @ 2.8Ghz (14x multiplier) with a vcore of 1.39v HT Link: 1000Mhz (5x multiplier) RAM: G.Skill 2GB (2 sticks of 1GB) DDR2 800 (running at 800mhz) running at 1.95 volts (rated at 1.8-2.0). The CPU has a thermal electric cooler on it that keeps it below 26C even at heavy load at stock speeds. I came up with an OC that I thought would work out really well (note that every change I make here is in the BIOS settings, not with any OCing program such as nTune). Here are the settings that I tried: FSB: 250Mhz CPU: 13x multiplier HT Link: 4x multiplier Ram: 667Mhz for a final speed of: CPU: 3.25Ghz HT Link: 1000Mhz RAM: 834Mhz As you can see, the CPU got about a 16% increase. The RAM barely got OC'd at all, and the HT Link didn't change at all. However, windows got a BSOD on the windows loading screen. It didn't even boot. I set speeds back to stock again, and windows booted normally (with a sigh of relief). I don't think that OC was too radical. Any suggestions on how to make it work? Is the vcore on the CPU fine as it is? Last edited by InfernalSolo : 03-25-2008 at 02:22 PM.