Hey guys and gals, I'm Chris, or Tisser, or McGooberstein (depends on where you know me from) Lifelong tech nerd, noob PC builder. This is my first post on this site, even though I've referenced it MANY times during my build and tweakings. I figured what better way to figure out my issues than to make my OWN posts intsead of hoping someone else has the same issues haha.
I'll start off with my specs:
- Gigabyte F2A85X-UP4 Motherboard (FM2+)
- AMD A-10 6800k, 4.1Ghz (up to 4.4) APU
- Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU cooler
- Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB Dirt 3 dual-fan edition. (unlocked shaders)
- 500GB WD 5600RPM SATA drive (X2) (really old HDDs)
- 8Gb (2x4Gb) G.Skill Ripjaws 1600
- Corsair AF120 (white) X2
- Silverstone 500W PSU
- DIY PC Zetta Bk mid-ATX case
After days and days of researching and reading I finally decided to attempt an overclock on my processor. I've heard plenty of stories of people getting up to 5Ghz from this CPU (not that I'm trying to get that) so I wanted to squeeze a bit more power out of my (up to) 4.4Ghz APU. Couldn't get anything to stay stable during my attempts. I ran the AMD auto tune just to see what it could POTENTIALLY handle, but obviously for reasons I don't need to mention I didn't use that program to do my OC on.
I'm a fairly tech-fluent person, I've learned a lot in the few months since my build, and I'm starting to get into .ini editing and whathave you to tweak my games to my preference. So do you guys have any pointers or tips for steps I should take to SAFELY OC my setup?
If you need a reference point I'm trying to get a nice smooth (GOOD LOOKING) experience from Fallout 4. I finally got the game and I've been waiting to get into it until I get my hardware all squared away so I can pump the max quality out of it.
Any and all help is appreciated thanks ahead of time!
I'll start off with my specs:
- Gigabyte F2A85X-UP4 Motherboard (FM2+)
- AMD A-10 6800k, 4.1Ghz (up to 4.4) APU
- Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU cooler
- Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB Dirt 3 dual-fan edition. (unlocked shaders)
- 500GB WD 5600RPM SATA drive (X2) (really old HDDs)
- 8Gb (2x4Gb) G.Skill Ripjaws 1600
- Corsair AF120 (white) X2
- Silverstone 500W PSU
- DIY PC Zetta Bk mid-ATX case
After days and days of researching and reading I finally decided to attempt an overclock on my processor. I've heard plenty of stories of people getting up to 5Ghz from this CPU (not that I'm trying to get that) so I wanted to squeeze a bit more power out of my (up to) 4.4Ghz APU. Couldn't get anything to stay stable during my attempts. I ran the AMD auto tune just to see what it could POTENTIALLY handle, but obviously for reasons I don't need to mention I didn't use that program to do my OC on.
I'm a fairly tech-fluent person, I've learned a lot in the few months since my build, and I'm starting to get into .ini editing and whathave you to tweak my games to my preference. So do you guys have any pointers or tips for steps I should take to SAFELY OC my setup?
If you need a reference point I'm trying to get a nice smooth (GOOD LOOKING) experience from Fallout 4. I finally got the game and I've been waiting to get into it until I get my hardware all squared away so I can pump the max quality out of it.
Any and all help is appreciated thanks ahead of time!
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