First time overclocking a CPU in my life

[LaggyHacker]

In CPU-Z it says I am at ~3347.80Mhz and in Task Manager it says I'm at the stock speed of ~3.10Mhz. Is Windows using just 3.10 (bugged amount of speed) or the overclocked CPU speed. I know this might sound stupid but I really want to know, in the bios it shows as much as in CPU-Z

 

[LaggyHacker]

http://imgur.com/F8s6jL1

 

[superninja12]

are you using an aftermarkt cooler: if yes what one?

 

[Eximo]

You can ignore what Windows reports. It is just pulling the information out of the CPU's memory, not an actual measurement.

 

[LaggyHacker]

stock cooler, full yolo 50 degrees celsius

 

[LaggyHacker]

http://imgur.com/q2VvMVh

 

[superninja12]

you cannot overclock.

 

[Wisecracker]

Your CPU can OC like a monster ---- you are only being held back by your cooling and possibly your motherboard.

- - - - - >> Use AMD OverDrive to accurately monitor your **Thermal Margin** (under the 'CPU Status' tab)

First Step: Drop your RAM divider
- - - - - if you are running 1600MHz, drop the divider to 6.67
- - - - - if you are running 1333MHz, drop the divider to 5.33

Second Step: Drop your HT Link Speed to 8X (instead of 10X)

That's pretty much it . . . . if you wish: Lock your PCIe bus to 100MHz (normally not an issue) and drop your IMC/NB to 9X (instead of 10X) ---- as a side note, for each 10% you increase your IMC/NB, memory bandwidth is increased 5- to 6% and latency is reduced by the same amount. This can be a nice boost to gaming and memory intensive applications.

There are *sweet spots* with the AMD system clock when you OC. With 1600MHz RAMs it is 240MHz (240 x 6.67 = 1600 !!) and with 1333MHz RAMs it is 250MHz (250 x 5.33 = 1333 !!). These *sweet spots* in the clock will return your RAMs to spec speed.

Drop your CPU multiplier!
11 x 250MHz = 3.25GHz --OR-- 13.5 x 240MHz = 3.24GHz

Depending upon your **Thermal Margin** you may be able to increase your CPU multiplier to its max -- 14.5x

 

[LaggyHacker]

The problem is I have some Kingmax RAM's (4gigs in dual) at 400Mhz - shitty ones

 

[Wisecracker]

Drop the speed to 333MHz, and drop the HT Link to 4x (if it is an older chipset) before raising the clock speed --- same principles apply.