First time overclocking

[penguinator]

I recently got a new graphics card and I am loving the increse in performance, but i am now realizing that my cpu is bottle necking my system. the current cpu i have is basically the most powerful my poorly built mo-bo can support so it would not be worth it to buy a new one altogether. Thus my only option is to overclock. I have never overclocked before and have no idea how. I have all my system information avalible but i would need someone to walk me through for my system specifically as i have looked up guides before but none i can relate to my own computer. Basically i am asking someone who knows how to overclock tell me what to do and i will give you all the information he/she needs. Hope im not being too blunt, thanks in advance.

 

[ihog]

Need to know all of your specs.

 

[penguinator]

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01959720&prodSeriesId=4079858 : My Computer's stock form only the case, mo-bo and cd-player are the same.
My cooling/heatsink is a store-bought cooler-master for AM3
Using the analyze tool from gamebooster:
1 - Operating System
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0101 - Operating System : Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130318-1533)
0102 - Language : English (Regional Setting: English)
0103 - BIOS : BIOS Date: 11/12/09 14:45:05 Ver: 5.13
0104 - Processor : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 970 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.5GHz
0105 - Memory : 12288MB RAM
0106 - Available OS Memory : 12288MB RAM
0107 - Page File : 4817MB used, 19754MB available
0108 - Windows Dir : C:\Windows
0109 - DirectX Version : DirectX 11
0110 - DX Setup Parameters : Not found
0111 - User DPI Setting : Using System DPI
0112 - System DPI Setting : 96 DPI (100 percent)
0113 - DWM DPI Scaling : Disabled
0114 - DxDiag Version : 6.01.7601.17514

02 - Processor
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0201 - Caption : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 970 Processor x4 ~3500MHz
0202 - Current Clock Speed : 3500MHz
0203 - L1-Cache : 512.00 KB
0204 - L2-Cache : 2.00 MB
0205 - L3-Cache : 6.00 MB

04 - Memory
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0401 - Total Memory : 12.00 GB
0402 - Free Memory : 7.31 GB
0403 - Total Pagefile : 24.00 GB
0404 - Free Pagefile : 19.23 GB

0405 - Bank Label : BANK0
0406 - Speed : 1333 MHz
0407 - Total Width : 64 Bits
0408 - Capacity : 4.00 GB

0405 - Bank Label : BANK1
0406 - Speed : 1333 MHz
0407 - Total Width : 64 Bits
0408 - Capacity : 4.00 GB

0405 - Bank Label : BANK2
0406 - Speed : 1333 MHz
0407 - Total Width : 64 Bits
0408 - Capacity : 2.00 GB

0405 - Bank Label : BANK3
0406 - Speed : 1333 MHz
0407 - Total Width : 64 Bits
0408 - Capacity : 2.00 GB

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06 - Motherboard
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0601 - Model : VIOLET6
0602 - Manufacturer : PEGATRON CORPORATION

Hope thats everything let me know if you need anymore.

 

[kirilmatt]

Over clocking with OEM motherboards is very difficult. For someone who has never overclocked it would be near impossible probably. Save some money and buy yourself even a cheap AM3+ motherboard. But what GPU did you buy? It would take a quite good one to bottleneck your CPU significantly.

 

[penguinator]

This post is no longer relevant as now when i play crysis 3 on high, it runs at a smooth 70 fps. im not sure what changed, i never tweaked any settings, but now it doesnt run slowly. Thanks for the help though.