m5a97 r2.0 + Phenom 965 overclocking

[Cind3rs]

Hi all, I'm running the above mobo and cpu. Currently, I have overclocked the system two ways.

1) CPU Multiplier alone, which I can get up to 4 Ghz stable.
2) Trying the advice I got here, I used the TurboV by TPU to let it find a stable config, which led me to overclocking the FSB and returning the Multiplier closer to stock.

I'm on #2 right now, with a 220 FSB, Ram at 1760, and CPU at 4180.

Going any higher with the CPU via multiplier either locks up on windows loading or throws a blue screen. I'm wondering if I can manage the CPU to 4.3 or 4.4 Ghz. The temps are ok so far, staying at 57 peak.

What's my next step? I've looked into voltage, and it lists 1.5 with auto Offset (+). Peak draw is 1.512 and normal draw is 1.25 - 1.48.

Most software seems to give me voltage readings that are a little of. BIOS is showing 1.48 - 1.49 for VCore. I had to bump the RAM up to 1.51 in BIOS for the mobo to give it 1.494V. It was giving it 1.38-1.42 (RAM lists 1.5 as needed voltage).

Should I manually set the offset little by little? If I'm reading it correctly, it's showing 1.5 as the baseline, which should be correct.

Thanks!

 

[avjguy2362]

You should try using the TPU switch and Asus's AI suite. The reason I suggest this is it shows you the values of the Bus, Vcore, and all other pertinent settings. If you use the "Extreme" mode it will over-clock the Ram too. Once it sets it's highest overclock you will be able to see how they change the Vcore, Bus, and mutilplier and then you can make your small incremental changes from there if you want to go higher from there. They do stress test for stability, but recommend you use your own programs to test longer for true stability. Unless you turn "cool n quiet" off it will still throttle down, but the four states will all be incrementally higher than stock. My 8350, normally idles at 1.4, but went to 1.5 and 1.6 as the overclocking got higher. No big deal!