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[dabutter]

i have ASRock A75M FM1 AMD A75, geforce gtx 650ti , 550 watt ps, and AMD A8-3870K running windows 8 . G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB in the mail. how do i get it to run faster? i dont know how to overclock.

 

[Rockdpm]

The apu's aren't made for extreme moving unless your on ln2. But a slight should be achieve able. Any games your trying to gain performance on

 

[dragonlord12832]

Download AMD Overdrive, or a similar software and go from there. I agree, the A series is not meant to be tweaked too far. You have to remember there is a full fledged GPU on that chip as well!

 

[dabutter]

can you explain?

 

[Rockdpm]

The Processor you have is known as a APU which is a CPU/GPU all in one. So its not meant for high OC's since its more for a low end low power good performance as it for the budget types.

 

[fixer762]

If you want it to be faster add an SSD.

 

[dabutter]

do have any ssd suggestions

 

[Rockdpm]

depends on how much your willing to spend on a SSD

 

[dabutter]

$150 more or less

 

[Rockdpm]

You could get http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147188

 

[dabutter]

i heard that you have to get a special cord for ssd. to get its full potential

 

[Rockdpm]

no you dont. who told you that?

 

[dabutter]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum2.php?config=tomshardwareus.inc&cat=32&post=297554&page=1&p=1&sondage=0&owntopic=1&trash=0&trash_post=0&print=0&numreponse=0&quote_only=0&new=0&nojs=0

 

[Rockdpm]

Well yea a SATA III cable but Z77 boards are already SATA gen 3. Also its the SATA cable with a speed of 6GB/sec that makes the difference over the 3GB/sec