I have never overclocked before, but I am trying it right now for the first time. I am using the AMD 1090T, Asus M4A89TD Pro motherboard, and a Cooler Master Hyper 212+ CPU fan.
I've read and watched several tutorials, and I realize it isn't an exact science, but I'd like to get to know what I'm doing a little better.
1-Do I want to adjust the clock speed or the multiplier? I've been playing with both, but nothing crazy.
2-Is it safe to leave voltage on Auto? If I manually set it, will it force it on that voltage, or can it still fluctuate? I set the voltage to 1.45 and my temps went up too high, so now I left it on auto and they seem very reasonable. Is this ok to do?
3-Using CPUID Hardware Monitor, I'm getting some odd readings. The Core temperatures and the CPU temperatures are at least 10C apart all the time. Which do I trust? Right now I'm seeing 50C CPU temp and all 6 cores are at 39C.
I'm running Prime95 so my CPU is at load. Voltage on auto its running at 1.344V. My CPU temperature is 51C and all 6 cores are at 40C.
Its running at 3.7 GHZ (multiplier at 18x, Bus speed 206 - I had no idea how to pick, so I just bumped both up a bit. How do you pick this stuff?)
Thanks in advance for any advice you guys can give. I've been having fun playing around with it, but I just want to know if I'm on the right track, or if what I'm doing is safe. The discrepancy between Core/CPU temps concerns me also...
I've read and watched several tutorials, and I realize it isn't an exact science, but I'd like to get to know what I'm doing a little better.
1-Do I want to adjust the clock speed or the multiplier? I've been playing with both, but nothing crazy.
2-Is it safe to leave voltage on Auto? If I manually set it, will it force it on that voltage, or can it still fluctuate? I set the voltage to 1.45 and my temps went up too high, so now I left it on auto and they seem very reasonable. Is this ok to do?
3-Using CPUID Hardware Monitor, I'm getting some odd readings. The Core temperatures and the CPU temperatures are at least 10C apart all the time. Which do I trust? Right now I'm seeing 50C CPU temp and all 6 cores are at 39C.
I'm running Prime95 so my CPU is at load. Voltage on auto its running at 1.344V. My CPU temperature is 51C and all 6 cores are at 40C.
Its running at 3.7 GHZ (multiplier at 18x, Bus speed 206 - I had no idea how to pick, so I just bumped both up a bit. How do you pick this stuff?)
Thanks in advance for any advice you guys can give. I've been having fun playing around with it, but I just want to know if I'm on the right track, or if what I'm doing is safe. The discrepancy between Core/CPU temps concerns me also...