- Apr 23, 2009
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So i'm going to be as detailed as i can to try to get you guys the best understanding of what is going on, as such this is a warning that there might be a lot of back story here ^^
A while back i decided i was unhappy with the performance of my CPU. After reading a bit on here (Toms) i had a pretty clear idea of what the FSB and Multiplier did, but wasn't too sure about the Vcore. After checking into my MoBo's BIOS i found that there is an auto AC feature for 3, 5, 8, and 10%.
Following the example of many people on here i knew basically how to test if it was stable so i set the OC to 3%, tested with prime and coretemp up and everything was fine for an hour. I tested the 5% for an hour, and it was fine. I decided to test the 8%, which i did for roughly 6 hours. That evening i went ahead and set it to 10% and let it run for 8-10 hours. Everything seemed perfectly fine and stable. Temps never went above 60, never crashed, etc. Happy times.
I enjoyed my slight overclock for a while but eventually when school (college) was out for the summer i moved from the dorms to an apartment. During the summer the ambient temperature in my apartment is rather high and one day my computer shut itself off. I figured it had come close to overheating and just hit the "Oh crap" mark and decided to save itself. I turned the computer on after a few moments and turned the OC off. With the OC off, and watching temps, the computer was fine.
Since that time i have purchased a CM690 case and installed 4 extra Scythe 140mm fans and the 80mm MoBo fan. I have also decided that electricity is so dirt cheap here i can go ahead and run my Air Conditioner (You have no idea how happy this made me). With the hardware resting in their new CM690 home and the AC on, i went back into the bios and turned the auto OC back to 10%. That night i ran Prime95 for roughly 8 hours and everything was fine. Temps never went above 60.
So once again i was able to enjoy my mild OC while playing COD, Demigod, EVE, and a few other games. No issues for the last 6 weeks or so, until recently. After much debating i gave in and started playing WoW again (yes, WoW, make fun if you want =P) and this is where my problem comes in...
...after playing for 10 minutes, the game locks up and i have to restart. It does this over, and over and over. I turned down the OC to 5% and the game runs perfectly fine. I have checked temps with the 10% OC while playing and it does not go over 60 (it actually doesn't really go over 57 but you get the point). So why is it that Prime95 will run for 8 hours stable at 10% but WoW will not?
Currently i have a really cheap HSF ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106084 )
I plan on getting a better HSF in a pay check or two (Xigma DK) and i plan to OC the machine myself but in the meantime, i would like to know why the current configuration isn't working. If anyone could give an insight it would greatly be appreciated. Thank you for reading and for your time!
Case: CM 690 with 4x140mm, 3x120mm, 1x80mm, PSU fan.
CPU: AMD Athlon64 5600+
MoBo: Asus M2N-E
RAM: Giel 4x1 ( http://www.geil.com.tw/products/show/id/68 )
GPU: BFG GTS250 1gig
PSU: Rosewill 550w ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182017 )
HDD: 2x 160g WD Caviar blue in a raid 0
OS: WinXP 32
Thanks again!
A while back i decided i was unhappy with the performance of my CPU. After reading a bit on here (Toms) i had a pretty clear idea of what the FSB and Multiplier did, but wasn't too sure about the Vcore. After checking into my MoBo's BIOS i found that there is an auto AC feature for 3, 5, 8, and 10%.
Following the example of many people on here i knew basically how to test if it was stable so i set the OC to 3%, tested with prime and coretemp up and everything was fine for an hour. I tested the 5% for an hour, and it was fine. I decided to test the 8%, which i did for roughly 6 hours. That evening i went ahead and set it to 10% and let it run for 8-10 hours. Everything seemed perfectly fine and stable. Temps never went above 60, never crashed, etc. Happy times.
I enjoyed my slight overclock for a while but eventually when school (college) was out for the summer i moved from the dorms to an apartment. During the summer the ambient temperature in my apartment is rather high and one day my computer shut itself off. I figured it had come close to overheating and just hit the "Oh crap" mark and decided to save itself. I turned the computer on after a few moments and turned the OC off. With the OC off, and watching temps, the computer was fine.
Since that time i have purchased a CM690 case and installed 4 extra Scythe 140mm fans and the 80mm MoBo fan. I have also decided that electricity is so dirt cheap here i can go ahead and run my Air Conditioner (You have no idea how happy this made me). With the hardware resting in their new CM690 home and the AC on, i went back into the bios and turned the auto OC back to 10%. That night i ran Prime95 for roughly 8 hours and everything was fine. Temps never went above 60.
So once again i was able to enjoy my mild OC while playing COD, Demigod, EVE, and a few other games. No issues for the last 6 weeks or so, until recently. After much debating i gave in and started playing WoW again (yes, WoW, make fun if you want =P) and this is where my problem comes in...
...after playing for 10 minutes, the game locks up and i have to restart. It does this over, and over and over. I turned down the OC to 5% and the game runs perfectly fine. I have checked temps with the 10% OC while playing and it does not go over 60 (it actually doesn't really go over 57 but you get the point). So why is it that Prime95 will run for 8 hours stable at 10% but WoW will not?
Currently i have a really cheap HSF ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106084 )
I plan on getting a better HSF in a pay check or two (Xigma DK) and i plan to OC the machine myself but in the meantime, i would like to know why the current configuration isn't working. If anyone could give an insight it would greatly be appreciated. Thank you for reading and for your time!
Case: CM 690 with 4x140mm, 3x120mm, 1x80mm, PSU fan.
CPU: AMD Athlon64 5600+
MoBo: Asus M2N-E
RAM: Giel 4x1 ( http://www.geil.com.tw/products/show/id/68 )
GPU: BFG GTS250 1gig
PSU: Rosewill 550w ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182017 )
HDD: 2x 160g WD Caviar blue in a raid 0
OS: WinXP 32
Thanks again!
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