overclocking my amd phenom II x4 970 cup

[Milky Kou]

yeah im curious on how high i can overclock my cpu because i have had it for about 2 years now, but i have yet to do any over clocking even though i have and advanced liquid cooling system. the cpu doenst give me much trouble on most games, so far the only 2 that go under 60 fps at max settings being tomb raider and hitman absolution, however im wanting to get the most bang for the money i spent, so i want to know how to safely overclock my system without making it unstable, i do have the amd overclock program, but i am a little afraid to use it. any help is appreciated~

 

[mjmacka]

If you are new overclocker. Just set your FSB from 200 to 212 your CPU will went from 3500MHz to 3710MHz. You should also disable the "quite&cool" feature. I've heard of people getting overclocking this chip to 4.5 ghz.

Here is an overclocking guide: http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=596023

 

[Milky Kou]

If you are new overclocker. Just set your FSB from 200 to 212 your CPU will went from 3500MHz to 3710MHz. You should also disable the "quite&cool" feature. I've heard of people getting overclocking this chip to 4.5 ghz.

Here is an overclocking guide: http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=596023

when you say fsb, is that within the amd or bios? i tend to not use the bios cause alot of the functions scare me, and the 4.5 ghz, is that ussualy stable or unstable?

 

[mjmacka]

FSB = front side bus. It's in the BIOS. You might be able to use some of the utilities provided with your motherboard to modify that within Windows. 4.5 is the highest I've seen that CPU stable.

 

[Milky Kou]

oh my i hope i can get it to that level, i mean my liquid cooling should yes? hopefully itll make my games better~

 

[mjmacka]

Go in increments. Make small modifications, test your speed in-game, make sure everything is stable then go a bit higher. That's the best way to learn your system and what it's capabilities are.

 

[Milky Kou]

so when i went into the bios, the cpu bus speed (closest thing i can find to front bus speed) was already at 216. i increased it to 225 and it seems to be fin, ,but the second i go high the system seesm to be unstable, should i not enhance any more? or can i still enhance but at a different way?

 

[mjmacka]

FSB * CPU Multiplier = Speed of CPU

Basically, you've found your FSB's max. Next step is to figure out your multiplier.

Read the "Overclocking the Phenom II" section. That has lots of good information:
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=596023