Overclocking my motherboard

[Spartanman72]

Just a quick question. I think my motherboard supports overclocking, but I'm not positive. Can someone tell me if it does, and if so how I would do it? I have the[strike] Amd Phenom II X4 840[/strike] Asus M4N68T-M V2.

 

[clutchc]

I'm afraid you are going to have to divulge the make/model of your motherboard, before we can answer that 😉

 

[Spartanman72]

I'm afraid you are going to have to divulge the make/model of your motherboard, before we can answer that 😉

Doh! I guess I managed to copy over the wrong information from my specs... I have the Asus M4N68T-M V2.

 

[clutchc]

Yes, it supports OC'ing. The problem is that it is not best suited to do so. The VRMs (power transistors) have no heat sinks to dissipate excess heat caused by OC'ing. The board's phase power is limited, and the components used are not designed for serious OC'ing. That said, you can do a little experimenting if you like. Asus makes good boards. But the Phenom II X4 840 has a locked multiplier, which means you will have to get all your freq. increase via the base clock. That has a drawback of being limited to only a few hundred MHz, along with having everything else that runs off the base clock increase as well.