Hi, I'm trying to overclock my Phenom 2 X4 965, I want to get it from it's stock 3.4 to 3.8 GHz.
Since this is my first CPU overclock, I've been researching around. So far I've found out that people recommend overclocking through the BIOS, not to get my voltage over 1.4v and keep temperatures under 60C with the overclock under full load.
But here's the problem, I'm not allowed to change the voltage in my BIOS, which I'm very certain I need to change in order to get the 3.8 GHz stable overclock that I want. As you can see on the pictures below, the voltages are just "grayed" out, and I'm not allowed to change them:
Default BIOS screen:
Inside the Cell Menu:
Does anyone have any idea of why I'm not allowed to change these?
Sadly, I'm not 100% certain what exact motherboard I have, so I can't give you guys that information ATM. But in terms of my other PC specs:
AMD Phenom 2 X4 965 - CPU
Cooler Master 212 Evo - CPU COOLER
Gainward GTX 560 Ti - GPU
2*4G Corsair Vengeance CL7 - RAM
500GB Green WD HDD - BOOT DRIVE
NZXT Beta - PC TOWER (It's an older version, with a top mounted Powersupply)
My powersupply is some sort of Corsair one, as with the motherboard I'm not 100% sure of the model
Since this is my first CPU overclock, I've been researching around. So far I've found out that people recommend overclocking through the BIOS, not to get my voltage over 1.4v and keep temperatures under 60C with the overclock under full load.
But here's the problem, I'm not allowed to change the voltage in my BIOS, which I'm very certain I need to change in order to get the 3.8 GHz stable overclock that I want. As you can see on the pictures below, the voltages are just "grayed" out, and I'm not allowed to change them:
Default BIOS screen:
Inside the Cell Menu:
Does anyone have any idea of why I'm not allowed to change these?
Sadly, I'm not 100% certain what exact motherboard I have, so I can't give you guys that information ATM. But in terms of my other PC specs:
AMD Phenom 2 X4 965 - CPU
Cooler Master 212 Evo - CPU COOLER
Gainward GTX 560 Ti - GPU
2*4G Corsair Vengeance CL7 - RAM
500GB Green WD HDD - BOOT DRIVE
NZXT Beta - PC TOWER (It's an older version, with a top mounted Powersupply)
My powersupply is some sort of Corsair one, as with the motherboard I'm not 100% sure of the model