Where to start?

[BAW0343]

Ok so some of you may know im getting a new computer and I was wondering if you guys had some tips for me about overclocking and some website reccomendations? Just a starting thread, expect more from me later. Specs below:

AMD 64 X2 939 socket 4400+  
DFI Ultra LAN UT Expert SLI board 939 board.
Patriot OCX Memory CAS2 latency 2 Gigs
Geforce 7900GT 256meg SLI Graphics
Seagate Baracuda 320 Gig SATA3 drive
Samsung DVD/CDRW 16X -R+R Dual layer drive

[NicksFXHouse]

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/ ... 18;start=0

read it... learn it, live it


That thread, although an Asus BIOS and may have different names for the same BIOS settings in the DFI, should give you the math, the technique and the cooling needs.

Start slow and work your way up. The setings I posted for Richard are a mild overclock.

.... and since you have decided to overclock get use to the idea you may very well burn up a componet or two in the process of learning and there is no warantee on the parts.  

Welcome to the O/C Club

[BAW0343]

Well i just read it and it told me nothing, as i dont know what your talking about. Let me quote one thing you said, and how i read it  ;D

Quote:
" Another major boost would be to get memory specifically designed and rated for 1T @ 250FSB (expensive), which means you would be able to boost the FSB to 280-300, drop the CPU multipler so it equals about 2750 or so and drop the KB to NB frequency multiplier to x3 and see a true 240-250FSB on your memory."

I understood:
"Another major boost would be to get memory specifically designed and rated for -- (expensive), which means you would be able to boost the --, drop the -- so it equals about -- and see a true --- on your memory. "



Remember this is the first computer that I will be able to overclock and really need some basic stuff to get started with. I also am not planning any, even minor, changes to the system for about a week. lol  ;D

[NicksFXHouse]

[quote]Well i just read it and it told me nothing, as i dont know what your talking about. Let me quote one thing you said, and how i read it

[BAW0343]

Ok so my current plans for overclocking are as follows, I don't want to risk my computer untill i know what im doing so scince i have roughly 11 days before i get my computer (guy im building it with is going on a trip) Im going to overclock our 2 486's. I was reading online and it seems they were a popular OC. Now i have read a few things about it and i know what to change, but i dont know how or where to do it any help?