Overclockers :Post your specs and overclocking results here (OCtutorial inside)

Please keep all matters regarding overclocking (questions too) in this thread

As i said, ive redone this thread, put in reviews, and im about 85% done with it :)

All-right now, be free to post pics, benchmarks, or whatever you please here, as long as its topic related.You can ask any questions regarding overclocking, and parts in general, some before/after comparisons are welcome as well.So that most of you that are asking for advice on the best parts for Overclocking, il post a few of them here (most of these are recommended by a majority of Gamespot users):

Motherboards:

Intel P35 chipset

Gigabyte P35-DS3L, mainly due its extremely cheap price, and top notch performance, with lots of OC'ing potential, owned by several Gamespot users, that have barely anything negative to say about it.

P35-DS3L on newegg, amazon.uk

Review ofthe Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard:

ABIT IP35 Pro, in my opinion, one of the best P35 chipset motherboards, mainly due to the possibility to overclock the FSB from 1333, all the way up to 1600 mhz, making up for some excellent CPU OC'ing

IP35 Pro on newegg, and amazon.co.uk

Reviews of the ABIT IP35 Pro motherboard

Anandtech

X-Bit Labs

Hardware secrets

Intel X38

ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP , yet again another board i don´t have experience with, but i know, due to the folks at newegg, and some GS users, that this is one of the premium X38 motherboards, with great overclocking potential.

newegg , amazon

Reviews of the ASUS P5E3- Deluxe Wi-Fi Ap motherboard

Hardware secrets

Bit-Tech

Firing-Squad

DFI LANPARTY DK X38-T2R i have lots of experience with this board, and let me tell you, this is an absolutely awesome product, it may be expensive, but its simply amazing performance and features make it an all-around winner, at least for me.

newegg

Reviews of the DFI LANPARTY DK X38-T2R motherboard:

Overclock3d

Cpu3d

X-Bit Labs

Intel P45 chipset

Asus Maximus IIFormula: I dont know why, but i really like this motherboard... maybe its because its one of the best boards around.... in the P45 chipset

newegg ; amazon

Reviews of the ASUS Maximus Formula Special edition Motherboard:

elitebastards

Techspot

Overclock3d

Asus P5Q Pro: For what i have seen, a lot of people here on GS really like this motherboard, so it was almost mandatory for me to include it here.

newegg ; amazon

Reviews of the Asus P5Q Pro motherboard:

insideHW

EliteBastards

Nvidia NForce 750iSLI chipset

EVGA Nforce 750i SLI FTW: this motherboard was quite a "revolution", since it offered nearly 780i performance for a much smaller price (8800 GTX/GT anyone?)

Reviews of the eVGA NForce 750i SLIFTW motherboard:

FiringSquad

Guru3d

HardOCP

Intel X48 chipset:

Asus Rampage Formula: Quite a popular motherboard for what ive seen in other forums (GS isnt the only site on the internet :lol: )

newegg ; amazon

Reviews of the ASUS Rampage Formula Motherboard (please note il only post 1 x48 board for now, but il keep inserting more):

OverclockersClub

InsideHW

Anandtech

Processors

Intel

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650/9770: Honestly, is there anything to say about these things? i mean, in 3dmark03, i say a guy with crossfirex 3870x2, 4 gigs of ddr3 and a 9770 at 5.89 ******ING GHZ!!

newegg (9650) ; amazon

newegg (9770) ; amazon

Core 2 Duo E8400 (i wont input the 8200/500 for obvious reasons) an awesome performer for its price, though when games are made for quad cores, these will start losing ground to cpu's like the good old q6600, but for now, a premium product recommended to everyone

newegg , amazon

Reviews of the Intel core 2 duo E8400 CPU:

X-Bit Labs

expreview

Legion hardware

Core 2 quad Q6600 SLACR G0 stepping i was unable to find the G0 on newegg for some reason... but anyways, this cpu dismisses any introductions, great overclocker ; there is a gamespot user that has his @ 4 ghz on water cooling, wont that be enough to kick the arse of any dual core, and quad, for that matter

newegg , amazon

Reviews of the Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0:

Anandtech

Bit-Tech

Q9300 yet another great cpu, but loses quite a bit of ground to the Q9450, while being just 5-7% faster than the Q6600, wich is not bad at all

Reviews for the C2Q Q9300:

X-Bit

Hot Hardware

Q9450:the best non-extreme quad core (except for the 9550 of course), its performance is nothing short of amazing.

Reviews for the Q9450 CPU:

Hardware zone

Overclockers club

TechGage

newegg , amazon

Pentium Dual core E2140/60/80/2200 - no introduction needed, these little things are monsters, though they all cost less than 90$, crazy overclockers, when coupled with a good aftermarket cooler (ask musclesforcier, hes got his e2160 up to 3.15 ghz on an arctic cooling freezer 7 pro)

newegg , amazon

Reviews for the Pentium dual cores E2140/60/80:

X-Bit

Techspot

xtreview

AMD

Athlon X2 6000+ i believe this is a pretty awesome cpu, with a bit more cache amd wold definitely have something to compete with something a little bit higher intel's Core 2 Duo E6600

newegg , amazon

Reviews for the X2 6000+ CPU:

Hexus

Bit-Tech

Anandtech

Athlon X2 5000+ BE/ X2 6400+ BE AMD's best dual core processors, mainly due to the unlocked multiplier

newegg (5000)

Reviews for the X2 5000+ BE CPU:

neoseeker

insidehw

overclockers club

Reviews for the X2 6400+ BE CPU:

trustedReviews

hillibillyhardware

Phenom 9850 BE great cpu IMO, pretty solid performer, but amd COULD (no, SHOULD) lower the price tag on this, though its the first amd quad core to reach 3ghz, and that's pretty awesome

newegg , amazon

CPU coolers

Artic cooling Freezer 7 Pro: brilliant cooler, dirt cheap, what more do you want? great performance in OCing, whether it is dual cores, quad cores, or whatever

newegg , amazon

Reviews for the Arctic cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU cooler:

SilentPCreview

OverclockersClub

LegionHardware

Thermalright ultra 120 extreme... the king of air cooling, that actually beats most of the water-cooling solutions

newegg , amazon

Reviews for the Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme CPU cooler:

Anandtech

Overclockercafe

X-Bit Labs

Noctua NH-U12P a great performer, silent, but deadly, performs JUST under the 120 extreme, while being quite silent

amazon

Reviews for the Noctua NH-U12P CPU cooler:

Overclock3d

LegitReviews

HardwareCanucks

Tunic Tower 120 awesome cooler, great performance, but its beaten by both the 120 extreme, and the NH-u12p

newegg

Reviews for the Tuniq Tower 120 CPU cooler:

Anandtech

Bit-Tech

X-Bit labs

Graphics cards

Palit Ge-Force 9600 GT/ 8800 GT SONIC , great gaming / enthusiast products, will handle any game maxed out (except crysis...)

8800 on newegg , amazon

9600 on newegg , amazon

9600:

8800:

Reviews for the Palit 9600 GT VGA Card

Neoseeker

hardwareenthusiast

PCStats

Reviews for the Palit 8800 GT Sonic VGA Card:

TweakTown

Neoseeker

MVKtech

eVGA Ge-Force 8800 GTS g92 KO, the best 8800 gts out there, it stands pretty much equal with the much more expensive geforce 9800 GTX

newegg , amazon

Reviews for the eVGA Ge-Force 8800 GTS g92 KO:

TweakTown

Tigerdirect youtube review

The king of gfx cards: XFX 9800 GX2 (highest clocked retail model) the monster everyone is out to get, the undisputed king of performance (it can run lost planet maxed out @ 40-50 fps at 2550x1600 with 16q AA and 16x AF... i know its powerful, but i never though it wold get THIS good)

newegg , amazon

Reviews for the XFX GeForce 9800 GX2:

Neoseeker

Overclockers club

Bit-Tech

ATI

The ATI VGA section will be updated later, because right now i dont have time to finish it

Memory

GSkill NQ PC6400 2x1 GB kit and i can say this is the best ddr2 out there, it has no problem with being OC'd to over 1066 MHz

newegg

Patriot Enhanced Performance DDR3 fast as hell, killer price, what else? it can go up to 2000 MHz with no trouble (1800 stock)

newegg

That rounds up the guide, if there are any mistakes, parts missing, broken links go ahead and tell me and il fix it.

I wold appreciate some feedback so i can further improve this guide.

Hope this helps some of you that have to make tough decisions on parts.

Cheers, GTR2addict

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now you are allowed to post

with stock youl be able to go to about 2.6-2.8 without much troubleGTR2addict

Great. thanks. Any idea on how much I would get If i get a market cooler? For example Arctic Freezer Pro 7?

taht wold make you go to about 3.4 ghz, with easeGTR2addict

That's good to know, thanks.

[QUOTE="GTR2addict"]taht wold make you go to about 3.4 ghz, with easecrazy-player

That's good to know, thanks.

np, thats what im here to do

My old rig had an x2 3600 and I used an Arctic Cooler 64. I OCed it from 1.8 Ghz to 2.4 Ghz and had it there until I bought the new rig in the sig a few months back.

Now I have my e2160 cooled by a Arctic Freezer 7 Pro from 1.8 Ghz stock to 2.8 Ghz OCed. I had it stable at 3.0 Ghz and 3.1 Ghz for about a month, but then it would randomly start erroring out. I have it at 2.8 Ghz because at this point, I really don't need anything higher. Plus, I needed to massively add voltage for anything above 2.8. To get from 2.8 to 3.0 Ghz, I had to go from 3.325 volts all the way almost to 4 volts (or was it 4.325 to 5, pretty sure it is the first).

Either way, a 1.0 Ghz OC is plenty good if you ask me. I am happy with it and it will last me until I finally decide to get a faster dual core or a quad core. I don't like the 1 mb of L2 cache, but don't have the means to get a new one right now. Plus, it plays all the games I play maxed out....so why bother.

Much more improvement than the previous guide,however,I've noticed a slight mistake in the motherboard section ,when you mentioned the p45 motherboards,the asus maximus formula is using an x38 chipset not a p45,and the newegg link was for the asus maximus 2 formula which is the p45 so you need to change the picture and the name of the mother board and adjust the rest of the links,good job anywayGames_pro

all right thx, il fix it ;)

[QUOTE="Games_pro"]Much more improvement than the previous guide,however,I've noticed a slight mistake in the motherboard section ,when you mentioned the p45 motherboards,the asus maximus formula is using an x38 chipset not a p45,and the newegg link was for the asus maximus 2 formula which is the p45 so you need to change the picture and the name of the mother board and adjust the rest of the links,good job anywayGTR2addict

all right thx, il fix it ;)

fixed

yea im running a intel p4 2.4ghz 8years old, no cooling, how much can i ram this baby upsimpsons1fan

youre being sarcastic arent you? but with no cooling, im surprised that chip hasnt burned yet... i think u mean stock cooling... well, my old p4 2.66 ghz went to 3.2 with no prob so...

Hey, i got a question. Is there really any difference between these two: G. SKILL 2gb (2 x 1GB) and G. SKILL 2GB (1 Stick)? I was recomended the second one, is there any real difference, and i'm looking forward to overclock the RAM aswell with my CPU.crazy-player

id go for the 2x1 gb sticks, since how theyre 2, theyl be in dual channel mode, wich almost doubles the bandwidth

With my stock cooling my CPU can go up to 3.8Ghz but it smells funny (burnt) so I keep it at 3.4Ghz.

My GPU can score a core clock of 835mhz (800mhz stock) and 715mhz memory clock (700mhz stock) before screwing up.

[QUOTE="simpsons1fan"]yea im running a intel p4 2.4ghz 8years old, no cooling, how much can i ram this baby upGTR2addict

youre being sarcastic arent you? but with no cooling, im surprised that chip hasnt burned yet... i think u mean stock cooling... well, my old p4 2.66 ghz went to 3.2 with no prob so...

Hey, i got a question. Is there really any difference between these two: G. SKILL 2gb (2 x 1GB) and G. SKILL 2GB (1 Stick)? I was recomended the second one, is there any real difference, and i'm looking forward to overclock the RAM aswell with my CPU.crazy-player

id go for the 2x1 gb sticks, since how theyre 2, theyl be in dual channel mode, wich almost doubles the bandwidth

Thanks.

[QUOTE="GTR2addict"]

[QUOTE="simpsons1fan"]yea im running a intel p4 2.4ghz 8years old, no cooling, how much can i ram this baby upcrazy-player

youre being sarcastic arent you? but with no cooling, im surprised that chip hasnt burned yet... i think u mean stock cooling... well, my old p4 2.66 ghz went to 3.2 with no prob so...

Hey, i got a question. Is there really any difference between these two: G. SKILL 2gb (2 x 1GB) and G. SKILL 2GB (1 Stick)? I was recomended the second one, is there any real difference, and i'm looking forward to overclock the RAM aswell with my CPU.crazy-player

id go for the 2x1 gb sticks, since how theyre 2, theyl be in dual channel mode, wich almost doubles the bandwidth

Thanks.

no problem ;)

Amazing topic dude!

BTW, i got a beautiful 61% overclock with my P35-DS3L & E2160 :)

Amazing topic dude!

BTW, i got a beautiful 61% overclock with my P35-DS3L & E2160 :)

daytona_178

yep, btw, how big is musclesforciers's? his is 3.15 ghz, on the same CPU and cooler...

thx for the compliment :D it was suposed to be stickied, but nutDAVE3 doesnt want it, mainly cuz of the former sticky pile up... oh well, at least its featured in the FAQ thread :)

btw, i have a new idea, how bout u guys post ur 3dmark 06 scores before/after OC?

well, mine is: at stock: 11675

with: Q6600 G0 at 3 ghz (still havent tried goin any higher...) and 4850 at 690/1076 (core/memory) and with the ram at 900 mhz: 13964

wow, a 2k rise... plz note, its at 1280x1024 with no filters, since its the free version...

I know i'm asking quite alot of questions here, but... here comes another one.

Which one is better? They have a $20 price difference, which one is the best bang for the buck? Also, it has to be overclock-able.

G. SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) $44

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) $20 after mail-in rebate

hi....

i want to know what is the stepping of my Q6600 ?

i used CPU.Z to check it and i saw this :

REVISION : G0

Stepping : B

so i hope you tell me so i can know what is my OCing headroom..thx in advance

Great thread! Still needs a little work and some tidying, but otherwise very nice

Ive got my Pentium D 915 2.8ghz running at 4Ghz stable on an AC freezer 7 pro, so i can personally reccommend that cooler. Reckon it could go higher as well, but no need for that atm, and it runs a bit hot to be pushing it further.

Great thread! Still needs a little work and some tidying, but otherwise very nice

Ive got my Pentium D 915 2.8ghz running at 4Ghz stable on an AC freezer 7 pro, so i can personally reccommend that cooler. Reckon it could go higher as well, but no need for that atm, and it runs a bit hot to be pushing it further.

crazytom49

Not to be picky or anything, but why exactly did you get a Pentium D? Which one is it?

Well if we cant get it stickied we will have to just keep it alive ourselves :Pdaytona_178

too bad... how bout we spam nutDAVE3's inbox with sticky requests? :P

I know i'm asking quite alot of questions here, but... here comes another one.

Which one is better? They have a $20 price difference, which one is the best bang for the buck? Also, it has to be overclock-able.

G. SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) $44

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) $20 after mail-in rebate

crazy-player

id recommend the gskill if it werent for the price (u can see in the memory section of the guide, ive OC'd them myself (i was given a pair of those as a replacement while my other ones didnt arrive) and theyve gone up to almost 1100 mhz, but the OCZ will go up to 960 or so, neither are bad, but price wise, get OCZ

hi....

i want to know what is the stepping of my Q6600 ?

i used CPU.Z to check it and i saw this :

REVISION : G0

Stepping : B

so i hope you tell me so i can know what is my OCing headroom..thx in advance

gla300

get a :D on ur face, cuz urs is a G0, i kno cuz my Q6600 is G0 and in cpu-z thats EXACTLY whats in there

Great thread! Still needs a little work and some tidying, but otherwise very nice

Ive got my Pentium D 915 2.8ghz running at 4Ghz stable on an AC freezer 7 pro, so i can personally reccommend that cooler. Reckon it could go higher as well, but no need for that atm, and it runs a bit hot to be pushing it further.

crazytom49

im almost finished with the overall content, il tidy it up after im done :)

and wow, pentiums are real beasts when it comes to OC arent they? btw, u prolly kno this already, but a E2180 @ 2.7 is quite a bit better than urs... but urs gets away with it simply cuz of the fact that its at 4 ghz (well, duh)

[QUOTE="crazytom49"]

Great thread! Still needs a little work and some tidying, but otherwise very nice

Ive got my Pentium D 915 2.8ghz running at 4Ghz stable on an AC freezer 7 pro, so i can personally reccommend that cooler. Reckon it could go higher as well, but no need for that atm, and it runs a bit hot to be pushing it further.

crazy-player

Not to be picky or anything, but why exactly did you get a Pentium D? Which one is it?

he prolly had it before he got the pc... and thats one of the netburst (aka crappy) D's, but with THAT increase in the clock, i think its not so crappy anymore...

Anyone OC'ing a Q6700? What results?

Just wondering if I should screw with the FSB or the Multiplyer...suggestions?

E4400 2Ghz 800FSB TO E4400 3Ghz 1500FSB thats 85% overclock:D

Anyone OC'ing a Q6700? What results?

Just wondering if I should screw with the FSB or the Multiplyer...suggestions?

2005wrxsti

i dont, but icve seen some guy here that got his to 3.7 with ease, and u should screw with the fsb, not the multiplier

E4400 2Ghz 800FSB TO E4400 3Ghz 1500FSB thats 85% overclock:D

PC_X360

man thats *****ing huge!

intel quad 9300-2.5GHZ(stock)

I get 50C at Idle which I think is a bit hot so I ordered a liquid cooler.

how much do you think I can overclock w/ the cooler

intel quad 9300-2.5GHZ(stock)

I get 50C at Idle which I think is a bit hot so I ordered a liquid cooler.

how much do you think I can overclock w/ the cooler

zachslayer

oohhh. . .

themal compound?

well I know I'm getting some with my liquid cooler(I ordered it)

oohhh. . .

themal compound?

well I know I'm getting some with my liquid cooler(I ordered it)

zachslayer

so for this CPU, what is the max temp it should run?zachslayer

I was wondering; when I used to OC my P4 30% (3.9Ghz), I would fit a average of 70-80 degrees Celsius. Knowing that's not so high, why the hell did it smell like burnt corpse after two hours of playing Crysis?

I'm using the stock cooler from my P4 1.8Ghz and no thermal paste.

Here are my OCing results:

intel Q6600 first rev A0

Asus Rampage Formula X48

4gb Muskin 1066 low lat

BFG 8800GTS 512mb

Sythe Mugen Air cooler

I have had everything but the mobo for a while now. The cpu at default clock speed runs at ambiet tempurature at idle.

Oc to 3.106

max idle 41C, max Gaming 62C, Prime95 65C

Just like everone else I could easily for higher but I want my cpu to be around for a while

Anyone an expert on Lapping? Does it really help or no?

Thermal compound question...many different ways of applying it. I use a razorblade to put a thin coating across the entire surface, how about you?

I'm currently using a zalman 9500, and it's "OK", but doesn't seem to be anything special. I've heard the Tuniq Tower is really good, has anyone tried Thermal Electric cooling? See link http://www.xoxide.com/ultra-chilltech-cpu-cooler.html?productid=ultra-chilltech-cpu-cooler&channelid=FROOG

Video review... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtjnXUUBIPA

Here are my OCing results:

musclesforcier

What about temperature?