[decoy]

OVERCLOCKING...well i want to oc my cpu and stuff but im looking for a cpu program that tells me the cpu temp and stuff...i was told to come here and ask because there are some people on here that are over clockers and what not if you have xfire my screen name is impenitentkilla if not ill check this later

[yeshuas]

This program will tell you the CPU temp, "Core Temp"

But you will OC thru the bios, that is the best way

[NT50]

My friend teh-Decoy

I will see if I can round up some of the OCing freaks around here. I know "freeagent" is a good one, along with several here. We have some people that are into folding and I think they overclock some.

There is a section here called Hardware And Customizing that in the past has had some attention to overclocking. You might want to do a search in that section to begin with.

[mnemonicj]

I needed temperature monitoring for a friend's computer I was working on and found this: SpeedFan

[decoy]

alright i got a program to see everything and its running arond high 30's idle and low 40-45C ingame...i got occt and speed fan, but my next question is BIOS...where can i get a bios that lets me change the settings i have MSI P7N SLI mobo...and it lets me change voltage but not my fbs/hertz i have been reading some and they said if you cant get it to change get new bios any suggestions?

[yeshuas]

Here is a link that reviews and gets into the guts of OC'ing your board

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews.php? ... herboard/1

[augie]

All I would say is be darn careful with voltages too, especially if you can't afford a new CPU or RAM. I generally found that a %10 OC was just great to start with!

[NT50]

alright i got a program to see everything and its running arond high 30's idle and low 40-45C ingame...i got occt and speed fan, but my next question is BIOS...where can i get a bios that lets me change the settings i have MSI P7N SLI mobo...and it lets me change voltage but not my fbs/hertz i have been reading some and they said if you cant get it to change get new bios any suggestions?

You will need to check with MSI site to see if they hae an update to allow you to do so.

[leo27]

1st step is to download cpuz from http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

now run cpuz and go to the motherboard tab so that you can check what bios version you currently have. Now go to http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1373 to check the most recent bios to see if you even need to update.

If you do need to update i suggest you download the full motherboard manual (its from the same link I've just posted) and read through the bios update procedure.

Before you start any changes in the bios i suggest you read http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/240001-29-howto-overclock-quads-duals-guide this guide is a beginner overclocking guide for core 2 quads and dual cores. It contains the voltage ranges for different processors as well as step by step instructions.

[decoy]

wow guys i really appreciate the support i have gotten from you all...but i am still a little hesitant in making this decision...i have heard "if your going to oc do it to the fullest because you wont see much difference from a little push" i have a dual core @ 2.53 each core, is it outlandish to try and clock that to 3.0?? i have been reading some forums to see how to do it, but none that say what people have gotten theirs to do. i am in a class getting my A+ cert, and me and a guy next to me were talking. he had his acceleration lame processor (forgot the name and spec of it) from around 1.5 or so and extreme clocked it to almost 3.0 (single core) so i was wondering if 3.0-3.5 or so would be to much on my dual core

just a quick question (again)....i have 2 hard drives, one is a 70gig that came with original pc, and i have a 500gig that has everything i own on it, it has xp home 32-bit on it, and i heard if you do mess up clocking there is a chance you can lose everything, so i was going to try and over clock on my 70 gig so if i do mess up or what not, it on that one, but it have xp pro 64-bit....would that make anything diff because i know you cant run some programs from 32 in 64 system

sorry if any of this doesn't make sense but any help would be appreciated