Finally got around to first OC on my new Media rig
Since I built the rig that was the topic of my Holiday HTPC I have made some changes. The DFI P45 Blood Iron board died a miserable death and was replaced with an Asus P5Q Pro. I swapped the Xigmatec HDT-S1284EE with the Xigmatec HDT-S1283 for my CPU cooling because it was 2 deg C cooler under load. And I added another HD4830 graphics card for folding. So the core components are now as follows;
I set the multi to 6 and set the FSB:RAM to 1:1 and was able to get it to 538 with the voltage set to 1.45. Then I set the multi back to the stock 7.5 and went for broke by starting @ 400 to yield an even 3.0 GHz on the first try. Then I upped it in increments of 15 till I got to 460. With the voltage still set @ 1.45 I upped it 5 more to get 465 FSB and had to call it a day so I ran SMP and 2x GPU2 to see how it would fair. 4 hours later it is still running fine and all temps look good. So far I have not played with anything other than the FSB and setting the divider to 1:1.
- Corsair CMPSU-650TX PSU
- Asus P5Q Pro Motherboard
- Q9300 Core 2 Quad CPU (4x 2.5)
- 2 x 2 GB G. Skill PC8500 Memory
- 2 x Powercolor HD4830 Graphics cards
- Antec 300 Case w/ 4x 120mm fans + 1x 160mm fan
I set the multi to 6 and set the FSB:RAM to 1:1 and was able to get it to 538 with the voltage set to 1.45. Then I set the multi back to the stock 7.5 and went for broke by starting @ 400 to yield an even 3.0 GHz on the first try. Then I upped it in increments of 15 till I got to 460. With the voltage still set @ 1.45 I upped it 5 more to get 465 FSB and had to call it a day so I ran SMP and 2x GPU2 to see how it would fair. 4 hours later it is still running fine and all temps look good. So far I have not played with anything other than the FSB and setting the divider to 1:1.
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I intend to get a bit moa out of it!
PS:
I haven't OC'ed in about 4 years!