Overclocking my CPU

[Boss]

I can't get it past 2.4 Ghz. That being said, 2.25 is as high as it will go without crashing Windows. I'm using the stock voltages. If I set it higher than 2.4, it resets to 1.8. Any ideas would be wonderful.

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Just go play the game and have fun dammit.

all in all the conclusion is that disco doesn't need antagonist factions, it doesn't need phantoms, it doesn't need nomads, it doesn't need coalition and it doesn't need many other things, no AIs, the game is hijacked by morons to confuse the game with their dickwaving generic competition games mixed up with troll-of-the-day.

[xxrockstar992xx]

set voltage to like 1.65-1.7... and get a better heatsink... if ur gunna go to 2.4 u NEED a better heat sink or watercooling... but first try the voltage... it worked on my comp for a while

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[12:51:19 PM] Sean: Actually, Alex is cool, I forgot 8-)

[mwerte]

DON'Tstart upping voltages without getting a better heatsink. That's how motherboards get fried.
RockStar, its not a temporary solution, even if you just do it temporarily it could cause permenant damage to the MoBo.

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[Korrd]

Not motherboard, but CPU's. Still, it should be safe unless he increases the voltage way too much.

To begin with, what kind of core does your athlon has?
Hammer, Winchester, Venice?

You can check that with the CPUZ program..

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[xxrockstar992xx]

hey it worked for me when i at a p4 1.8... i got it to 2.4 stable with stock heatsink and 2 fans voltage at 1.7... not to mention an asus and the comp is like 8 years old... try that... i no wat im doing

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[12:51:19 PM] Sean: Actually, Alex is cool, I forgot 8-)

[sn!p3r]

Oh yea? well... i overclocked my Pentium 3 from 500MhZ to 12.3 ghz.. with no problem.

Don't know really anything about overclocking, but good luck and don't blow your computer to bits:)

[lawbar]

Have you checked out the Overclockers site, I have found there forum gives top advice from building to overclocking, hope it helps.:)

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[Boss]

My proc is running at about 50-60 degrees C. CPU-z found this:
Processors Information
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Processor 1 (ID = 0)
Number of cores 1 (max 1)
Number of threads 1 (max 1)
Name AMD Athlon 64 3000+
Codename NewCastle
Specification AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor 3000+
Package Socket 754
CPUID F.C.0
Extended CPUID F.C
Brand ID 4
Core Stepping DH7-CG
Technology 0.13 um
Core Speed 2252.2 MHz (10.0 x 225.2 MHz)
HT Link speed 675.7 MHz
Stock frequency 2000 MHz
Instructions sets MMX (+), 3DNow! (+), SSE, SSE2, x86-64
L1 Data cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 512 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
max FID 10.0x
Features XD
K8 Thermal sensor yes
K8 Revision ID 0.6

and Chipset is:

Chipset
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Northbridge NVIDIA nForce3 250 rev. A1
Southbridge NVIDIA nForce3 MCP rev. A2
Graphic Interface AGP
AGP Revision 3.0
AGP Transfer Rate 8x
AGP SBA supported, enabled
Memory Type DDR
Memory Size 1024 MBytes
Channels Single
Memory Frequency 225.2 MHz (CPU/10)
CAS# 3.0
RAS# to CAS# 3
RAS# Precharge 3
Cycle Time (tRAS) 8
Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 11
DRAM Idle Timer 16
Command Rate 2T

Can any of you make some sense out if this?

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Just go play the game and have fun dammit.

all in all the conclusion is that disco doesn't need antagonist factions, it doesn't need phantoms, it doesn't need nomads, it doesn't need coalition and it doesn't need many other things, no AIs, the game is hijacked by morons to confuse the game with their dickwaving generic competition games mixed up with troll-of-the-day.

[Korrd]

You won't get any higher than that. NewCastle is a rather old core revision, and didn't overclock well. Also, you are running pretty hot there. Increasing the clock further would not be good for the processor.

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[Doom]

hmmm i have same processor with Venice core...currently overclocked to 2.1 GHz...runs smoothly....i went up to 2.3 Ghz without any problems...but i don't dare to keep it that high for long cause its cooled by stock cooler...

so like Korrd recommended... don't go higher without better cooling system...