Tuesday, April 13, 2010

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

Please keep all matters regarding overclocking (questions too) in this threadAll-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 chipsetGigabyte 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.ukReview of the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard: X-Bit LabsABIT 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'ingIP35 Pro on newegg, and amazon.co.ukReviews 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磘 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 , amazonReviews 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.neweggReviews of the DFI LANPARTY DK X38-T2R motherboard: Overclock3d Cpu3d X-Bit Labs Intel P45 chipsetAsus Maximus Formula: 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 ; amazonReviews 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 ; amazonReviews of the Asus P5Q Pro motherboard:insideHWEliteBastardsNvidia NForce 750iSLI chipsetEVGA 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 SLI FTW 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 ; amazonReviews of the ASUS Rampage Formula Motherboard (please note il only post 1 x48 board for now, but il keep inserting more): OverclockersClub InsideHW Anandtech


Overclockers: Post your specs and overclocking results here (OC tutorial inside)
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) ; amazonnewegg (9770) ; amazonCore 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 everyonenewegg , 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 matternewegg , amazonReviews 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 allReviews for the C2Q Q9300: X-Bit Hot HardwareQ9450: 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 , amazonPentium 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 , amazonReviews 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 E6600newegg , amazonReviews for the X2 6000+ CPU: Hexus Bit-Tech AnandtechAthlon X2 5000+ BE/ X2 6400+ BE AMD's best dual core processors, mainly due to the unlocked multipliernewegg (5000) Reviews for the X2 5000+ BE CPU: neoseeker insidehw overclockers clubReviews 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 awesomenewegg , 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


Overclockers: Post your specs and overclocking results here (OC tutorial inside)
I got an E2160 at stock voltage which is overclocked from 1.8 to 3.0ghz (FSB from 200 to 333). It did have an Arctic freezer 7 on it but i replaced it with a cheaper Akasa AK965 which is cheaper quieter and better (better temps). Rest of my specs are a Gigabyte P31 mobo (great value mobo, dirt cheap and a great overclocker) a 7900gt OC which overheats a lot because of the POS stock cooler and a couple of seagate hard drives, 2 gigs of OCZ platinum. Also a Corsair TX 650 PSU.3dmark06 CPU score 25893dmark06 score 5401Super Pi 1m time 20.1msLoad temps after 20 hours of prime 95 torture testing : 45 degreesIdle temps : 30 degrees
good thread but could be better if you include pictures. Also I think the Q9450 is on sale at newegg.I have a Ds3l and E6550 running @450 FSB or 1800mhz and 3.15. Ram is crucial balistix @900 and cooler is zerotherm. My 3dmark 06 result is 11500 with a 3870 running with 870 core clock and default ram.
I got my e8400 running at 4.54Ghz on a Gigabyte P35 DS3L, Arctic Freezer 7 pro, fsb 505Mhz, mutiplier 9x, Antec 900 case + an extra 120mm fan, all case fans at medium. Raised the cpu voltage by .01875 from the stock voltage.
CPU-Z Validations- 3.0Ghz (Daily Clocks) 3.3Ghz (Suicide OC)Current Specs Antec Nine Hundred
Gigabyte S-Series GA-P35-DS3L
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (B3) @ 3.0Ghz 1.35v
Zalman CNPS9700 (On Arctic Silver)
2x1GB Corsair XMS2 PC6400 DDR2 @ 667Mhz (4-4-4-12) 1.9v
PNY 8800GTS 320MB @ 600Mhz / 1760Mhz
Creative Sound Blaster SB0570 Audigy SE
Lite-On LightScribe DL-DVDRW LH-20A1M186C
150GB WD Raptor 1500AHFD-OORAR5 10,000RPM 16MB Cache
320GB WD Caviar 3200JB-OOKFA0 7800RPM 8MB Cache
Sony MPF920 Floppy Drive
BFG Tech BFG650PSU 650Watt Power Supply
Windows XP Professional
*Click my sig to see my 3DMark06 score...
e2160 1.8Ghz @ 2.52Ghz on stock cooling and stock voltages %26 ram 840mhzwith gigabyte ep35-ds3 mobopretty modest overclocks, but i got a nasty hardware failure when i jumped the gun a bit... might overclocka bit more further down the track.also had my 9600gt software overclocked(using the ''xpertvision'' utility) but i had issues with it so it's now at stock speeds again.here is a screenshot of when the GPU was overclocked, you can see cpu-z and coretemp minimized in the taskbar and system tray too.* edit specs:coolermaster CM690/3x 120mm fansantec earthwatts 500W psuxpertvision 512Mb 9600gt 650/900/18502Gb corsair xms2 800mhze2160 1.8Ghz @ 2.52GhzGigabyte GA-EP35-DS3seagate 160GB sataIIlite-on 20x sata dvd/rw /lightscribe
[QUOTE=''Baselerd'']I got my e8400 running at 4.54Ghz on a Gigabyte P35 DS3L, Arctic Freezer 7 pro, fsb 505Mhz, mutiplier 9x, Antec 900 case + an extra 120mm fan, all case fans at medium. Raised the cpu voltage by .01875 from the stock voltage.[/QUOTE] what? how can you get it that high if you don't mind can you post a screen shot of your cpuz? because my ds3l crash at 470 FSB, how can you get it to 505. That's mind blowing
clocks are in my sig :) nothing has changed from then other that i dont clock the graphics card as high for every day clocks now..... its like 10c+ hotter ambient temps during the summer :P it does not like it
I got a 61% overclock with my sweet little E2160! :) Also thats with no voltage increase, no case cooling and a cheap arctic freezer pro 7
[QUOTE=''quocthai'']good thread but could be better if you include pictures. Also I think the Q9450 is on sale at newegg.I have a Ds3l and E6550 running @450 FSB or 1800mhz and 3.15. Ram is crucial balistix @900 and cooler is zerotherm. My 3dmark 06 result is 11500 with a 3870 running with 870 core clock and default ram.[/QUOTE]1st up: i checked newegg, all they got is the Q9300, the 9450 still hasnt shown up (at least when i checked)2nd: il have np editing the 1st post for pics, purchease links, whatever you want (i was planing on doin it anyway so...)il make a complete post, i MIGHT just finish it today
[QUOTE=''quocthai'']good thread but could be better if you include pictures. Also I think the Q9450 is on sale at newegg.I have a Ds3l and E6550 running @450 FSB or 1800mhz and 3.15. Ram is crucial balistix @900 and cooler is zerotherm. My 3dmark 06 result is 11500 with a 3870 running with 870 core clock and default ram.[/QUOTE]THERE pics are in, along with purchease links
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mine is on my sig
You'd need to add the testing section as well. As that's the most important part of OCing (other then actually OCing), as you need to make sure that your system is stable.Also link to programs like Prime95 for stress testing.You also may want to look over your comment about memory as well. I can downclock my ram from 800 mhz to 667 without needing to touch the FSB, just by changing the multiplier that is use to generate the memory speed.Check over for spelling as well, and if you can, add links to reviews for all of the products that you've listed.Needs some more work, but good luck :).Also, if you want, I can cook up some header images or really any other help if you want, feel free to PM me ;).
[QUOTE=''G013M'']You'd need to add the testing section as well. As that's the most important part of OCing (other then actually OCing), as you need to make sure that your system is stable.Also link to programs like Prime95 for stress testing.You also may want to look over your comment about memory as well. I can downclock my ram from 800 mhz to 667 without needing to touch the FSB, just by changing the multiplier that is use to generate the memory speed.Check over for spelling as well, and if you can, add links to reviews for all of the products that you've listed.Needs some more work, but good luck :).Also, if you want, I can cook up some header images or really any other help if you want, feel free to PM me ;). [/QUOTE]np thx for the tips, il put on links for stuff like 3dmark, prime95, memtest, etc. i was gonna add reviews too, im lookin 'em up right now
GTR what is your motherobard now ?i heard you are buying the GA-P35-DS3L
Nice topic but it needs to get updated.
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 i tend to disagree about future how quad core q6600 be better, since it been shown, that games will not in future be ''made for quad core'', dualcore will still be used, the main fac is, quad core is for multi purpose pc, not purely gaming. Main areas why dual core will i personaly think be allways top of game is due to core speed, it doesnt matter how many you have, in the end a dual core with 4ghz will allways beat a quad core with only 3gh. It been shown now and also in future will most likely not change. I advise people who want to get quad or dual must write down or think of what they need it for, if you want::A: Video editing/software designing ect and soem gaming on the side/ then quad the way to go.B: gaming mainly, with day to day tasks, the dual much better, also for OVERCLOCKING wise dual cores will allways perform better. Also id say add to fans, that the sycth ZINGping is a wicked fan and ultra quiet, also didnt see the GTX9800 VGA, since that also a good card to OC, as long as you change stock fan on it. still hopefuly you update ur page.Also just so you know x38 asus boad a wicked BOARD, to oc on, getting 4+on e8400 air cooled. also the maximus and rampage also great boards though more exspencive.
[QUOTE=''shadowcreaper''] 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 i tend to disagree about future how quad core q6600 be better, since it been shown, that games will not in future be ''made for quad core'', dualcore will still be used, the main fac is, quad core is for multi purpose pc, not purely gaming.Main areas why dual core will i personaly think be allways top of game is due to core speed, it doesnt matter how many you have, in the end a dual core with 4ghz will allways beat a quad core with only 3gh. It been shown now and also in future will most likely not change. I advise people who want to get quad or dual must write down or think of what they need it for, if you want::A: Video editing/software designing ect and soem gaming on the side/ then quad the way to go.B: gaming mainly, with day to day tasks, the dual much better, also for OVERCLOCKING wise dual cores will allways perform better. Also id say add to fans, that the sycth ZINGping is a wicked fan and ultra quiet, also didnt see the GTX9800 VGA, since that also a good card to OC, as long as you change stock fan on it. still hopefuly you update ur page.Also just so you know x38 asus boad a wicked BOARD, to oc on, getting 4+on e8400 air cooled. also the maximus and rampage also great boards though more exspencive.[/QUOTE]Expensive*

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