dirty0513
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I have a new cpu I just built .

AMD FX-57
ASUS A8N-32
2X Geforce 7800gt's
2gb Corsair XMS
74gb Raptor

Now my noob question is how do I go about overclocking the cpu with out frying it.
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razz
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+7|6979|Australia
Don't, leave it as it is.
dirty0513
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Why u say that ?
.ACB|_Cutthroat1
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ok where the hell is assassin when ya need him ....

the besta dvice i can give you is to read up on AMD overclocking and then have a go, don't worry if you only change the fsb you won't fry it, just get assassin to recommend yous ome good overclocking guides
unnamednewbie13
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You won't need to overclock an FX-57. In fact, I only have my 3500+ on 102%.
AnarkyXtra
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I don't think you should overclock it - it's fast enough as it is. Not only that, but if you're inexperienced (which you are), you don't want to run the risk of damaging what is already a damn fast (and pretty expensive) processor.
Cybargs
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AnarkyXtra wrote:

I don't think you should overclock it - it's fast enough as it is. Not only that, but if you're inexperienced (which you are), you don't want to run the risk of damaging what is already a damn fast (and pretty expensive) processor.
agreed upon

fx-57 runs at 2.8ghz... just overclock only 200mhz just to be safe
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TheEternalPessimist
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If you dont know, to at least a degree of competancy what your doing then your better off leaving it alone. the CPU you have is already capable of pissing on anything around. I'd suggest leaving it until it starts to struggle then look into OCing. Atleast you have time to understand what you're doing then.
Cybargs
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go to www.ocforums.com and read the tutorials
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Rofl_My_Waffle
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To overclock your cpu you need to get into your BOIS, usually by pressing a certain key depending on the motherboard when your system boots.

After your are in there look for something such as Front Side Bus Speed (FSB) it should be set to 200mhz for your FX-57.

You want to increase that ammount to increase your processor clock, each mhz of FSB speed you increase should be 12mhz of processor speed because of your CPU multiplier which should be set to 12 for an FX-57.

You should only increase the FSB 3-10 mhz at a time, so everytime you increase it reboot and do it again. If you increase it by a large ammount your pc may not boot or load windows.

If in an event that windows or your pc does not boot, reset your CMOS to reset the FSB clock to default. Refer to your manual to do this, the switch to do so is usually located near your motherboards battery.

Don't forget about cooling, overclocking will increase CPU tempuratures so i don't recommend overclocking alot with a stock cooler. try to keep your cpu tempuratures no more than 10 degrees over what it would be on a normal clock to maintain CPU life.

If you want to take the risk to OC like crazy your will need to increase your CPU vcore voltage. the rule is not to increase it more than 10% or you risk frying your CPU but you would not need to do so if you just want to do a minor overclock.
dirty0513
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Thanks for the info, for the past day or two I have been messing with a semperon I built to better understand overclocking it's a 3100 runs at 1.81 and i oc'ed it to 2.1, pretty cool cuz it didn't run any hotter than normal.
Now it runs programs better and dosen't lag so bad in bf2. I am going to keep raising it till it can't anymore, then start learning how to overclock video cards.
The Stillhouse Kid
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cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

go to www.ocforums.com and read the tutorials
x2

And don't forget www.overclock.net
psychotoxic187
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Rofl_My_Waffle wrote:

To overclock your cpu you need to get into your BOIS, usually by pressing a certain key depending on the motherboard when your system boots.

After your are in there look for something such as Front Side Bus Speed (FSB) it should be set to 200mhz for your FX-57.

You want to increase that ammount to increase your processor clock, each mhz of FSB speed you increase should be 12mhz of processor speed because of your CPU multiplier which should be set to 12 for an FX-57.

You should only increase the FSB 3-10 mhz at a time, so everytime you increase it reboot and do it again. If you increase it by a large ammount your pc may not boot or load windows.

If in an event that windows or your pc does not boot, reset your CMOS to reset the FSB clock to default. Refer to your manual to do this, the switch to do so is usually located near your motherboards battery.

Don't forget about cooling, overclocking will increase CPU tempuratures so i don't recommend overclocking alot with a stock cooler. try to keep your cpu tempuratures no more than 10 degrees over what it would be on a normal clock to maintain CPU life.

If you want to take the risk to OC like crazy your will need to increase your CPU vcore voltage. the rule is not to increase it more than 10% or you risk frying your CPU but you would not need to do so if you just want to do a minor overclock.
I hope his FX57 is not only running at 2.4Ghz stock. 200 times 12 is 2400.
InnerMonkey
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Have you tried Google?  Seriously?  There are plenty of tutorials out there you can read, as it's a lot of information, and I doubt most folks are going to want to convery that much information here.

Remember that your FX's multiplier is not locked, so you have more options that most folks.  The common route in a non-locked situation like this, is to increase the multiplier if possible.  For your chip, 15x multiplier seems to be a popular goal, but for that, you might have to increase voltage a bit. Find the highest multiplier you can boot fine, then back down one.  From there, try small bumps in your fsb until it's unstable.  Back down a few degrees, then benchmark the crap out of it and beat it to death for a few days to see how it holds out.


That's a fantasic cpu, but not worth the money IMO (hope you got a great deal on it).  You could have bought a non-FX and overclocked it to the speed of the FX and saved several hundred dollars in the process (for a nice new monitor, uber speakers, one helluva night on the town, a fancy puppy....ah hell, you get the idea).  When last I built, I went through the options price vs. NOTICEABLE performance, and ended up getting a 3700+ SanDiego and OC'ing to 2.66GHz on the stock HSF.  I'm tired of the noise of uber fans, so I didn't go that route.  Nothing even resembling a heat issue though.  Anyway, I think at the time, it was around 636 dollars cheaper for the the 3700+ vs. the FX-55 that was my target overclocking goal.  In the end though, I can barely feel the difference.  If I had any issue with heat or stability, I'd just put it back to stock and hardly notice.  You'll see your biggest gaming difference by tweaking you memory timings and pushing your graphics harder anyway.

I'm going to agree with other posts and say that you'll not really gain a lot from OC'ing a FX-57.  Sure, you'll get faster numbers in benchmarks, maybe even a few fps, but with your rig, it will not be anything really helpful.  That being said, it is a fun thing to try.  I hope you have fun and don't fry anything.

<Rant not directly pointed at dirty0513>
Somewhere along the way, the general 'scene' of overclocking has changed.  It used to be that folks did it to get a lesser CPU to be closer to its faster brethen.  More recently, it seems more folks just want to eek out whatever they can, even if it isn't useful in any way.  Traditionally though, OC'ing is about saving money, not bragging rights.
Trobow
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OVerclocking isn't really hard once you do it.  Every AMD64 CPU has a multiplier (FSB/HTT multiplier).  I own a 4000+ SD and mine is 12.  So stock speed is, FSB=200MHZ.  So you take your CPU muliplier and your FSB Speed and multiply them.  For example, 12 x 200 = 2400.  So at stock settings my CPU runs at 2.4Ghz.  Keeping my multiplier at 12 leaves me with little room for overclocking, maybe around 5-10MHz.  So what I did, and recommend, is to lower your multiplier.  In my case I lowered mine to 11 and then turned my FSB up to 265.  So now what I get is 265 (FSB) x 11 (CPU multiplier) = 2915 MHZ or 2.91 Ghz.  To ensure that this ran stable I ran some basic prgorams like SuperPi (32m), Prime95 (about 8 hours), and OCCT (normal test).  Sometimes, but very rarely you will pass all these tests and still fail BF2 though.  It is a trial and error process.  I found mine could go higher but I like to wait a week after each successful 10-MHz increase.  If you OC it too much your computer sometimes will not post or start into windows.  Just reset the CMOS and start over.  Write your settings down also so you know what you did differently each time.  Be patient while doing this also.  Here is a general idea on what your CPU MAY be able to do.....


I think that the FX-57 is stock at 2.8 GHz.  And the CPU mulitplier is 14.


Try lowering your CPU Multiplier to 13 and turning your FSB speed to 250.  Also increase your CPU's voltage to around 1.6-1.8V, depends on what your CPU can handle and type of cooling you have.  Don't overdue it though you will FRY your CPU if you go too high.  That would give you around 3.2GHz.  Run SuperPi 32M.  If you pass turn up your FSB some more, 5-10 MHZ.  Run SuperPi again.  Continue to do so until you get an error then turn down your FSB 2-3MHz until you successfully pass SuperPi.  Then run OCCT standard test.  If you fail this, lower a few more MHz.  Continue this until you pass. Once you pass that.  Run Prime95 for at least 8 hours.  Once you pass that you have OC'd your CPU. 

Remember though that once you OC'd your CPU you will most likely have to lower your ratio for your memory.  This may be a little confusing, but if you need help just ask. 

Keep in mind that you may not get your CPU that high or you may even be able to get it higher.  I am not too sure with the FX-57 since I do not own one. 

Remember to be patient.  Most don't get it done properly in one day.
Every CPU is different.





What I run is:
DFI Lanparty UT SLI-DR Expert
Zalman 9000S Cooling Fan
XFX 7800 GTX 450/1300
AMD 64 4000+ San Diego @ 2.92Ghz @ 1.7V
OCZ Titanium DDR400 PC3200
Enermax Noisetaker 485W
.ACB|_Cutthroat1
No place like 127.0.0.1
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well i got my X2 +4600 to 2.92ghz on stock cooling (watercooled tai-chi case ) so i did well i think
Maj.Do
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nice
ThundergodTyLor
You am dee best!
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This is why you dont overclock and mess up.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid … mp;pl=true
Cybargs
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ThundergodTyLor wrote:

This is why you dont overclock and mess up.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid … mp;pl=true
u do know that video is fake and the overclocking levels were really high...
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Maj.Do
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that vid does look fake and even if it was real thats a really high oc .
ThundergodTyLor
You am dee best!
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*sigh* I was just trying to prove that OC'ing can go bad.  That you need to be careful and dont OC too much.
-_{MoW}_-Assasin
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rofl, yea, they can go bad, but if u do it well it will go very good. And do i have to be everywhere? :p
.ACB|_Cutthroat1
No place like 127.0.0.1
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ThundergodTyLor wrote:

This is why you dont overclock and mess up.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid … mp;pl=true
i really like how it blows a hole in the table too *sigh* what a fake
Cybargs
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.ACB|_Cutthroat1 wrote:

ThundergodTyLor wrote:

This is why you dont overclock and mess up.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid … mp;pl=true
i really like how it blows a hole in the table too *sigh* what a fake
lol
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Trobow
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So dirty, how is it coming along?

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