Hi all

I am having problems trying to over clock my cpu and would like some advice from someone who has had success.

I have Intel pen 2 duo core e5200r running at 2.50Ghz and I would like to up this to 3.00Ghz but when I am in the bios screen (american megatrends) there does not seem to be a visible fsb heading any where,where can I go to up the settings ?

I have found a lot of forums on-line, but not any that help or show megatrends!

Put the model of your motherboard and overclock into google you should find a guide.

Some motherboards come with bonus software on a CD or have downloads available from the manufacturer for overclocking CPU's.

WARNING! Since you appear to be a beginner with no experience in overclocking, it is not recommended. You could destroy your CPU!

with the current prices of CPU I don't see the need for overclocking anymore

besides there is always the danger of the CPU frying lol

with the current prices of CPU I don't see the need for overclocking anymore

besides there is always the danger of the CPU frying lol

I have my 2.66 920 running at 4.0 GHZ the fastest intel offers is 3.2 and the price is about 3 times the 2.66 model.

Thanks for all the tips not to worried about killing the computer as buying a new one soon just wanted to try this so I could have another feather for my cap , I have followed the advice here and searched using the motherboard as reference and found what I needed.

I have now uped to 3Ghz so lets see how long it last

Thanks for all the tips not to worried about killing the computer as buying a new one soon just wanted to try this so I could have another feather for my cap , I have followed the advice here and searched using the motherboard as reference and found what I needed.

I have now uped to 3Ghz so lets see how long it last

That's a big jump in speed. Hope you're not using stock cooling or you might be buying that new computer sooner then you think.

Thanks for all the tips not to worried about killing the computer as buying a new one soon just wanted to try this so I could have another feather for my cap , I have followed the advice here and searched using the motherboard as reference and found what I needed.

I have now uped to 3Ghz so lets see how long it last

You should monitor the CPU core temperatures for awhile and under different conditions. There are plenty of small utilities that can do that. Just make sure you get one that supports your CPU before downloading.

Thanks for all the tips not to worried about killing the computer as buying a new one soon just wanted to try this so I could have another feather for my cap , I have followed the advice here and searched using the motherboard as reference and found what I needed.

I have now uped to 3Ghz so lets see how long it last

That's a big jump in speed. Hope you're not using stock cooling or you might be buying that new computer sooner then you think.

I am using a radiator from a Suzuki van it is 360 mm X 360 mm with 4 180 mm fans, This also cools my graphics card and motherboard which has water cooling factory fitted. CPU temp never goes over 75 under stress test. The large fans only turn at 750 RPM and make no noise at all there is a small hum from the 2 water pumps and a little noise from power supply fan.

Thanks for all the tips not to worried about killing the computer as buying a new one soon just wanted to try this so I could have another feather for my cap , I have followed the advice here and searched using the motherboard as reference and found what I needed.

I have now uped to 3Ghz so lets see how long it last

That's a big jump in speed. Hope you're not using stock cooling or you might be buying that new computer sooner then you think.

I am using a radiator from a Suzuki van it is 360 mm X 360 mm with 4 180 mm fans, This also cools my graphics card and motherboard which has water cooling factory fitted. CPU temp never goes over 75 under stress test. The large fans only turn at 750 RPM and make no noise at all there is a small hum from the 2 water pumps and a little noise from power supply fan.

Now that's what I call extreme cooling. You should post a pic of your build. Real hard to find parts for water cooling around here. Too bad since it's such a hot environment here in Thailand.

My water cooled PC is in pieces at the moment, the case is in a shipping container on it's way from Australia, Will be here in about 10 days. I bought the motherboard and hard drives with me in my carry on luggage. Will post a picture soon I get it running again. I got the idea to use the radiator from some video's on you tube, the one from the little Suzuki van was the smallest I could find. Should not be hard to find similar in Thailand, There are some places in Thailand that sell pumps and tubing.

Thanks for all the tips not to worried about killing the computer as buying a new one soon just wanted to try this so I could have another feather for my cap , I have followed the advice here and searched using the motherboard as reference and found what I needed.

I have now uped to 3Ghz so lets see how long it last

I'm surprised no one mentioned "stability". Run Prime95 as well as Memtest86 for at least 12 hours. You MUST pass both tests (with zero errors) for the OC to be considered stable.

Thanks for all the tips not to worried about killing the computer as buying a new one soon just wanted to try this so I could have another feather for my cap , I have followed the advice here and searched using the motherboard as reference and found what I needed.

I have now uped to 3Ghz so lets see how long it last

I'm surprised no one mentioned "stability". Run Prime95 as well as Memtest86 for at least 12 hours. You MUST pass both tests (with zero errors) for the OC to be considered stable.

Good point! :jap:

I'm surprised no one mentioned "stability". Run Prime95 as well as Memtest86 for at least 12 hours. You MUST pass both tests (with zero errors) for the OC to be considered stable.

I recently bumped my E6600 up from 2.4G to 3.0G but did it incrementally and not in one big jump. I used the above load testing applications but be sure you have monitoring apps to see how temperatures are behaving.

cpu-z for verifying clock speed changes.

HWMonitor Pro for temperature and fan checks.

and/or SpeedFan

An additional load tester for graphics and IO > 3DMark06

Also if you have to voltage boost because fsb increase is not stable this will directly effect the lifetime of the components, probably more so than heat itself.