Overclocking the QX6850 ...???

[GSXRme]

First Post


My older Computer that just took a dump:

AMD FX-53 Socket 940
ASUS SK8V
2GB DDR Corsair
X1950XT AGP
MadDog 680watt PSU

The Computer Ran great until the 3 year marker. Long story short, the 4th PSU died and parted the thing out on Ebay for $250 LOL

My New Computer that is on its way from Newegg is...

ASUS StrikerExtreme
Intel QX6850
CORSAIR Dominator (4 x 1GB)
PHILIPS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner
SILVERSTONE ST1000 ATX12V / EPS12V 1000W Power Supply
BFG Tech BFGRPHYSX128P PhysX Processing
2x SLI MSI NX8800Ultra-T2D768E-HD-OC GeForce 8800Ultra 768MB
CoolIT SYSTEMS EL-1000 Eliminator
2x Western Digital Raptor 74GB
Thermaltake Armor Series VA8003BWS

I spent alot of Money, I hope it last a little more than 3 years

My Goal is 3.8Ghz

[RA1D]

hey there and welcome to HL! that is one wicked system you have. be sure to post some pics once you've got it put together and running

[Yellowhello]

Welcome to HL!! That is a beast of a system!!

I'm think that you'll be able to get a healthy OC on that CoolIT system....... Just start raising the FSB (Front Side Bus) about 10FSB at a time. Restart after each raise. Once it starts to get unstable (Apps ramdomly crashing, won't boot to windows, random freezes, etc.), up the voltage a little (i.e. 1.35V to 1.3625V) and try upping the FSB a little more. Once it starts to get unstable again, up the voltage a tiny bit (i.e. 1.3625V to 1.375V) and start again.

Good Luck!

EDIT: KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE TEMPS WHEN UPPING THE VOLTAGE

[GSXRme]

ok, I think i'll install Sandra and run a 20-30 CPU burn-in pass when I THINK it's stable then.

Thank you for the advice

[killswitch83]

SANDRA is good, I would also use Prime95 and SuperPi to burn it in as well.....just to be sure the OC is stable. There are a couple other burn-in apps as well, but not sure what they are, just ask the guys around here, they would know

really nice system BTW

[Yellowhello]

Instead of Prime95, use Orthos; same program, cleaner interface and I believe you can run many at the same time.

[killswitch83]

thanks yellow, knew there was one I was forgetting, lol

[simple_inhibition]

Ortho's will run multiple threads on a single program (1 per core so for you thats 4 threads) just put it on priority 9 or 10 and let it run. if it runs for at least 8 hours without an error than its a good sign its stable. a good way to get a quick stability test as you up the FSB is OCCT. takes 30 minutes each time, but it will pay off in the end as it saves you the guesswork of your max speed as you reach your processors limits.

[Capper]

Actually, Orthos has a multi-cored version that stresses two cores at once. with a Quad CPU

Download Orthos, start two instances of it (simply click on the orthos.exe file twice). Without starting the test, go into "Task Manager", click on "Processes", find the "Orthos" processes (With two instances open you should have 2 instances showing up in the processes), right click on the first instance, and select "Affinity" choose cores "0" and "1", then click on the second instance and choose cores "2" and "3"...... doing this will ensure that all four cores are tested.

I would also download Core Temp and CPU-Z and have them open at the same time, to make sure you are running the correct CPU speed, and that your temps are manageable.

[Dr. V]

Jeez this is gonna be the new #1 most insane system at HL, inching above RAID's. Congrats on an awesome system to be!