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cpu build questions
Shane:
No, go to the motherboard mfg site and find the downloads for your MB. It should be there where you can download it :wink:
Shane
chris635:
Hi Shane
Hope you had a merry Christmas. We'll I'm up and running. Brand new build with new OS install. I'm over clocking and I am sending two pic's. Why are they different as far as CPU temps? The program is MSI's control panel. I have the option to run it either in full mode (Shot1) or gadget mode (shot2). It looks like maybe cpu temp at the board and actual cpu temp maybe? Also the overclock as you can see from shot2 is done with just the multiplier. It's stock voltage. I haven't tried to see how far I can go before changeing the voltage. If I have to change voltage. How small should the adjustments be. It's at 1.26 volts (The processor is amd fx 6100 six core). What is the voltage limit? So far it's fast (ssd he he :tongue:). My graphics card is xfx radeon 7770 ultra clocked. Ram is Kingston hyper x blue 1600 mhz.
Windows experience index is as follows
Processor 7.4
Memory 7.8
Graphics 7.6
Gaming Graphics 7.6
Primary Hard Disk 7.9
I want to get the processor up to at least 7.6 (thats why I have the questions about cpu temps and overclocking).
At the current overclocking settings I ran Prime 95 for an hour with no failures with temps between 49 and 52 C.
Any advice is greatly appreciated as I want this to be really fast without sacrificing durability.
Chris
Shane:
No matter what those are great temps. When the CPU is under a full load for a while is where it matters. As long as the temps hit 150 f or less at full load you will be fine.
As for voltage this is where it gets tricky and dangerous. You increase the voltage by the smallest amount possible until you find a stable point. If the cpu runs stable your fine.
Shane
chris635:
I'm running prime 95 now. How long should I run it to check for stability? Bye the way I cranked up the multiplier to get 3.9 ghz. I tried 4.0 ghz but there were some failures on prime 95 so I set it to 3.9 ghz. I think I will leave set there (as long as prime 95 doesn't show failures)as I really don't think I want to screw with the voltage. Just looking for advice now as to how long to test for stability.
Chris
Shane:
That all depends. An hour to be safe. As for me when I had my system overclocked I had it right at the borderline of stable. So I could game for hours with no problems but had random lockups, driver crashes and odd things. This would happen sometimes right at bootup or after hours of play. So by simply lowering it one step I found the sweet spot and I was good.
So an hour as a burn in test is good. Anything seems unstable just dropping it down 1 level may be all it needs to hit that max spot for stable.
Shane
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