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tallguy22 · 11-09-2007, 06:05 PM

Ok,
Well, i actually had to reset my CMOS because i think my overclock was screwing up Battlefield 2. Actually, i Don't know what's messing it up, but I figured i would start again from scratch. Those 1.5v are a little high, and what is HT etc. I was overclocking the CPU to about 1.385... and had the FSB frequency to about 1680. That was stable (or so i thought) To where i was getting 3.0 Ghz speeds on the CPU.

Do you mean that with the voltages that high on those other things, the CPU doesn't need ANY extra juice? Remember, i'm air cooled here. I've heard that jacking the voltages, you are playing with fire. You have to do it a little, but i've also heard that anything around 1.5 is pushing it.

IF there's a bar to reach that is 10 foot tall, I want to go about at 7 feet. I'm not trying to get NASA computer Benchmarks. Just pushing it enough to get my money's worth with this sweet board, but at the same time not sacrificing my computer parts and frustration with lockups, etc.

I'll restart and get those voltages.

11-09-2007, 06:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
tallguy22 Newb Techie Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 16	Re: Overclocking Core Duo Conroe with EVGA 680i Ok, Well, i actually had to reset my CMOS because i think my overclock was screwing up Battlefield 2. Actually, i Don't know what's messing it up, but I figured i would start again from scratch. Those 1.5v are a little high, and what is HT etc. I was overclocking the CPU to about 1.385... and had the FSB frequency to about 1680. That was stable (or so i thought) To where i was getting 3.0 Ghz speeds on the CPU. Do you mean that with the voltages that high on those other things, the CPU doesn't need ANY extra juice? Remember, i'm air cooled here. I've heard that jacking the voltages, you are playing with fire. You have to do it a little, but i've also heard that anything around 1.5 is pushing it. IF there's a bar to reach that is 10 foot tall, I want to go about at 7 feet. I'm not trying to get NASA computer Benchmarks. Just pushing it enough to get my money's worth with this sweet board, but at the same time not sacrificing my computer parts and frustration with lockups, etc. I'll restart and get those voltages.