ripjaws x i supposed? try ram @ lowest divided available & 1.5v vdimm? extreme low vidimm not really d cup of tea for AMD imo.

Hey guys,
My PC already 2year old and like to try overclock. Beginner here

First time result


2nd time
BLACKOUT. Trying to go for 4.0 but not sure where goes wrong.
Then trying to search for my jumpers

Can i ask, where you guys get the voltage, frequency, bus, NB data?

go to bios

you can try use the catalyst overdrive to overclock, my 955BE can overclock stable till 4.1ghz.

Alright, will figure it out. Maybe cause still beginner.
Is there any overclock clubs in Malaysia?

Seen some of the videos in youtube where overclockers use liquid and pour into a cup placed at the processor then alot of gas coming out.
It is sooooo COOL and AWESOME!
I would like to learn that!

Do you guys use testbench? Or just normal tower casing?
Any recommendation on test bench?

nope. I just normal case. haf 932. and WC

What is the best casing for OC?
I was looking on Aerocool Strike X Air, seems to be cool.
You know sometimes when we fail OC, we need to clear our bios setting.
Need to open up the casing and search for the jumpers.
Tower casing quite hassle.

hahahhaa. no lah. im using crosshair motherboard. it auto back to original if fail.

depend on what type of oc u want.

wow. got such mobo 1 ahh (Y)

What model is that?
Asus Crosshair? besides crosshair any other model that have this auto rollback?

i think your mainboard should have the function, if oc failed, just shut down awhile then power on back.

asus crosshair iv. bought secondhand only. all my power stuff bought 2ndhand due to OC(once reach my home terus OC) hahahaha

hhaha nice one!

Sifus,
Why I cannot go over 3.9?

DRAM CR = 2T
Everything max out already.
DRAM Timings need change?

Procs voltage put to 1.45v
Dram voltage put to 1.65v

still cannot.
PC will start but no beep sound, i guess Ram fail.

I think I know why. ur ram 1333mhz rght>?

from what i know, 945 aint really a good clocker. if 3.75ghz is prime stable (with d volt shown) consider yaself quite lucky already. try ram @ 1T instead coz ddr3 not meant for 2t unless it's @ very2 high frequency.

Wow. This thread has been idle for about 2 weeks! Where does everybody go?

Put that aside, i want to ask something. What is the advantage of lower TDP? Does lower TDP means i can pump more volt on the chip or vice versa? Another thing, i would like some suggestion. I've been using phenom II 555 (manage to unlock to x4, but stuck at 3.6GHz only) for about 3 years, thinking to upgrade. What is the best bang for the buck for a new amd chip + mobo for gaming reason?

Hopefully can get an answer here. Wake up people! lol

Entirely just for gaming?

For budget i think FX4300 (RM409) + Gigabyte 970A-DS3 (RM269) would do, in gaming around Core i3 3220 level..
For extra budget i think FX8320 (RM559) + Asus M597 LE R2.0 (RM330) would do, should be around Core i5 3470~3550 level..