Question:
I need Help Overclocking my CPU/Motherboard-Q8200/ASUS P5Q SE2?
Jairo 617
2010-11-08 06:17:56 UTC
Im in I.T. but still dont know how to overclock . Im also kind of scared to blow my board or my cpu or any other components. And I'm not ready to buy a new CPU or system. I also do lots of gaming.
Please help with easy full detail on overclocking.
I know I can overclock my CPU at least 2.6 with no other cooling.
So my CPU right now is stock at 2.33.
Idealistic I want to Overclock my CPU to the max wiithout any additional cooling.

What I have for cooling is my Case. it has 2 Fast big Fans, 1 back Fan and 1 Large Top Fan
All Fans are at MAX speed and I have my PC in great cool ventalation area.

Heres my Questions to answers

1. How do I Overclock my CPU from 2.33hrz to 2.6 (or max OC with no additional cooling)
2. Will my Video Card Bottleneck?

Heres my system setting.
CPU Intel Q8200 2.33hrz Quadcore (stock fan)
Motherboard ASUS P5Q SE2
OCS(heatsink) 4-4-4 6GB dual Channel 800hrz Ram
Power Supply BFG 650 Watts
2x HDD, 500GB, 250GB
DVD/RW Drive
Video Card EVGA 512MB GTS 250
CASE/Tower Antec 900 4 HighSpeed Fans. 2 front,1 back,1 top
Youre are welcome to email me
Four answers:
brianthesnail123
2010-11-08 06:59:33 UTC
hi mate

overclocking has become alot easier with the introduction of motherboards like the asus P5Q SE2 ... with unlocked multipliers and adjustable cpu core voltage its never been safer to overclock a cpu... however there are still risks involved when increasing the frequency on a cpu however with the right cooling( both cpu and case cooling ) you should be fine

first of all you need to update the bios on your motheboard... this isnt essential however some updates add additional features and more stability... however if your happy with the current bios tweak settings ect then leave the bios update

cooling as i have allready mentioned is paramount to any succesful overclock... however since your overclock is only small you should be fine with the stock cooling.... but make sure you have adequate case cooling such as a 120mm fans at the front and rear set up in a push pull configuration...( air in at the front .. then exhuasted at the rear ) .... this will ensure a steady supply of air through the case and will also assist the expelling of warm air thats moved from the cpu

next theres the software... and even if you are overclocking through the bios you still need these programs/utilitys.... these are

1.cpu-z ( http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html )

2.prime 95 ( http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=103 )

cpu-z is used for temperture monitoring and also shows the fsb and multiplier..... this is used by enthusiasts to keep a tab on tempertures and core frequencys,,,

prime95 is stability utility... it stresses your pc to 100% cpu usage over specific periods of time... most enthusiasts will leave prime 95 running overnight to ensure the system is 100% stable,,, if this fails then you need to lower the cpu frequency and run again

to overclock your cpu you can use software or the bios... asus do a overclocking utility called "smart doctor" this should be on the driver/software disk that came with your motherboard however you can download it from http://www.techspot.com/downloads/3505-asus-smartdoctor.html

using the software is much easier as its been designed with safety in mind and wont let you do any massive increases... and for novices its probally your best option...

however overclocking via the bios requires first accessing the bios... you can do this by pressing delete during boot.... then look for the tweaking options.... these may be called "performance tools" or "cpu overclocking " ..... its different on each motherboard however when you see it you will know .... you will see options for fsb,cpu multiplier and frequency

small overclocks can be done by simply changing the fsb(front side bus ) and to work out the cpu frequency you multiply the fsb with the multiplier.... so 13.5 x 200mhz = 2.7ghz.... however by changing the fsb to 210mhz this will change the core frequency to 2.83mhz...... push this even further to 225mhz fsb will give you a 3.03ghz cpu frequency ....

the best and safest method is to increase by 5mhz increments and then check the system will boot.... if it runs ok then add another 5mhz.... however set a target which in your case is 2.6ghz ... theres no use in just continuing until your pc blue screens or wont boot....

then theres the multiplier,,, in overclocking you can use this to acheive results... however some motherboards lock their multipliers (apparently to stop support calls ) however if the multiplier is usable then this can be used in conjunction with the fsb to acheive the target speed...

the method here is to lower the multiplier but higher the fsb to.... however the multiplier can also be raised and then the fsb wont need to be increased as much... however at the end of the day its all about stability.... and thats why you need prime95

once you have reached your target speed remember to save and exit set up( on the main bios screen ) ... this will save the settings to the cmos (permanent bios memory ). .. then you pc will restart as the changes are made

i dont think there will be any problems with the GTS250... these cards were designed to run on systems much like yours... its only when running GTS250,s on older athlon64/pentium 4 based systems were people report bottlenecking ...... you will be fine

finally overclocking requires a decent psu... however your BFG 650w psu is ideal... a good brand and extremely stable... so this is great

i hope this has helped,any problems let me know

good luck mate !
Tris
2010-11-08 07:17:27 UTC
As you prob already know your not guaranteed to get to 2.6 without extra cooling, as every ones pc is different but you might get close. Oh and i will say most people in IT don't know how to overclock. It's not something you learn unless you want to learn it. (searching google will be your best bet, its how i learnt)

But in a nut-shell, You need to go into you bios settings at raise your FSB Freq up so that your cpu will reach 2.33, you know your cpu is 2.33 now so read the current FSB and work it out by math.

Make sure you ram stays at 800MHz (very important) you might have to change the multiplier to a lower one (so you might not get 800mhz but it wont work if its over that)

make sure PCIE stays at 100, and ram settings & timings are at auto!

save settings and reboot, if it doesn't work then go back into the bois and raise the CPU voltage up one notch, then try again (you may have to reset the bios if you can't get back in to it)

keep doing that until you get into windows, then run a stress test (like prime 95 for 2 hours) if it crashes then go back and raise the cpu voltage up again until it runs for 2 hours without crashing. make sure you keep an eye on CPU temps though! as your only using stock cooling you must be crazy trying to overclock... good luck though
anonymous
2016-10-03 04:38:52 UTC
No theory what the Asus SE2 is all approximately, yet I even have the Asus P5QL professional real now in my computing device i'm typing from and it runs like a champ. i'm working 4gb of DDR2 ram and a quad middle Intel processor. No lawsuits here on any of my hardware.
theodora
2016-09-14 17:53:12 UTC
I'm interested in this as well


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