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Hi all. I just did a major upgrade on my computer, and part of the upgrade was an intent to overclock some things. To that purpose I bought a 750W power supply, high quality ram, and a decent quality MSI motherboard (nforce 500 chipset). I was wondering if anyone would be willing to guide me through the overclocking process, or give me some advice. I plan to overclock processor, ram, and video card if at all possible.
My system:

AMD 5400+ X2 Processor (65nm)
MSI K9N4 nForce 500 SLI Mainboard
Crucial Ballistix DDR2 PC6400 RAM (400MHz @ 4-4-4-12 timings and 2.2v)
PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750W PSU
XFX 8800 GTS 512 MB Video Card

According to CPUz, my RAM has a 500MHz 5-5-5-15 timing option. I think my first goal is to take advantage of that. So, anyone able to help me with this?

Thanks in advance.


Message edited by josiah30 on 01-24-2008 at 07:43:20 PM

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AMD Athlon 64X2 5400+ -- MSI K9N4 SLI nForce 500 Mainboard -- 2GB (1024x2) Crucial Ballistix 4-4-4-12 DDR2 PC6400 -- PC Power & Cooling 750W Silencer PSU -- XFX 8800GTS G92 512MB -- 200GB SATA Western Digital HDD -- 300GB IDE Maxtor HDD -- Mad Dog DVD DL
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Oh, and my system is air cooled but is in a large case with good air flow. My processor cooling solution is fairly low quality, but it is sufficient for at least minor overclocking.


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AMD Athlon 64X2 5400+ -- MSI K9N4 SLI nForce 500 Mainboard -- 2GB (1024x2) Crucial Ballistix 4-4-4-12 DDR2 PC6400 -- PC Power & Cooling 750W Silencer PSU -- XFX 8800GTS G92 512MB -- 200GB SATA Western Digital HDD -- 300GB IDE Maxtor HDD -- Mad Dog DVD DL
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http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] ing-athlon

that will get you started on the processor at least.

Check out the Stickies first.. There are LOADS of Overclocking guides on the internet, search google and you will have an endless resource.


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Intel C2D E8400 OC @ 3.6GHz.--TRUE 120 W/ Scythe S-Flex 28.0dB.--EVGA 8800GTS 512MB.--ASUS Maximus Formula X38 (0907).--Crucial Ballistix 2x1GB DDR2 4-4-4-12 @ 800Mhz.--WD 150gb Raptor.--Corsair 620HX Modular PSU.--Antec P182 Case.-- Vista 32bit.

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