Need help...after bad 1st overclocking attempt

m@B

Need help here...

Since my first (bad) experience is over, I'm into overclocking again!

can anyone guide me this time? my goal is to achieve a stable 4.0GHz, with minimal possible voltage modifications.

My system:
MOBO: Intel DH55HC
CPU: Intel Core i5 (@ stock speeds)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master V8
RAM: 8 GB DDR3 1333
GPU: nVidia GTX295
HD: Intel X-25 G2 80GB SDD
PSU: Cooler Master UCP 900W

FULMTL · *Last edited by FULMTL; 10-29-2010 at 09:12.*

Your motherboard is probably going to hold you back as its not really meant for high overclocks. But with most boards, you just drop the memory speed and raise the FSB. Once you cant boot into windows, raise CPU voltage a bit until you do and repeat.
To really learn about overclocking you should get a proper motherboard. The Intel media series isnt meant for this stuff, you wand their Extreme series motherboards if you prefer Intel brand, but even then their Extreme stuff wasnt that great either. Dont expect to get 4Ghz with "minimal" voltage, thats not always possible.

Erm, sorry not much help T_T

The_Jelly · 10-29-2010, 22:02 | posts: 138 | Location: South Africa

What exactly happened the first time?

Extraordinary · 10-29-2010, 22:17 | posts: 2,763 | Location: At my desk

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Originally Posted by the_jelly

what exactly happened the first time?

big badda-boom

The_Jelly · 10-29-2010, 22:20 | posts: 138 | Location: South Africa

hahahahahaha!!! im keen to hear what M@b did......!

anticupidon · 10-29-2010, 22:44 | posts: 1,665 | Location: far,far from home

oh,no!
please,welcome the mistakes!

enjoy errors
what a great way to learn
overclocking is a trial&error process

Atlas · 10-31-2010, 20:21 | posts: 1,329 | Location: The Netherlands

He blow up the motherboard? Heh? He omitted the psu and fed it from the mains or something lol

m@B · 11-03-2010, 07:33 | posts: 3

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Originally Posted by The_Jelly

What exactly happened the first time?

hehehe... nothing serious actually. after some changes on bios the PC entered on boot loop, not POSTing... i had to take all stuff out the case and try using a different cpu. it worked and i stuffed all in. it was kinda scary but didn't gave up. specially because for quite a long time i couldn't find a solution. i was wondering if i had fried my cpu or sumnthin'...

m@B · 11-03-2010, 07:35 | posts: 3

by the way my CPU is a intel core i5 650 (@ 3.2GHz), and i have 4x 2GB DDR3 1333 ram

The_Jelly · 11-03-2010, 21:23 | posts: 138 | Location: South Africa

u didnt have to use a different cpu... all you had to do was clear the cmos... if u dont have a clear cmos button, you can take the cmos battery out and it will reset the bios.... its a common thing to have happen while ocing....