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I just put together my 2nd computer and am now really interested in OC'ing it. I've been reading a lot of these threads and have gotten some good tips and now I think I'm ready to give it a shot. First off, does anyone have any good pointers? Second, seeing as I'm no expert at this(yet ;) ), I know heat is a big worry when oc'ing but is it pretty safe to toy around with all my settings without messing up my computer?
Thanks and hope to be a "resident" on this board for a long time to come.
BTW, my CPU is an AMD64 3000+ with a gigabyte GA-K8NS PRO mobo. Will give more specs when I get home and start tinkering with it more.
 
make sure you have good cooling. A cheap case with no fans and the stock cpu cooler won't cut it.

The only tip I have for doing a first O/C is to start small. Do small increments until it's no longer stable. It would be very difficult to fry anything if you work slowly and check that it's stable before moving on.
 
i'd use a cheaper and something more easier to learn on. amd mobiles are really easy and hard to screw up on
 
Yea, I would like to have been able to practice on my first computer but didn't have many options- it was an AMD tbird 1Ghz w/ ECS K7S5 mobo.
The cool thing now is, my mobo came with a utility program called EasyTune4 which allows me to change all my settings thru Windows. Has anybody heard of this program and is it any good? It seems pretty straight forward but I'd like to at least know what's being changed and why.
My case has three fans total(1 on side panel and 2 in rear) but I'll probably add another in the front. Using stock CPU fan as I've heard from many people that they are pretty good and seeing as I'm not planning on pushing my comp to the limit, I think it'll do fine.
 
i wholeheartedly disagree. I have seen stock fans from intel and amd that are not even sufficient for running the chip at stock levels. For example, the 3.4 and 3.6 GHz LGA775 chips....

I would definitely recommend an upgraded hsf to anyone -- even if stock is all you want to run.
 
Ok, thanks for the advice. I may probably wind up upgrading once I get the hang of this OC thing :D . I've seen programs like CPUid(??) and others. Where can I download those?
 
OT kinda question- how do you guys get the "screen shots" of when you have CPUz running on your computer? I wanted to post my results of my OC'ing using the Easytune software that came with my mobo. So far, I have it running @ 2.3Ghz, 30deg C, HTT @230mHz, X10 multi, w/stock fan and it's looking pretty good right now.
Also, whenever I reboot my system, it always goes back to my "default" settings- 200Mhz HTT. Is it supposed to do that?
 
to get a screenshot, press "printscreen" button, than paste to Paint program or any photoshop to convert it to jpeg.

RancidWAnnaRIot>> i'm using stock heatsink... but not fan ;)
 
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