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Newbie overclocking his HTPC

rpeters83

rpeters83

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I've never overclocked before but wanted to try it out for curiosity sakes. I've read the basics but not sure how far I can go with my specific setup.

I have a mini ITX board, a silverstone 80mm low profile cooler covering an AMD athlon 4850e. chipset is nvidia 8200 and ram is PC26400 ddr2.

I'm able to adjust the FSB and the voltage in the bios but not sure how high I can go. I have the voltage set to auto and the FSB is up to 215 from the stock 200, making my cpu a little less than 2.7 up from 2.5.

How high can I do with my setup? What do I need to do with the voltage if i want to go higher? Is prime95 a good way to sort of stress test? I use the system for watching movies as well as some light gaming on the TV. Thanks.

Ryan
 
Your setup as-is should be fine for HTPC duty. I'd keep heat, noise, and power consumption low for an HTPC
 
i agree but i want to tinker. the unit is pretty quiet as it is.

so, ignoring that this is an HTPC, how high can i do with my silverstone cooler? right now it seems i'm staying around 50 degrees C on light work, and between 60 and 65 when watching hulu in HD, for example.

the FSB is now 220. is there anything else i should be looking out for? should i manually adjust the voltage? tips? pointers? thanks.
 
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