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[Trojan X]

Hi gang,

I need your help as I have been experiencing problems trying to overclock my new PC to ideally 3.4 - 3.6ghz. The reason I want to do this as I'll be working heavily with 3D Rendering and HD (1080p and 2K resolution) Video Editing.

I did however attempted to overclock my PC to 3.8ghz from the Bios screen but when I logged into Windows it still highlighted that my clock speed was still 2.67mhz and I also lost 4gigs from my 12gigs Memory. Being heavily concerned about this I reset my BIOS back to Factory default until I know exacty what I need to do to overclock the PC to 3.6mhz and hopefully have all 12gigs memory running at good speed.

Since then, I've been searching around online and I'm afraid that I have been pretty confused as most of the overclocking instructions are in consideration of having a Water Cooler or bring the machine to over 4ghz which is something I do not want to do.

Here's is my CPU specs in order to figure out the problem:

Intel Core i7 920 D0 2.66GHz Socket 1366 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor

NZXT Tempest Steel Mid Tower Case

Corsair 12GB (6x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 Triple Channel i7 Memory Kit CL9 1.6V

Zalman CNPS9900A-LED PWM Socket 1156 1366, 775, AM2+, 754, 939 Tunnel Flower Cooler

ASUS P6T iX58 Socket 1366 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard

Corsair 650W TX Series PSU - 120mm Fan, 80+% Efficiency, Single +12V Rail

Sapphire HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card

Seagate ST3500418AS 500GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 16MB Cache - OEM (x4 - RAID)



Please let me know what would be the best way to do this.

Thanks!

 

[Kiwi]

The memory issue. If that Intel chip is 32-bit, each core will only see 4GB each. You need to get 64-bit processor if you need to use more than 4GB of memory.

As for the CPU, I would not recommend overclocking it.

 

[spyshagg]

His cpu is fine for 12 gigs.

OC tutorial
http://forums.techarena.in/guides-tutorials/1111057.htm (remember that with speedstep enabled, you cpu rests at minimum multiplier when idle)

Ram issue
32bit OS = up to 4gb ram usable and visible.
64bit OS = up to the OS limit (way more than 4gb.. 12 gigs no problem)

 

[Trojan X]

Thanks. I'm going to put Windows 7 64-bit on this machine.

Any direct instruction on how to increase it to 3.6ghz with my specs? In fact, with the specs I got is it safe for me to OC it to 3.6ghz or should I focus more on 3.4ghz?

THe more direct info, the better.

 

[WickedAngel]

You really don't need to be messing around with anything in there until you have a full understanding of what is going on.