Advice on overclocking Q8300

[ksrokiller]

Ok, I just realized I posted a wall of text, I'm so sorry. iPhone isn't the best device to be posting from.

It's alright, what is the upgraded board u got now, ,your asus motherboard is compatible with q8300 quad core as stated at the motherboard official website.i think he trying give excuses or something, but glad that your motherboard is changed.

 

[xtreme84]

The Asus board is a whole world of difference! I've just finished installing my OS and I'm running some stability tests now. I'm so glad I insisted on switching to this board!

 

[xtreme84]

I ran the IntelBurnTest at both Standard as well as High settings without any issues! And the best part is I've overclocked my Q8300 by 15% using Asus' built-in auto overclock function. I can't get it to run at 20% overclocked though. So currently it's running at a modest 2.8GHz.

And somehow temperatures are lower than the Asrock board. With this board, I actually have enough space to mount 2 Gentle Typhoons on my CoolerMaster Hyper212+, but at the expense of one of my top chassis fans as the cooler is in the way.

What can I say? It's all looking good! When I'm done setting up all my stuff, I'll try getting to 3.0GHz.

 

[ksrokiller]

glad that your problem is solved, have fun overclocking

 

[xtreme84]

Thnaks bro, you have been most encouraging! I think 2.8 is about as stable as I can get it for now, so I shall leave it till I'm done reinstalling all my stuff. Have a good day!

 

[ksrokiller]

Thnaks bro, you have been most encouraging! I think 2.8 is about as stable as I can get it for now, so I shall leave it till I'm done reinstalling all my stuff. Have a good day!

Thanks you too also.

 

[xtreme84]

No regrets upgrading to this board. At least I managed to squeeze a little extra performance out of my aging processor. But hey, it's still going strong, so I guess it's worth it. I'm glad I didn't give in to the salesman and insisted on getting this board.

On a side note, I don't really like the UI of the new Firefox 4, so I reinstalled my old FF3.

 

[ksrokiller]

Have u tried increase voltage for overclocking

 

[xtreme84]

I tried, but doesn't seem to work. Hmm... I'll need to do a bit of research on what kind of settings I need to tweak in order to get it to 3.0GHz. Once I can get it stable at 3.0GHz, I think it's good enough already.

 

[ksrokiller]

I tried, but doesn't seem to work. Hmm... I'll need to do a bit of research on what kind of settings I need to tweak in order to get it to 3.0GHz. Once I can get it stable at 3.0GHz, I think it's good enough already.

ok sure, good luck bro

 

[xtreme84]

Alright, so I've got most of my stuff installed already. Here are the latest results from the IntelBurnTest:

As I mentioned before, I've got my processor overclocked at 2.8GHz using Asus' auto overclock profile. Temperatures seem pretty alright on load.

 

[xtreme84]

Shaved a few seconds off my boot-up time.

 

[ksrokiller]

Seems your com is stable now

 

[xtreme84]

Yup! I ran the IntelBurnTest at "Maximum" mode and my system passed the test. I think I'll just let it run at 2.8GHz as the improvement in performance is already good enough for me. GTA 4 doesn't stutter anymore, so I believe my guess that my CPU was bottle-necking my system should be correct to a certain extent. It's stable as it is now, so I'm not gonna tweak it unnecessarily.

Thank you so much, bro! You've been really encouraging throughout the entire process of my little project!

 

[ksrokiller]

Yup! I ran the IntelBurnTest at "Maximum" mode and my system passed the test. I think I'll just let it run at 2.8GHz as the improvement in performance is already good enough for me. GTA 4 doesn't stutter anymore, so I believe my guess that my CPU was bottle-necking my system should be correct to a certain extent. It's stable as it is now, so I'm not gonna tweak it unnecessarily.

Thank you so much, bro! You've been really encouraging throughout the entire process of my little project!

You're welcome, Have fun gaming and have a good day bro.

 

[xtreme84]

You too bro, cheers!