Overclock AMD X2 5200 +

[Rob Dizzle]

Hi I recently installed a PC Gamer's "poor" and some badly optimized games like GTA IV solo so good, but multi is unplayable (lag) has less Overclock my machine which makes my system unstable (blue screen Freeze)
I play in 1200x800 on a 22 'see here my configuration:

• AMD-X2@2.7Ghz
• MSI-K9VGM-V
• 2GB RAM Gskill pck6400
• Gainward HD4850 Golden Sample
• Alim OCZ 500Watt

How can i my machine keeping a stable system?
If anyone has a solution

Thank you

[Omari]

you didnt take the time to include how far you want to overclock, what youve done so far to attempt overclocking, what youve managed to overclock to. also Also, if your RAM is value ram, that can make a big difference.

[JAMES_911]

First test with a low multi (7x) and set the ram to 533MHz divider. Then increase the FSB slowly. This will test your motherboard. You need to find out how high the board can go before trying to OC the CPU/RAM. Once you find the max, take not of that number on a piece of paper. This is you overall limit. Then set the CPU to it's default multi and start raising the fsb from default again. Once you find this max, you'll have found the max MHz the CPU can do. After this, lower the cpu multi again and start raising the fsb using the 667 or 800MHz memory divider. This way you find the max the ram can do. Once you find the limits of each part, you can decide on the best combo. What you should be trying is to get the most cpu speed and highest ram speed with tight timings. AMD loves low latency ram! You'll have to test/benchmark alot to find the sweet spot.

[.:MUNDITO:.]

If you know your way around the BIOS in your motherboard then overclocking shouldn't be a big problem for you; here are some basic steps for those just starting off with overclocking

Set your memory clock speed one step lower than what you have and in your case it would be DDR2-667, set the timings of your memory to the default settings, increase the HTT/FSB.