Stable Overclocking with AMD Athlon x2 240

[Aneat]

I am looking for some help here regarding overclocking of my athlon 2x 240. The problem is when I run the games; I mean most of the games they utilize total 100% of the cpu. Due to this the CPU is overheating. I know that due to this whole system will end up within 3 to 4 hours. MY system specs are as follows:

• AMD athlon x2 240 2.8GHz
• Gigabyte M61PME-S2P Motherboard
• 3GB DDR2 RAM
• ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series

I am not sure whether it is due to the BIOS or anything to do with third party software which I have installed a lot. I am really confuses here. Can anyone help me outta trouble?

[Naruto Uzumaki]

The Athlon processors are usually not meant for overclocking. As I have overclocked my processor and it was not really a noticeable difference there, only one measurable. Of course you can mess around on FSP, but it really worth doing, in my opinion, not after.

[Makarios]

Try these settings:

• Ram 533
• Bus 205
• Many 14
• CpuVcore 1.3
• Frequency 101 MHz PCI Express
• Loadline Calibration Enabled
• Cool 'n' Quiet Disabled
• CPU / NB Voltage 1.3 v
• NB Frequency 2600

All voltage are plentiful, if you see a building with Run 5 minutes Linx and increases in small steps the bus, also seeks to keep the NB frequency 2600Mhz around.

[Aileya]

Here in my case, most of the time my processor runs at 3.41 GHz. If I go higher and around, the Windows 7 crashes with a blue screen. In Windows XP, it wont happen though, since the processor stable at 3.6 GHz creates standard Vcore. I use a Scythe Andy Samurai for cooling. The CPU has cooled this summer to 42 C, since the warm days are over but it is now back below 40 C.

[CRiley]

Athlon II X2 are only two hearts. Power level, they are as good as Intel, they go a little less in OC and also there is much less cache. The AMD has a higher frequency, but has only 2MB of L2 while the E8400 has 6. For description of your gear, it will be more precise. What I see, overclocking would not bring much.