Beginner help with OCing

Temps are good, now you can pull a real OC out of it. I wouldn't trust the AI overclock that much, sometimes it can do weird voltages/frequencies.

Set the multiplier to 11x, the PCIE frequency to 100mhz, the front side bus to 240mhz (2640mhz), the ram divider to 533mhz (1:1.66), and raise the vcore to 1.25v-1.40v. Use prime95 with large FFTs for at least a half hour and make sure the temperature stays under 70C. If you can get that stable around 1.25-1.40v set the multiplier to 11.5 (2760mhz) and push the voltage some more to see if you can get that stable (so long as it's below 1.45v!).

Cheers and good luck!

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Thanks!! This is kinda what i was waiting for to manually do it, whereas i had no idea what numbers i should plug in. I also went ahead b4 i read this and bumped it up to the 5,8,10% options, using Prime95 for about 2hrs each showing stable 0errors. Running at 10% now 2530mhz,RAM 440mhz.VCore staying under1.35v, Multiplier x11.5, 220 fsb. Seems auto is doing ok for now? CPU Temp maxing around 53 during the prime95 test(ran for 2hrs). The VCore Voltage never really changed between the 3,5,8,10% OC options, it just always seems to stay around 1.31-1.35v. Also can i just change the multiplier and fsb without messing with the RAM?

Pic included with some Voltage and Temp figures.

Well, the FSB may be too high. Try these if you're feeling more adventurous:
Multiplier: 11.5x
PCIE frequency: 100mhz
front side bus 225mhz (2587.5)
ram divider to 533mhz (1:1.66)
vcore to 1.25v-1.40v
HT multiplier 8x

Multiplier: 11.5x
PCIE frequency: 100mhz
front side bus 230mhz (2645mhz)
ram divider to 533mhz (1:1.66)
vcore to 1.25v-1.40v
HT multiplier 8x

Multiplier: 11.5x
PCIE frequency: 100mhz
front side bus 235mhz (2700mhz)
ram divider to 533mhz (1:1.66)
raise the vcore to 1.25v-1.40v
HT multiplier 8x

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I have been messing with it a bit more, although I have yet to mess with the RAM im letting that stay to auto for now. I also have not been manually changing the HT multi or speed, leaving that to auto as well for now. I am recording what auto has them set to after each change I do.
Tried multi 11.5x and 225mhz, but when i logged in was only reading as 223. Prime95 test Passed.Temps fine.
Bumped up to 11.5x, 230mhz seemed fine, but when doing the Prime95 largefft test within the 1st 2minutes had an error on cores 3 and 4 and stop running the worker for them. Changed to 11.5x, 227mhz prime95 ran good for bout 7minutes then got FATAL ERROR: rounding was .5, expected less than .4.Hardware failure detected! This error only showed on Cores 1,2,3- the 4th was fine.

I have noticed during recent Prime95 test, my Vcore voltage will go down, I have had this set manually to 1.3375 for quite a while, but for some reason during prime itwill be at 1.31-1.28

Links for Pics showing more settings/info:
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...gerous1/26.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...ous1/new26.jpg

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Thanks
Ok I have manually set the ram to ddr 533mhz, idk whta 1:1.66 meansi ddint see no options with that number involved.
As for the HT/NB multipliers im slightly confused, i have found what i think is the multiplier option titled CPU NB Mutliplier: has options of 5x-9x. I also see under the Chipset tab options for K8 <->NB HT SPEED: 200,400,600,800mhz,1,1.2,1.4,1.6ghz Also K8<->NB HT WIDTH downarrow8uparrow8 or down16up16. Wondering if these options need to b tweaked at all.
So right now im input 230 for fsb 11.5x cpu multi. The NB multi is at 7x whereas 8x times the 230 would be just over 1800. So is this all ok? Prime has been running bout 15min no errors, but i do notice all the cores will not finish test at the same time, is this normal? Noticed even though i input 230 in bios is showing as 231?

More pics:
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...us1/230fsb.jpg

>>Ok I have manually set the ram to ddr 533mhz, idk whta 1:1.66 meansi ddint see no options with that number involved.
They're both the same thing, some motherboards have ratios and others just have the speed @ 200mhz FSB. At an FSB of 240 your memory will run at 400mhz with this divider, but underclocking it some generally will not effect performance especially in things like gaming (that mostly has to do with the processor frequency)

>>As for the HT/NB multipliers im slightly confused, i have found what i think >>is the multiplier option titled CPU NB Mutliplier: has options of 5x-9x. I also >>see under the Chipset tab options for K8 <->NB HT SPEED: >>200,400,600,800mhz,1,1.2,1.4,1.6ghz Also K8<->NB HT WIDTH >>downarrow8uparrow8 or down16up16.

CPU NB Mutliplier: has options of 5x-9x <-- you want this at 7-8x when the fsb is greater than 200mhz... if it goes slightly over the stock rating at 8x (like 1840mhz or something) you should be fine, it's just when it starts to go over 1900mhz things can get iffy unless you have a 750 southbridge which your motherboard doesn't. This doesn't actually have much bearing on performance though so long as it's not less than 1600mhz or so.
K8 <->NB HT SPEED: >>200,400,600,800mhz,1,1.2,1.4,1.6ghz <-- You want this at 1.6ghz unless you can get it stable at auto (mine gets buggy as hell when the HT goes over 2000mhz)
Also K8<->NB HT WIDTH >>downarrow8uparrow8 or down16up16. <-- should be 16/16.

>>So is this all ok? Prime has been running bout 15min no errors, but i do notice all the cores will
>>not finish test at the same time, is this normal? Noticed even though i input 230 in bios is
>>showing as 231?
Yes, this is normal on both counts, cores finish the tests all at different rates, and sometimes motherboards will automatically change the FSB one mhz up or down for stability reasons. Mine only allows even FSBs.

It's looking better though.. You should be fine to push the FSB now and figure out the maximum overclock you can achieve at the voltages your cooler can handle =)

edit: I just realized that 533mhz was the wrong divider! 1:1.66 is what you want which is 667mhz on the mobo. This will let you get 400mhz @ 240mhz fsb, sorry. 533 is actually 1:1.33. I found that an FSB of 240mhz was where my athlon X2 was happiest, and the memory ran at the right speed and the system was the most stable, but I don't know if that extends to phenoms.

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It just brings your RAM bandwidth to 767mhz @ a 230mhz FSB, which is closer to it's rated 800mhz. It's strange that that would cause it to reboot though; the motherboard tightening the timings too much automatically. You might want to set the RAM timings manually to 5-5-5-15 (CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS) when you run at 667mhz just to make sure it doesn't automatically lower them for some reason, and then try to see if it's stable.

Another good program for stability is the intel burn test: http://www.ultimate-filez.com/files/IntelBurnTest.zip

Run that for 5 or 6 cycles (~10-15 minutes usually), then see if it throws any error. It tends to be a little more stressful than Prime95 and takes less time (but Prime95 tests real world stability more; you can fail the intel burn test yet still pass Prime95 okay and have a solid overclock for most purposes, gaming isn't nearly as stressful as these tests).