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I have the ASRock 770 Extreme3 motherboard (see below for full system specs) and I'm about to go about overclocking.
Let it be known that I tried to unlock the 4th core, and it's defective.
The motherboard's manual is about as descriptive as the BIOS is about exactly what the EZ Overclocking feature does (in that it tells you nothing, really). I'm concerned to find out more before trying.
Does the EZ OC feature do all of the adjustments that are necessary? CPU frequency, RAM frequency and HT link frequency? what about voltage?
I had imagined using the EZ OC feature 5% at a time, and stress testing at each increment until reaching an unstable point.
Is it that ... EZ? Or is there more to it?
My new PC =
Processor: AMD Athlon II X3 450 Rana 3.2GHz Socket AM3 |
Motherboard: ASRock 770 EXTREME3 AM3 AMD SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX |
Cooling: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus |
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4x2GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 1600 |
Video: ASUS GeForce GTX 460 768MB 192-bit GDDR5 |
Case: Rosewill DESTROYER ATX Mid Tower |
Power: Antec TruePower 650W ATX12V V2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Cert |
Storage: SAMSUNG 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" HD |
Optical drive: Sony Optiarc CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model
Let it be known that I tried to unlock the 4th core, and it's defective.
The motherboard's manual is about as descriptive as the BIOS is about exactly what the EZ Overclocking feature does (in that it tells you nothing, really). I'm concerned to find out more before trying.
Does the EZ OC feature do all of the adjustments that are necessary? CPU frequency, RAM frequency and HT link frequency? what about voltage?
I had imagined using the EZ OC feature 5% at a time, and stress testing at each increment until reaching an unstable point.
Is it that ... EZ? Or is there more to it?
My new PC =
Processor: AMD Athlon II X3 450 Rana 3.2GHz Socket AM3 |
Motherboard: ASRock 770 EXTREME3 AM3 AMD SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX |
Cooling: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus |
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4x2GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 1600 |
Video: ASUS GeForce GTX 460 768MB 192-bit GDDR5 |
Case: Rosewill DESTROYER ATX Mid Tower |
Power: Antec TruePower 650W ATX12V V2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Cert |
Storage: SAMSUNG 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" HD |
Optical drive: Sony Optiarc CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model