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you'll do something called front side bus (FSB) or cpu frequency overclocking. to start you need to turn off LLC, quiet and cool, turn the advanced cpu settings from auto to manual, go to the ram frequency and set it as low and slow as you can. turn your north bridge frequency down as low as it will go, and do the same for your hyper transport frequency. then you're going to go back to the cpu frequency. now i don't know your motherboard so some of these things might be under different names or not present. but the cpu frequency/fsb should be there. there should also be a cpu multiplier. now understand since your cpu is locked the multiplier may only work going lower (not higher) or it may not work at all... it depends on the motherboard. this is a lot easier if it atleast works going backwards but we can work around it if you don't have control over it at all.Assuming you can set it lower... lower the cpu multiplier by -0.5 (i think stock is x14, so you'd be dropping it to x13.5), and raise the cpu frequency by 7, to 207. this will keep your cpu's clock speed to pretty close to exactly where you started (207x13.5=2.8ghz). now save and restart. make sure your computer loads into windows. then restart, and go back into the bios. lower the multiplier by another -0.5 and raise the cpu frequency up to 215 (215x13=2.8ghz). save and load into windows. keep doing this until the computer fails to POST or fails to load into windows. When that happens you know you've hit your cpu's limits for FSB overclocking. if it fails to post, don't panic, after 3 such failures your bios will reset itself, go back into the bios and set all the settings to the last good setup (the last time it loaded into windows.) write down the cpu frequency/fsb number, and set it back to 200, then set the cpu multiplier back to 14.now we're going to overclock. we know the max fsb your cpu can handle, so we have the max possible overclock... the rest is up to your system, power supply, cpu cooler and motherboard to see if it can handle it. (example, if your fsb topped out at 231, your max overclock would be ~3.2ghz 231*14=3,234 or 3.2ghz and change)Now if your motherboard doesn't support using the multiplier like we just did, you're going to start here... you're just going to be flying blind as to where the limits will be, so you'll probably flail around a bit more when you hit that wall, trying to find a way around it.what you'll do next is you'll raise your fsb by +10, save and restart the computer, see if you load into windows. if you do, restart and get into your bios. now you'll bump your fsb by +5, and save, load into windows, rinse and repeat (only add it in +5 increments), at some point you'll be unable to load into windows. what you'll do then is load into the bios, and add vcore. add +0.0125V to the base vcore (if you do not have a base vcore displayed in that system set it to 1.4v, that's a safe number to start at). Try to load into windows. Assuming you can load into windows what you do next will depend on if you were able to discover your max fsb or not. If you did discover it, and you're not there yet, you can load back into your bios and bump your fsb safely again. If you did not discover it, you will have to stabilize at this clock speed first. Get prime95, get hwmonitor. keep an eye on temps, while you run prime95 for a few passes. if prime crashes, a core fails, windows freezes, the computer black screen restarts your vcore is still too low. if you get a BSOD it could still be an undervolted cpu... though typically this is a ram error, and what you'll be looking at doing is adding a little to your cpu/northbridge voltage. So depending on the crash you'll add a little more 0.0125V to either the vcore or cpu/nb. If your temps get up over 58C and you crash that's a temp cause failure, and you either need a better cpu cooler or lower overclock with lower voltages. Now then, assuming everything is kosher and you were able to stabilize at that clock speed or you pressed on without bothering to, you'll keep on bumping the cpu frequency by 5, and when windows fails to load bumping the vcore a little till it loads. eventually you'll hit the fsb max, at which point you'll need to stop and try to stabilize like i just outlined. make sure you don't overheat, you're going to need some solid voltage increases (likely) to get it stable, which means some serious heat. if you can get it to run prime95 for a solid 8 hours or so without overheating or crashing, then your overclock is stable and you're good to go.The next thing you'll do is bring back up your ram, north bridge and hyper transport speeds. try to bring them as close to stock as you can, PhIIs love their ram around 1333 in speed, so don't go higher if you can avoid it, the nb and ht should be close to 2000 too... (it won't be even, by changing the fsb/cpu frequency, you've changed the base frequency for the ram, nb, and ht as well)

Best GPU 200-250$ with a Phenom II x4 925 2.8Specs:-Phenom II x4 925 2.8-6 gb ram ddr3-gtx 260 super OC edition 896mb 448 bit-source chieftec 750w-win 7 x64-1920x1080 display-motherboard has PCI 2.0 GIGABYTE MA77OT-UD3PI'm looking to upgrade my gpu so I can play recent games decently without bottleneck. Later in the future I will build a new PC as I have to work a few months to achieve this. Latest games work on my current PC but I kinda struggle with them. Thanks in advance!

I5-3570k with the sniper motherboard are a great combination but if you are planning to overclock you will also need an aftermarket cooler, so keep that in mind because it will add to the cost. Also as you have already mentioned, GPU is more important than CPU when it comes to gaming, so getting a GTX 760 with the i5-3550p will allow you to play most games at high settings at 1080p. So the bottom line is if you can afford it get the i5-3570k, its overclockable and gives you more performance head room in the future. If you can't, don't sweat it, the i5-3550p is a great processor as well and will be able to handle any modern game efficiently when combined with the right graphics card.

Phenom II X4 925 Overclocking HelpI got this CPU as a gift and I've yet to use it. Before I do I was wanting to know how far I can take it so I can get the most out of it I can. Any help in advance with be highly appreciated CPU: Phenom II X4 925GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 1GB Superclocked Video CardRAM: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 MemoryMOBO: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ MotherboardCPU Fan/ Case Fans: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 and 4 Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet EditionsIf I need to list anything else, just ask me.

If the stock speed of that CPU is 2.8Ghz then I'd say take it up to 3.5Ghz, thats how far I got my old Athlon X2 up to on a 970 chipset. I doubt you'll be able to get it much past that anyway. Oh and keep your eye on those temps! Keep it below 65/70 and stress.

New gpu for Phenom II x4 925I am interested in upgrading my radeon hd 6670 and i am between the gtx 1050 and the rx 460. Will my old Phenom II x4 925 use the better performance of the nvidia or shall I look for something lower? Will I be able to play gta v 1080 at decent framerate? Suggestions are welcomed tooThanks a lot!!

That motherboard does go way back, lol. In that case, maybe look at the HD 7850 2gb. It's very similar in performance to an RX 460 and you can find them needing only one 6 pin pci-ex connector. I'm assuming your 450W has one, you don't say the make and model.A 750 Ti also might work and it's only a bit slower than an RX 460. It has the advantage over the HD 7850 of not needing a 6 pin connector.

Phenom II X4 925 + R9 280X Bottlenecks?Currently have a 7770 Ghz Edition, Which i'm 90% sure is broken. I'm planning to upgrade to a Z97 Mobo + i3 4130 but before that I'll be buying my GPU since my 7770 has now broken. What I would like to know is will the Phenom II X4 925 bottleneck an R9 280X?I'll be using this configuration for about 3 - 4 months which is why it's important.I've also ordered a 430W CX Series Corsair PSU, When I build my full rig I'll swap out to a XFX 550W, but will the Corsair be able to run a Phenom ii X4 925 + R9 280X?

430w is not something i would recommend for long term, although it probably will work... For a while get that xfx. As for the bottleneck, this cpu certainly will bottleneck asomewhat, but performance should still be very good.