Overclocking/k10stat

Does anyone have a guide to overclocking? Any guides I have found were published years ago... so I am fearful that they may be outdated. I have followed a video on youtube that used my same CPU. It showed me k10stat and intelburn test. I can navigate the programs just fine, but the video does not explain clearly how to adjust the settings or why. I copied his values and have passed the intelburn test. I know no two computers are the same. So... I just keep increasing the cores while lowering the voltage? In what increments? Do you focus on voltages first? Vice versa?

Any help would be appreciated...I feel like I could be doing this a heck of alot more systematically.


Toshiba Satellite L755D-S5218
AMD A6-3400M
AMD Radeon HD 6520G

Thanks

**Apologies if this is the wrong forum. I figured overclocking and gaming went hand-in-hand, and the forum description mentioned software **

 

Hi there.

Trial and error is definitely the way to go.

You should test each P-state to stability at appropriate voltage. I prefer to use Prime95 Large FFT's because I don't feel IntelBurnTest is enough to check for instability. Usually you'll know within 5 minutes if a voltage will fail Prime95 or not.

To lock voltage just click each voltage state (the clock numbers next to the p-state) and click apply. Your GPU should be "fixed" at that clock speed. Use HWInfo32/HWinfo64 to confirm your GPU state.

Then run Prime95 for about five minutes. If it doesn't crash, lockup, or otherwise, then bump down one more voltage, test, etc. It is good to see voltages from a similar processor so you have a good starting point, and just move up or down from there.

I keep planning on writing a "how to" guide but just haven't had the chance. A little more involved than I thought.

 

Thanks for the help. I will take a look at Primer95.

So it sounds like you set your clock speed first. Test. If the test is passed, lower the voltage 1 step, then test again. If it fails, lower the clock speed then test again. Is that it in a nutshell?

How do I know what may be a safe speed? I.e. My particular processor is 1400 but can be boosted to 2300. As of now I have my B0 at 2800 and P1 at 2300. This is the settings the video I followed used.

Also, if I do bump B0 to say... 3000. Is there a large risk to messing up my machine? I was under the impression that as long as I took baby steps, and tested propererly, most of the risk could be mitigated. Is this an accurate statement?

I understand the time/effort constraints but I would LOVE if you made a guide I was following the Asus K53XX thread avidly...until none of the surrounding best buys could get a hold of one for me I could have sworn I saw a post in there from you regarding overclocking... but I havent found the time to sift through all 100 pages....again. lol

 

Ignore B0 to start. It's the boost speed. Your critical states you should start with is P0 and P6.

And test at specific speed and voltage if it passes, then lower the voltage, test again until it fails, then bump the voltage back up and you're set.

Then go on to the next p-state.

 

How do you go about choosing your specific speed? Is it experience-based or is there a starting formula to follow?

Hypothetically, say I have my P0 stable at 2300. What should I place P1? Is there a standard, say decrease by 200 each step?

I am lost when it comes to actually choosing what speed to use. Once I can wrap my head around this I should be alright

 

It's up to you. I try to separate them reasonably. Here's my profile:



Of course that's an A8-3510MX. Maybe take a look over at the Asus K53TA forums because their config is similar to yours.

 

Alright, thanks so much for your help. Another hour or so and I get to go home and play ha Who knows, if I get the hang of it I may try to put together a little guide to help fellow noobies. Or possibly provide a brief outline that the community experts could expand on as time allowed... maybe a community wiki page? I am getting ahead of myself here... I have to get the overclocking part right first! ha