Overclocking an older system

[Aim]

Hello everyone.

 

I have this older system I'd like some help on overclocking it as I don't know much about overclocking motherboard, cpu and ram.

 

My system spec's are.

 

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T

CPU cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML120L V2

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3P FX

Memory: Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1600C11 16GB DDR3 1600

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 240 GB / WD VelociRaptor WD3000HLHX 300GB

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 1 GB (I have 2 but only using 1 / found no benefits with crossfire)

Power Supply: EVGA 100-N1-0650 650 N1 Power Supply 650W

Computer Case: Cooler Master MasterBox MB600L V2

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64-bit

Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy SE 24-bit 96 kHz

 

I'll be willing to give some incentive to someone who's really smart and can get me a stable overclock on this system.

[RONOTHAN##]

I want to preface this by saying overclocking that system is a bad idea. That motherboard's VRM is entirely inadequate for overclocking a 6 core Phenom II, and that PSU is unsafe in general. If you want to go through with this, it's on you. 

 

CPU overclocking:

1. Go to BIOS
2. Disable anything that looks like it could relate to power management (they break overclocking on AM3)
3. increase multiplier
4. Check for stability in something like Linpack or OCCT
   1. If stable, go repeat step 3. 
   2. If not stable and temps are all under control (monitor them with something like HWINFO64), increase core voltage and repeat step 4
   3. If not stable and temps are not under control, decrease voltage till they are and lower multiplier till stable.
5. Run a long stability test to verify the overclock

GPU overclocking:

1. Download, install, and open MSI Afterburner.
2. Run a GPU stress test (something like Unigine Heaven or Valley should do just fine)
3. Increase core clock until unstable, then increase voltage and check again (make sure you don't hit the power limit)
4. Continue step 4 till temps are too high or it stops scaling with voltage (whichever comes first)
5. Increase the memory clock until you start seeing artifacting. 
6. Check for stability in the games you play, backing off settings if needed. 

Memory overclocking: 

1. Don't do it. It offers very little performance benefits on DDR3 based systems outside of a couple scenarios and takes an enormous about of effort to get it fully stable. It's only really useful if you plan on doing competitve overclocking where the ~5% games you might see in some CPU benchmarks are actually important. 

[ninjitsu]

The 1055T has a locked multiplier. You aren't going to get much OC on it. The 1090T has an unlocked multiplier.