Overclocking

[F4tal1ty]

I'm a first-time overclocker who wants to overclock his AMD Phenom II X4 945 to at least 4 GHz. It's a Deneb chip with a 95W TDP. A step by step would be great but some tips would also be just as helpful. Thank you.

 

Here are the specs of my computer-

Processor- AMD Phenom II X4 945 Deneb 95W TDP

RAM- 8GB Samsung chips

Power Supply- EVGA 600W

Cooler- Cooler Master Hyper T4

Video Card- Radeon HD 7570

[dany_boy]

Make sure your mobo is up to the task, and your cooler is rather weak.

Here, its an slightly different CPU, but the same principles should apply:

 

[F4tal1ty]

1 minute ago, dany_boy said:

Make sure your mobo is up to the task, and your cooler is rather weak.

Here, its an slightly different CPU, but the same principles should apply:

 

 

I have two fans on the cooler if that changes anything and my mobo has overclocking settings I just don't know what any of it really means

[dany_boy]

3 minutes ago, W31RD0 said:

I have two fans on the cooler if that changes anything and my mobo has overclocking settings I just don't know what any of it really means

2 Fans or 1 fan is not going to help with a basic cooler. Maybe aw couple of degrees delta, but that's it. Check your motherboards specs, since older AMD processors are very power hungry you really need a mobo that can handle the power in a stable manner.

[F4tal1ty]

8 minutes ago, dany_boy said:

2 Fans or 1 fan is not going to help with a basic cooler. Maybe aw couple of degrees delta, but that's it. Check your motherboards specs, since older AMD processors are very power hungry you really need a mobo that can handle the power in a stable manner.

 

The board only has a single 4 pin connector for cpu power 

[dany_boy]

That says absolutely nothing -.- The really important bit is the power phases. The number of EPS connectors is only a very rough indication