Overclocking?

[SirGeneral]

I know you are supposed to turn it up a few MHz then stress test for like an hour but I'm impatient so whats a safe bet for overclocking an AMD Athlon X4 845? also, I don't plan to game with it but I want to use a DDR3 RAM stick to see if the new rig I'm building will boot, is that possible?

[LienusLateTips]

6 minutes ago, SirGeneral said:

I know you are supposed to turn it up a few MHz then stress test for like an hour but I'm impatient so whats a safe bet for overclocking an AMD Athlon X4 845? also, I don't plan to game with it but I want to use a DDR3 RAM stick to see if the new rig I'm building will boot, is that possible?

Doesn't the X4 845 use DDR3?

[SirGeneral]

it does?

[SirGeneral]

can I use ddr3 on modern games?

[QuestionxThree]

7 minutes ago, SirGeneral said:

can I use ddr3 on modern games?

what are you asking? that DDR of your ram doesn't pick what games you can play. its just faster 

[LienusLateTips]

14 minutes ago, SirGeneral said:

it does?

Yeah lol

13 minutes ago, SirGeneral said:

can I use ddr3 on modern games?

Of course, RAM doesn't influence that

[SirGeneral]

ok can you get DDR4 speed DDR3?

[SirGeneral]

went to a website about X4's and it says the 845 can only handle x8 PCIe 3.0 is that gonna be a problem for a 1050Ti?

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, SirGeneral said:

went to a website about X4's and it says the 845 can only handle x8 PCIe 3.0 is that gonna be a problem for a 1050Ti?

No

2 minutes ago, SirGeneral said:

ok can you get DDR4 speed DDR3?

Crazy expensive, expect to pay double or triple the price of normal DDR3

 

there's like zero difference in performance anyway

[SirGeneral]

what does x8 PCIe 3.0 mean also just in case I was talking about the gtx 1050Ti specifically the one PNY sells https://www.amazon.com/PNY-GeForce-1050-Graphics-VCGGTX10504PB/dp/B01MCX07NW/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1520654442&sr=1-1&keywords=pny+gtx+1050ti

[Jurrunio]

19 minutes ago, SirGeneral said:

ok can you get DDR4 speed DDR3?

You clearly had no idea about RAM

 

1. Supported RAM type depends on your motherboard. It can only use 1 type for your platform

 

2. Transfer rate depends on frequency and timings, so DDR3 2400 CL13 is just as fast as DDR4 2400 CL13. DDR3 is only slower because the majority of DDR3 run at 1333 or 1600, while DDR4 are mostly 2133 or higher.

 

18 minutes ago, SirGeneral said:

went to a website about X4's and it says the 845 can only handle x8 PCIe 3.0 is that gonna be a problem for a 1050Ti?

I thought Athlon x4 only has PCIe 2.0? Not like even the slower PCIe 2.0 x8 will limit 1050ti performance anyway

[SirGeneral]

it runs DDR3 can you recommend a few sticks cheap though, on tight budget

[SirGeneral]

my mobo is this but it doesn't specify 204 or 240 pin what does it run https://www.amazon.com/MSI-Micro-Motherboard-A68HM-E33-V2/dp/B00XI4NQBK/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1520655307&sr=1-3&keywords=msi+motherboard&refinements=p_n_feature_six_browse-bin%3A2057507011

[johnukguy]

Some of the stress testing software, such as Prime95, can do more harm than it's worth and stress testing is not as accurate as many YouTubers like to make out. You're frankly better off using something like Cinebench, a quick run through with say Intel Burn Test, then trying out a demanding PC game. That will give you a much better idea of whether or not an overclock is good than running Prime95 for hours on end.

[SirGeneral]

is cinebench free?

[WallacEngineering]

2 hours ago, SirGeneral said:

is cinebench free?

CineBench is free, Prime 95 is free, theres like 100 decent CPU stress programs out there for Free.

 

Seems like you could use a friend. His name is Google. Type any questions you have into your friend and your friend will help you :3.