Cant overclock my FX-57

[zyclonb]

hello guys. I just recently scored a FX-57 off of someone for dirt cheap so i went to the local comp usa and bought a BFG tech NF4 ultra board (yes i know flame on). Anyways i tried to do a simple overclock useing Ntune and i says I cant because the PCI clock is tarcking the HT. I looked in Bios for synchonous and asynchronus thing and its not there. any sugestions. All i want to acheive at this point is a simple 3ghz. but i cant even get close because the pci freaks out and reboots my system.

[zyclonb]

wow my sig is out of date

[Pitch]

Ok, personally I do as much overclocking outside of Windows as possible.

Go into your BIOS, lower the HTT link to 4X and try bumping the FSB slightly. See if that yields and results.

[madcatmk3]

ntune worked for me but it didn't lower the HT link. Then it gave so many error alerts when there weren't problems BIOS is always the best.

[Aedan]

I'd concur with everyone else here. There are a few parameters that get setup before the board even boots up. Once these are set, it is apparently difficult to change them. That means you're stuck with these parameters if you try overclocking in Windows.

Hence, getting a base overclock in the BIOS, and just using the Windows tools to see how far you can push things and stay stable seems to be a much better idea.

[MrSeanKon]

Windows overclocking programs offer a first approach how far you can go.
On the other hand (OK it is rare) see here why sometimes on the fly o/c is useful.
In general I don't use o/c much programs like that; I prefer BIOS....
But I recommend Áedán's suggestions....
I use nVidia Clock generator for saving time between many restarts.....