Asus M3A79-T Deluxe

[Daveburt714]

XRogerX: Just curious why you don't use AOD for your overclocking?

I've found it best to find a good STABLE setting for BIOS and then
overclock using AOD. If it crashes, your system will still reboot with good settings.

AOD Link: http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_overdrive.aspx?p=1

AOD actually plays quite well with this board.
Personally, I just leave my bios @ 200x15x11x10 (3Ghz CPU/2.2Ghz NB/2Ghz HTlink) 1.375v CPU, 2.1v Mem, 1.325v NBvid.

Here is a SS of my bios settings (from AOD):
CLICKABLE:


When I want to push the OC I just boot normally, go into AOD and load the saved profile (I call it "MaxOC_Profile"). The Save/Load features work just fine as long as your not teetering on the very edge....

Heres a SS of my AOD "MaxOC_Profile":
CLICKABLE:


As for your temps.... I wouldn't worry too much about 52c when your stressing the system. The chip is rated for 60c at least, I'm pretty sure it's actually 70c but don't hold me to that...

Mine does seem to get a little unstable when it goes over 58 so I watch for that as my personal limit, it's still well within AMD's specs.

I had a Zalman 9700 cooler, and while it works quite well I found it to be kind of noisey. There are better and quieter air coolers available the one I'm using now actually dropped my load temps by ~4c.

Here's a link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835233003

Hope this helps a little, and Happy Overclocking!!

EDIT: BTW, my system is very similar to yours, I'll update my sig...