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A solid, safe OC for my system?

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wonkyturk

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I bet you guys deal with this every day, sorry, but what should I do in order to maximize my system while keeping stability and not killing my equipment in a year? 😕

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ @ 1.8 GHZ
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX
512 MB Corsair DDR-SDRAM PC3200 @ 200 MHz x 2
ATI Sapphire RADEON X800 XL 256 MB PCI-Express
500W Ultra X-Connect ULT31558 ATX 12 Power Supply
Thermaltake A1772 AMD Heat Sink

I mean, yeah, it works fine 😱 but I can't help but feel that I should make the most of my invesment. And this is why I come crawling to you gurus for help.
 
I've read somewhere on some forums that your powersupply has issues and they crap out. This might explain why it's $30 AR (or is it $40) at Frys. You should do a search to make sure that your PSU won't take out your other equipment with it if it does go out.
 
500W Ultra X-Connect ULT31558 ATX 12 Power Supply

I've read somewhere on some forums that your powersupply has issues and they crap out. This might explain why it's $30 AR (or is it $40) at Frys. You should do a search to make sure that your PSU won't take out your other equipment with it if it does go out.
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That power supply is fine for what he is trying to do!

I see no honest reason to change out the power supply!

Sorry......I`m just not an advocate of changing out a power supply just "becuase" its not one of the top 3 brands that people would recommend!!

Thats just me!! 🙂
 
Your PSU won't "kill" your equipment. It will just shut off when your computer components draw more power than it can feed it due to overheating.
 
when you overclock your cpu, it draws more power, and sometimes the psu cant give it. thats all. its not too complicated. his psu is fine.
 
meh. 1.55 is weak. with stock cooling I get 54C loads with 1.65vcore. You'll be fine with that, and if you need more vcore than that, the gains aren't too much.
 
Here's what I'd try:

Set your htt/cpu clock 240
Set your DRAM speed to DDR333 (might also be 166, on some motherboards).
Set your hypertransport speed to either auto or 800MHz (4x multiplier).
 
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