Alright A64 OC'ers

[BlacKJesuS]

I have my winchester 3000+ up to 2.5...on air.....1.45 vols.....where do the winchester cores max out around? lmk thanks

 

[BlindBartimaeus]

Hit or miss with those. You are doing better than I would expect now...but wouldn't stop me from going for 2.7

 

[Doctorweir]

Regular: 2400-2500 (my old 3200+ did 2500 back in his days...)
Lucky core: 2500-2700

 

[BlacKJesuS]

Going for 2.7 would result in me using REALLY loose ram timmings...im @ 2.5-6-5-9 already....do i push for more speed? or try to tighten my ram

 

[imported_SLIM]

Tighten your timings and use a memory divider to max out your cpu while keeping timings tight.

 

[BlacKJesuS]

im using DDR 166 as a divider....lowest it can go...

 

[BlacKJesuS]

BTW 4x512 of value ram

 

[Billb2]

bingo! take out two sticks, set command rate to 1T.

 

[BlacKJesuS]

bingo to what....

 

[Aries64]

Originally posted by: BlacKJesuS
bingo to what....

billb2 was saying "bingo!" because 512x4 is probably holding you back. Take out two sticks and set command Rate to 1T in BIOS. If you need 2GB sell your currrent RAM and get some fast 1GB sticks so you can run 1024x2 at 1T.

Corsair, OCZ, and lots of others make fast 2GB (1024MBx2) RAM kits these days. LL is still good if you can get them. Take your pick.

 

[Aries64]

Nice PSU billb2.

 

[flexy]

Originally posted by: Doctorweir
Regular: 2400-2500 (my old 3200+ did 2500 back in his days...)
Lucky core: 2500-2700

what he said.

I used to run mine at 2607 (early winchester, i think week 41) normal room temperature on Air with XP-120, ~1.55V - moved to an appt without A/C now and it can get extremely hot up there, so right now i can't get over 2530. Had to turn down my vcore to 1.48 - once cpu reaches 55C problems start.
(btw. the Vcore are all including the +113% in bios as measured with mbm)

 

[CheesePoofs]

Mine maxed out at about 2.45ghz though I'm not complaining ... I only paid for a 1.8ghz chip

 

[Billb2]

Originally posted by: Aries64
Nice PSU billb2.

I once had trouble with a 680 watt PSU. I don't know whether it was a bad PSU or an "ambitious rating. What I do know is that now, if an OC fails, it's not because of the PSU. I don't OC just to say I'm OC'd, or to "get my money's worth", but to run as fast as possible. See http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=104295