Can you help me understand Overclocking?

[OahnMacleod]

Here's what I just built...

Asus A8N nForce4 SLI
AMD 64 3200+ (O.C.'d to 2700 270x10)
Thermalright XP-90 w/ Zalman ZM-F2 92mm fan blowing on CPU at around 1370rpm (VERY QUIET!)
PQI Turbo Ram 2 Gigs (2x1024) 8-4-4-3-2T set to 8-4-4-2.5-1T
HTT = 4x
BFG GTX 7800 OC 256mb
Ultra XConnect 500W (20pin w/ no trouble on 24pin board)

All power settings are set to Auto, haven't raised voltage on anything yet.

Did a few speed tests with Nvidia nTune and everything seems pretty high now.

CPU is running at 34 degrees Celcius. 80mm fan intake, 120mm fan rear exhaust as well.

Can anyone explain what all the numbers mean in regards to ram settings? I think
I'm pretty good right now, and haven't tried pushing the FSB of the CPU past 270 yet.

I have no clue what the dividers and other things mean and have tried reading through
several explanations here and on other sites.

Thank you in advance...
Can anyone explain what all the numbers mean in regards to ram settings? I think
I'm pretty good right now, and haven't tried pushing the FSB of the CPU past 270 yet.

I have no clue what the dividers and other things mean and have tried reading through
several explanations here and on other sites.

Thank you in advance...

 

[MrDudeMan]

this would be better in G.H. but basically the dividers are there to keep the PCI/AGP/PCI-E bus running at stock speed. if you up the FSB it is also increasing the speed of periferal bus systems, so if you use a divider on the frequency of a sub-system it will keep it within safe ranges while the chipset continues to increase in speed. it is to protect your devices.

google the ram timings, but basically it is how fast the ram can read/write/communicate with the memory controller making it work. some of the numbers represent internal latency and some represent the rate at which signals are output to other places. remember, more that is slower is usually better than less that is faster...in most applications and situations anyway. it varies obviously.