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EASIEST way to OC an Athlon64 3700+ San Diego?

FlyBono24

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I don't want to get into the heavy OC'ing like in the sticky'd guide at the top.... but I've heard there is a simple 200MHz overclock you can do on these chips, without any major modifications or increase in voltage.

I'll be using either the A8N-SLI Deluxe or Premium board.

Thanks!
 
When you find out the "magic" 200MHz overclock, please post it here. 😛

The easiest way to OC, is to raise the FSB untill your machine isn't stable. Then back off a bit. However, this will in no way give you the best OC.
 
Adjust HTT to 220. Set LDT to 4x
If using PC3200 or lower RAM, set divider to 166 (333).

Enjoy.
 
Yes these overclock very well. 400mhz with out increasing voltage is practically automatic. 200mhz is hardly worth messing with.

Set HTT multi to 4x
Set HTT to 238mhz

Everything else on auto

Viola! 2618mhz on stock vcore FX-55 speed

*edit*

I should mention that on the A8N-SLI deluxe, that as long as your max memory clock is set on AUTO the board will automatically apply ram dividers once you hit 217HTT. I assume it works the same on the premium
 
Well, since I feel like being helpful, here it goes:

I'm assuming you dont want to overclock your ram (since that always complicates things, heh).

Since I'm not familiar with the bios on your motherboard, I'm going to give you the settings I WOULD use, it's up to you to find them and set them. One thing, though, you should be familiar with how to clear your cmos before you start messing around with the bios settings.

Off the top of my head

Set your HTT frecuency (CPU clock) at 240MHz (from the original 200)
Lower your Hypertransport multiplier to 4x/800MHz from the original 5x/1000MHz

Go into your DRAM settings
In ram speed select 333 (from the original 400), this is a 5:6 DRAM:HTT ratio.

This will give you a 2640MHz CPU frecuency and leave your ram at 199MHz (DDR398).

If your cpu does not work at the above settings use the same settings and set your CPU frequency/Multiplier to 10/2000MHz from the original 11/2200MHz. This would lead to 2400MHz cpu frequency, which is the 200MHz speed bump you asked for to begin with, I'd try the one above first though, since there are some really good san diegos that can do 240x11 at stock volts.

As with all overclocks, you should test for stability:

I'd leave the computer in prime95's torture test for a day or so, just to be sure. If after you overclock you start experiencing crashes/restarts then your system IS NOT STABLE, a bit of voltage would most likely help but since you didnt want to deal with that then you can just scale back on the overclock.
 
Cool.... I'll be using the OCZ Gold memory, 2x512MB... so it should be stable... all the reviews say it's great for OC'ing.

I couldn't remember if it was a 200MHz or 400MHz OC, but either one works for me. 😉 Thanks for the help!


Edit: I'm using the PC3200 memory... don't know if it makes a difference.
 
As far as cooling.... I'm going to use the XP90C from Newegg, along with a Panaflo fan... so I can OC it higher (in the future, if I decide to).
 
Originally posted by: Amaroque
If you're serious about OCing, and being stable. You should have a read through this thread. Lots of good information there. 😎

I read through it.... it's really confusing, that's why I asked for the EASY way. 😉

I may OC it higher in the future, but not right now... hence the XP90C. 🙂
 
Oh when I meant easy, I didn't mean the guide was really difficult.... I just meant that I wouldn't know what settings to use on THIS particular chip.... it seemed that the guide was for every chip, and I had no idea what HTT and everything I should use.
 
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