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fsb, agp, & pci bus stability

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Lifer
I am planning on an upgrade soon and would like to hear some different perspectives on overclocking. I plan on ordering a stick of 512 Corsair XMS3200C2 memory tomorrow to complete my upgrade. Here is a list of the parts I have bought so far:

Abit KX7-333R mb
AMD XP 1600+ (AGOIA stepping)
Antec TruePower 430W psu
Thermaltake Volcano 7+ hsf

Parts I will be using from current system:

IBM 60G hdd
ATI Radeon 64mb VIVO (will upgrade later)
Creative SB Live! Platinum 5.1

I believe that I will only be limited by my cpu as to how far I can o/c. My question concerns stability. I plan on using the 5:2:1 divder ratio. This provides stability at 166 fsb (with agp at 66Mhz and pci at 33Mhz). How much higher can I set the fsb and still have stablity for my cards and hdd? I know others are able to o/c to the extreme, but I keep hearing about data corruption and unstable systems due to agp and pci buses being too far from specs.

I want to hear everyone's experience with this. Thanks!

~box
 
I have seen some have issues with 35mhz pci so the minimum may be 175 or you could go to 200...likely most devices can take 37mhz pci so 185 is reasonable.....

YOu may need to unlock and drop multiplier to get that high as that is 1942mhz or 2400+ level speeds....What are you using for cooling???
 
Originally posted by: Duvie
I have seen some have issues with 35mhz pci so the minimum may be 175 or you could go to 200...likely most devices can take 37mhz pci so 185 is reasonable.....

YOu may need to unlock and drop multiplier to get that high as that is 1942mhz or 2400+ level speeds....What are you using for cooling???
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Agree. 185 should be cake for your memory but possibly close to the limit for PCI/AGP. Unlock and 9.5 is probably your magic number. At 10.5 (default) you'll be pressed to hit 175fsb. Anyway, my guess is your sweet spot will be around 185x9.5.

jaybee
 
I have an Abit KX7-333R mb, 512 Samsung PC3200, and XP2000 + unlocked

am running at 185 FSB @ 9.5 multiplier rock stable


 
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