Help Regarding overclocking AMD 3200+

[manubhai]

Hi everyone,

I am looking to overclock my amd 3200+ winchester with stock HSF, and ASUS A8V deluxe mobo and Corsair Value select Pc3200.

PLz can anyone let me know ......... all the parameters for overclocking.......

frequency
memory divider
all voltages
memory timings

for my rig.

Thanks for ur upcoming advices.

theman : maybe u could help me a lot by writing ur overclockings specs ,,,, since we both have same rig.

Thanks

 

[Furen]

All CPUs are different so you cant just "copy" someone else's overclock straight out. Winchesters are not the best overclockers out there but 2.4GHz should be pretty doable (hopefully, heh).

That said I'll give you some settings that I'd try. If they work for you, great, if not then I'd suggest you tinker with your system yourself.

Since I'm not familiar with your mobo I cant say much about it other than it being based on a VIA chipset (k8t800 pro or k8t890, hopefully). So hopefully you'll have fully pcie(agp)/pci locks.

First off, diasable Cool and Quiet.

Then,

HTT (Or CPU) Clock Frequency: 240
Hypertransport Speed/Multiplier (or Frequency, the HT link may also be called LDT, which is the proper name): 800MHz or 4x, whichever option you get.
DRAM Speed/Frequency(this is the ram "divider" setting): Either 333 or 166, it could be writen either way, but you'll only have one of the two options.

About the voltages:

First I'd try everything at stock, if it doesn work then try the following,

Vcore/VID/CPU Voltage ID (or whatever your motherboard calls it): 1.5v, you may also have a percentage-based CPU voltage control, you can use either one but remember that both work simultaneously. If your CPU does not work properly at this voltage you can go higher still, but I wouldnt recommend going over 1.55v on the stock cooler, even that might be cutting it close. If voltage works fine the first time you bump it up then try lowering it. Remember that the lower the voltage, the better.

VDimm/DRAM voltage/Etc: Raise this to 2.8v if the VCore doesnt help, though I dont think this will be really needed. By the way, having Command per Clock enabled (or Command rate set at 1T) will give you a decent performance boost, if your system can take it.

 

[manubhai]

Well i hv tried overclocking and jus ran back-to-back superPi of 4M for 5-6 times...... My temperature is at 37-38C at idle at at after running superPi it was like 48C.

OverClock specs now : HT 800, CPU frequency at 240x10, Mem divider at 166, Vcore : 1.5 and Dram is at auto mode ....... do i need to hv memory heat spreader if i hv to put it to 2.8V

Plz guide me how to pust it more further........ well my CPU was doing 40 at idle and 45 on load before overclocking.

Thanks for ur upcoming suggestion...

 

[Furen]

First off, I'd hardly consider SuperPI 4M x 5 a fool proof stability test. I, personally, like leaving Prime95 on for a few days (it's set to idle priority so you could conceivably keep using the PC even with prime running without problems.

Did you try the above using the default Vcore? I just gave that as a suggestion in case it didnt work, you could also try going down on the Vcore (to like 1.45v), since having lower voltage is ALWAYS better--as long as you get perfect stability. Go back to stock mem voltage and see if that's stable (it should be since you are running at stock). If you want more guidance I'd recommend you read Zebo's A64 overclocking guide (I actually dont agree with some of Zebo's points and definitions, but it will give you a very good introduction to how A64s work) since it's pretty much impossible to guide you to the CPU's limits if you dont quite understand the basics.

EDIT: Hah, it took me so long to figure out that "hv" meant "have"...

No, you shouldnt need to have heatspreaders but it'd be better if you did. That said, try going back to stock volts on the ram.