I need more help Overclocking

[Rock Hydra]

I haven't attempted overclocking again in a while until I got a new heatsink.
Here are my overclocking results.
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I want to get at least 3.2 but I don't know what to change.
I'm using this feature on my motherboard called Super Patch and it helps define the settings.
But when I triy to up it to a 25% OC (3.25 GHz) I can't figure out what to do to get it to boot. I set a divider, but that didn't work. I upped the voltage....Nada. I've tried changing the memory timings, but I don't know exactly what to change for them, so I've been kinda just fiddlin' with numbers for the timing.

 

[stevty2889]

You may just be at the limits of your chip. It's usualy best not to set goals fo roverclocking, because you'll just keep trying to push it beyond it's limits. Rather than using the Super Patch feature, try manualy upping the FSB in small increments, instead of using that program to do it by percentage. You definatly need to use a divider for your memory to eliminate it as the limiter, and also setting looser timings, like 3-4-4-8. It's best not to up the core voltage too much also, I usualy go with the highest OC I can get on stock voltage, as too much voltage will kill a cpu far before higher temps will. If you do up the voltage I wouldn't go higher that 1.525, but try doing the FSB in increments, before doing any voltage change.

 

[Rock Hydra]

Alright. That sounds good. What's the difference in dividers, or which ones are better to use? 5:4 or 3:2 or whichever it is?

 

[stevty2889]

at 800mhz FSB(200mhz actual) , 5:4 will run your ram at 333mhz(160mhz), 3:2 will run it at 266mhz(133mhz). You want to keep your memory at 400mhz(200mhz) or less to keep it from being overclocked. If you wanted to go to 3.2ghz on your cpu, that would be 246mhz FSB. At 5:4 that would put the memory at 196.8, 393.6mhz effectivly, so you would have your memory at just under it's rated speed, and your cpu at 3.2ghz. The 5:4 divider would work for you up to 250mhz FSB without overclocking the ram. If you managed to squeeze some more out of it, and go past 250mhz FSB, you would need to use the 3:2 divider to keep from overclocking the ram.

 

[Rock Hydra]

Alright. Thanks. But, it seems whenever I decide to use a divider, my computer will not boot to the OS.

 

[stevty2889]

Does that include using a divider with the CPU at stock speeds? I had that problem on my Asus P4P800, it wouldn't boot with a divider, even with the CPU at stock speeds. I ended up using PC4000 ddr with it, since I could run it at 1:1 up to 250mhz FSB.

 

[Rock Hydra]

Originally posted by: stevty2889
Does that include using a divider with the CPU at stock speeds? I had that problem on my Asus P4P800, it wouldn't boot with a divider, even with the CPU at stock speeds. I ended up using PC4000 ddr with it, since I could run it at 1:1 up to 250mhz FSB.

Yeah, I guess it's just the motherboard then. Alright. I'll stop trying to overclock since it seems that it's becoming fruitless unless I run 1:1 with the RAM.

Thanks.

 

[stevty2889]

Well since you can get 220mhz FSB without using a divider, you might be able to squeeze out a little more, by loosing the ram timings, and giving the ram a little more voltage, up to 2.8v if you can.