My First Overclock...

[CLohre]

Well I finally OC'ed my system. Not too much since I don't trust my PSU and and the Stock HSF too much (Antec 350W). But with a Athlon 64 3000+ I was able too get it very stable at 2205 MHZ from its stock 1800 MHZ.

I set the HT x4 (978) and the FSB/HTT 245, running my Kingston ValueRAM at 166 in the bios while they are actually running at 200Mhz and with 1T and faster timings ie: 2.5-3-3-7 which is nice. EVEREST which I use to get info has it running at 33c idle and 47-50c full load which I think is exceptable. It also says my 3000+ is a 3500+ which is kinda amusing. I'm at 9x244

All in all Im pretty amused that I pulled this off without blowing my system up

Now all I have to do is keep it in one together, I think I am going to run Prime95 tonight and see if my computer's still alive in the morning. Does anyone know a which setting to use in the Torture test? Should I use the Blend one or In-Palce test.

Also runnig the Ram at the lower timing's won't hurt it will it? or should I manually set it to the 200Mhz settings?

 

[CLohre]

Humm...

 

[biostud]

 

[CLohre]

I got a cookie!

On side note I have changed my overclock slightly and have some questions...

I now have my setting's at:

CPU Clock - 2250.0 MHz (original: 1800 MHz, overclock: 25%)
CPU Multiplier - 9.0x
CPU FSB/HTT - 250.0
DRAM:FSB Ratio - CPU/11 MHz (original: 200 MHz, overclock: 25%)
Memory Bus - 204.5 MHz
Memory Timings - 2.5-3-3-7 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)

The Vcore is at 1.450, but in CPU-Z and EVEREST it fluxuates from 1.408 v to 1.424 v

Here's my current Voltage's from my Antec 350Watt

CPU Core 1.42 V
+3.3 V 3.14 V
+5 V 4.95 V
+12 V 12.34 V
+5 V Standby 5.03 V
VBAT Battery 2.74 V

Also its temps are runnig at 33-35 idle and 43-48 full load is this too hot for a 3000+?

 

[TrevorRC]

Up the HTT, but leave the voltage where it is. Get as high as you can with your current voltage.

And, those temperatures are fine.