OC help , some advice needed please

[phpdog]

Hi ,

I was saying last week in here that i got a 1700+ chip and it was a pretty good 1 some people said .

Anyway this is how it's running and i would like some advice on what settings to tweak next.

It's at 12.5 x 192 = 2411.71 MHz (wcpuid) vCore 1.632 v , Vdd 1.600 v , vDimm 2.736 v .

RAM Timings are 2.5 , 3 , 3 , 7 . (I know this is loose so could tightin it a lil ?)

It runs @ 38º to 40º Celcius , mobo = EPoX 8RDA+ , RAM = 2 x Corsair 256 mb and 1 x TwinMOS 256 mb = 768 mb .

Thermaltake V9.

Should i just use the 2 Corsair sticks and leave the TwinMOS 1 out ?

anyway ive not tried to upp it anymore cause im not that experienced at overclocking yet any advice would be most welcome .


Thanks

 

[phpdog]

ohh 1 quick thing

ive just put it back down for now untill i get some advice.

Its down to 12.5 x 199 @ 2088.07 MHz @ default voltage - 7 , 2 , 2 , 2.5 running @ 33º to 34º.

I am worried about the NorthBridge i took it off and got rid of the pink gum on the underside of the heatsink and replced the gum with some AS3.

I have a blue orb on the southbridge and i have a silver orb but ive not put it on the NB yet would it be worth putting on because it would have to be applied with TAPE since its not the exact size ( or would it be better to just put a fan above the existing NB heatsink ?

Anyway i thought i should just add this when i downclocked i got an error saying you motherboard bios dosent fully support APIC mode press F7 to turn it off or get the latest BIOS ? I have the latest 8RDA+ bios.( what does this mean ? )

I know htis is a lot of questions i would be grateful for an answer for any of them ... ; ) thank you .

 

[LeetViet]

12.5 x 199 = 2487.5, that's not underclocked

Here's what I do,

1. Lower the FSB to 133 and raise the multiplier as high as it can go. This will give you an idea of how high you can go.
2. Lower the multiplier (9 is good) and raise the FSB as high as it can go.
3. Try your highest FSB and multiplier and slowly go down from there. Some combinations will give more Mhz and some will give more bandwidth between the CPU and RAM.

If the overclock is unstable, try adding more voltage (mine is running at 1.8V) but be sure your temperatures are okay. Anything in the mid 50's and under I wouldn't worry about.

Don't take the TwinMOS out unless it's really holding you back. Try overclocking with each stick and that will help eliminate any poor performing sticks of RAM. You forgot to tell us what type of RAM you're using. DDR 400? DDR 333? The manufacturer should tell you the recommended timings.

 

[phpdog]

lol i meant 12.5 x 166 = 2088