OCing...find the limiting factor game!

[DogbertFuz]

I've decided to order a new Cpu/Mobo/HSF/Ram combo. They should arrive in a few days. Here are my parts:

1700+ Tbred B from Excaliber PC (JIUHB:0302)
256MB Kingston HyperX PC-3000 DDR 370Mhz
Zalman CNPS6000 HSF
EP-8RDA EPOX Nforce 2 Motherboard

I'm expecting to hit 2600-2700+ speeds (2.1ghz) but I'm worried about the ram being the limiting factor. Can someone help me verify their own personal experience with this kind of setup and this ram under aggressive settings? It is apparently rated at Cas2 187Mhz but ... how much should I trust kingston? Should I return it and get something else?

Thanks for any feedback!

nick

 

[BigJ]

To eliminate the ram as the limiting factor, Memtest and make sure its stable at a certain speed. Then raise your multiplier. This will isolate the CPU as ur limiting factor.

 

[Excelsior]

Ive heard good things about HyperX. Just build the system, then start raising the FSB, and you can drop the multiplier down. 11x190, etc...just mess around with it.

 

[AtomicDude512]

Rejoice DogbertFuz! On most new chipsets (KT400 & nForce2) the TBred B has its upper multipliers unlocked! So RAM wont be your limiting factor.

 

[DogbertFuz]

my point is to get the FSB as high as possible. This chipset says it has AGP and PCI speeds locked so teh higher the FSB the lower the multiplier the better the performance... for equal Mhz that is. =)

I rejoice about all the lower multipliers being unlocked though. (aren't they?) =)

Does anyone else have first hand experience? I've read that some of these ram chips can't even run to spec advertised... ?

nick

 

[CCityInstaller]

I am running my both sticks of my DDR2100@ 166mhz(333mhz vs the spec'd 266mhz) with no problems, timings are 6-2-2-2.5. I haven't tried to push it to CAS 2 let, as I am more than happy with the results just by simply jumping to the higher speed. Forgot to add that I am running my T-bred 2100@2700 speeds.


josh