I'll start out with my current computer specs -
AMD 2500+ Barton (locked multiplier) with Vantec Aeroflow (no problems with temps)
ASUS A7N8X
1GB(2x512) OCZ EL PC3200 Platinum Edition (2-3-2-5)
Western Digital 40GB 7200RPM 8mb buffer
ATI 9800Pro 128mb
Creative Live Audigy2 ZS
52x32x52x Lite On CDRW
Aspire Case with 420W PSU Silent Dual Fan, 6 case fans ( http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-144-034&depa=1 )
I'll try to explain my problem but I'll most likely end up rambling. Well, I bought this computer almost a year ago and have only made changes to the RAM/HSF. I started out with 2x256 Geil Golden Dragon Value Series. After about a couple weeks I purchased a new HSF, Vantec Aeroflow ( http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-110-007&depa=1 ) so that I could overclock. I easily got it to run at 200FSB from 166 without changing the cpu voltage or memory voltage. I ran it like this for like 4-5 months until I wanted to get 1GB dual channel, but I didn't have enough money at the time for the OCZ pair that I wanted so I just bought one. My computer ran fine and performed better on this single stick of OCZ. Eventually though I started having some stability problems and my computer would crash in games or randomly restart. I decided that I'd move up the CPU voltage one higher than default. It fixed it for some time but then it started happening again so I raised the voltage again. Well this kept up and I started to not want to raise the cpu voltage anymore so I just started lowering the FSB. This worked for a little also but then the same thing would happen, so for some reason I just decided to replace the RAM. I got 2 brand new sticks of the OCZ (my friend had one he never used, lucky me). I tried the new sticks and the same problems continued unless I ran the FSB at 166. I'd like to get my FSB back to 200 but I need some help with what my problem could be. I think that it could be the PSU since I think I've been pushing it and it wasn't all that incredible to start with. Any advice on what I should do would be appreciated, thanks, and feel free to laugh if I've done something dumb
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AMD 2500+ Barton (locked multiplier) with Vantec Aeroflow (no problems with temps)
ASUS A7N8X
1GB(2x512) OCZ EL PC3200 Platinum Edition (2-3-2-5)
Western Digital 40GB 7200RPM 8mb buffer
ATI 9800Pro 128mb
Creative Live Audigy2 ZS
52x32x52x Lite On CDRW
Aspire Case with 420W PSU Silent Dual Fan, 6 case fans ( http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-144-034&depa=1 )
I'll try to explain my problem but I'll most likely end up rambling. Well, I bought this computer almost a year ago and have only made changes to the RAM/HSF. I started out with 2x256 Geil Golden Dragon Value Series. After about a couple weeks I purchased a new HSF, Vantec Aeroflow ( http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-110-007&depa=1 ) so that I could overclock. I easily got it to run at 200FSB from 166 without changing the cpu voltage or memory voltage. I ran it like this for like 4-5 months until I wanted to get 1GB dual channel, but I didn't have enough money at the time for the OCZ pair that I wanted so I just bought one. My computer ran fine and performed better on this single stick of OCZ. Eventually though I started having some stability problems and my computer would crash in games or randomly restart. I decided that I'd move up the CPU voltage one higher than default. It fixed it for some time but then it started happening again so I raised the voltage again. Well this kept up and I started to not want to raise the cpu voltage anymore so I just started lowering the FSB. This worked for a little also but then the same thing would happen, so for some reason I just decided to replace the RAM. I got 2 brand new sticks of the OCZ (my friend had one he never used, lucky me). I tried the new sticks and the same problems continued unless I ran the FSB at 166. I'd like to get my FSB back to 200 but I need some help with what my problem could be. I think that it could be the PSU since I think I've been pushing it and it wasn't all that incredible to start with. Any advice on what I should do would be appreciated, thanks, and feel free to laugh if I've done something dumb
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