Overclock a S754 3400+?

[shinzwei]

Ive seen people overclock S939 cpus by using dividers. Would using a divider give the same overclocking benefits for S754 as it does for S939?

 

[carpenter]

I'm running a 3400NC on a DFI 250Gb with a XP90 just like you. I had a gig of Mushkin 3500 LII in it and couldn't get it to clock up that well. Put in a set of OCZ 3500 ELGX and have it running at 2.7 with my ram at 1:1 2-2-2-5. I had to use a divider with the Mushkin to get the clock speed up. From what I've read on DFI Street.com, it's better to use a ram divider and get a higher cpu speed with the A64's. Might want to go there and check it out. Btw, I had this up over 2.9 but it wasn't stable. Couldn't quite get 3.0 though. lol

 

[Mik3y]

Originally posted by: carpenter
I'm running a 3400NC on a DFI 250Gb with a XP90 just like you. I had a gig of Mushkin 3500 LII in it and couldn't get it to clock up that well. Put in a set of OCZ 3500 ELGX and have it running at 2.7 with my ram at 1:1 2-2-2-5. I had to use a divider with the Mushkin to get the clock speed up. From what I've read on DFI Street.com, it's better to use a ram divider and get a higher cpu speed with the A64's. Might want to go there and check it out. Btw, I had this up over 2.9 but it wasn't stable. Couldn't quite get 3.0 though. lol

What settings do you have your system oc at? I'm currently at 220x12 @ 1.6v with my ram 1:1 at 2.5cas. I have a similar setup except my memory is corsair valueram. I'm trying to hit 2.7GHz also, but I can't seem to get it stable any higher then 2640MHz. I'm just lacking the extra 60MHz.

 

[DrMrLordX]

Originally posted by: shinzwei
Ive seen people overclock S939 cpus by using dividers. Would using a divider give the same overclocking benefits for S754 as it does for S939?

In short, yes. Dividers work just as well on s754 as they do on s939.

 

[Zap]

As others said, yes. Good luck on your CPU. I had one and could hit 2.5GHz fine with some voltage but wouldn't do much above that, just like my other Newcastle. Both default 1.8GHz and 2.4GHz CPUs hit around 2.5GHz.