Overclocking a K8T Neo2-F ???

[21stHermit]

Found a number of threads on OCing the older Neo (754) but none on the Neo2 (939) with the Via Pro chipset. So here goes.

The strategy that seems to make the most sense is to loosen memory timings, find the CPU OC limit, then tighten the timings to find best performance and stability.

Two Questions:

1) Loosening and Tighting memory timings are only concepts to me, can someone shoot me some numbers or point me to a systematic process to do this?

2) Via and SATA, the older chipset didn't have a SATA frequency lock, so OC was limited to the SATA HD's tolerance for over frequency. Will the Via Pro have this same problem?

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MSI K8T Neo2-F, BIOS 3.30 1-10-05
A64 3000+ Winchester
2 GB (2 x 1GB) Patriot DDR 3200 3,3,3,7 1T
Hitachi 250 GB SATA
Asus 8X AGP VGA, Basic
420W Thermaltake Purepower
Generic DVD-ROM Drive

 

[InfoTiger]

I just got same setup.
Still trying to OC it to 2.4GHz.

 

[21stHermit]

If you have a SATA HD, forget OCing with the Neo2 F, the SATA ports can't be locked.

If you have BIOS 3.0, do not be confused by Utility BIOS 3.31a, you'll be lucky to POST.

 

[InfoTiger]

I current setup:

MSI K8T Neo2-F, BIOS 3.30 1-10-05
A64 3000+ Winchester @ (264x9= 2376)
1 GB (2 x 512GB) Patriot DDR 3200 3,3,3,5 1T @ DDR333
Maxtor 160G ATA 133
BFG 6800 OC @ 370/758
350W Antec Quiet Mid-Tower
Asus 40x CDRW

Still trying to find a good stable stage with CPU and memory.
Any suggestion?

 

[BoleCailey]

I just moved mine to sata slots 3 and 4 and mine is overclocking pretty good. I was prime stable 2.498.5 ghz witha 9.5 multiplier. I had it at 2.6 and it was running 3dmark05 allday long no problems. I could not get it to prime though. Cs_source ran fine. Right now i have it set at 2.486 ghz with a HTT of 11 and 226 fsb. The reason i am useing the 11 htt is so i can run my memory at 1:1 and as soon as i get the ocz voltage booster i bet i will see 2.5-2.6 ghz.