Overclocking? A7V8XD,XP2700+,CORSAIR 3200 CL2

[Svtman]

Can anyone give me some suggestions on overclocking the memory with timing settings. Also suggestions on how to overclock to around a xp3300+???

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

pretty much start with lowest ram settings when ocing
then when you are at max speed of cpu (or a speed you liek) then raise the settings one by one and play around a bit

 

[rommelrommel]

Water cooling very possibly...

 

[Svtman]

I can overclock from 2162mhz to 2380 using 14x and 170mhz fsb. how do you use the 8.0/16.0 multiplier?????

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

up the mult via bios?

 

[Noid]

... wahhh ... i wish my MB supported over 12.5 ...

But then Iwouldnt be at 191 either.

My Cosair PC3200c2 xms does - Cas 2, 4bank, 2,6,2,2 1T at 191 FSB
on my AMD box

I am rock solid at this also,,, I'd like to see if you can run Prime95 and 3dMark same time at that high of clock.
Drop me a PM,,, let me know how it goes...

 

[Svtman]

I have it set at the 14.0 multi and a 174 fsb and it's at 2420 right now, memory is at 416 with 4,2,2,2 timing. I don't understang that 8/16 multiplier, I mean what is the 8 for?

 

[Noid]

8 is for the lower Mhz chips.

dropping the multipler and raising FSB is how to OC those older chips.
(after unlocking the multipliers)

I had to raise from my memory from 5 to 6 at 191fsb.

Be sure to run memtest86 to make sure you getting no errors.

 

[Denkkar]

I can overclock from 2162mhz to 2380 using 14x and 170mhz fsb. how do you use the 8.0/16.0 multiplier?????

This 8/16 multiplier stuff in the BIOS seems specifically designed to confound potential overclockers. Basically, just set "CPU Interface" to "Agressive" and the higher number will be used (indeed, who wants a lowly 8.0 multiplier? Bah!).

 

[Svtman]

Whooo hooo i'm up to 2503mhz and counting........

 

[Avram]

I just have a couple questions concerning the A7N8X and the XP2700+... I hear that the BIOS does not unlock the multipliers for this chip, so can you physically unlock it much like the 2400+ and earlier? anyone have experience with this combination?

 

[Svtman]

I have read article showing how to do that with the xp2700+, I will try to find it for you.

 

[Avram]

do you have to use some wire trick as I've seen once or twice? or does connecting one or more of the bridges still work? In the 2400+ I read its the last of the L3 bridges but that's all the info I've had to go on.

 

[Svtman]

Here is the article, LINK for unlocking

 

[Avram]

I'm not so sure that is up-to-date... I know thats how it used to be, but I was under the impression that for 2400+ ones at least you only connected the last L3 bridge and as for the 2700, I have no idea. Can anyone else confirm?