overclocking my 1.8A w/ an ASUS P4S533-E

willeyummmm

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i cannot seem to overclock my cpu very high.. maybe up to 2ghz and thats about it. i just found out my cpu info:

Core Stepping B0

i am also using PNY PC2100 256mb DDR ram.

so do u guys think its my ram that is holding me back?? somebody please help.
 

willeyummmm

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vdimm?? also.. are you talking about the CAS timing on the ram?? i set that to auto. should i just set it manually at the highest values?
 

THUGSROOK

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you should probably read your motherboard manual before attempting to overclock.

kinda hard to help you when you dont understand what we are talking about ;)
 

ChampionAtTufshop

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Originally posted by: willeyummmm
vdimm?? also.. are you talking about the CAS timing on the ram?? i set that to auto. should i just set it manually at the highest values?

vdimm = voltage supplied to dimm
dimm= slot ram plugs into

timings:
set it to manual and yeah select highest values fo all
 

Duvie

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It is very likely the ram is either holding you back now or will shortly....

Go ahead and change the memory ratio to 1:1 and see if it works....at 1:1 and likely 112fsb (sounds like where you are near) you would be running the memory at 224mhz which is underclocked. If you still have issues it may not be the ram.
 

willeyummmm

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i've overclocked before. but never with crappy ass ram. so i dont really know whats going on.

thanks for the help ChampionAtTufshop. imma probably get bettter ram. what would u recommend?? i was looking at the kingston hyperX PC3000 512 ram on sale on googlegear. or should i just save a lil more up for cosair?
 

willeyummmm

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Originally posted by: Duvie
It is very likely the ram is either holding you back now or will shortly....

Go ahead and change the memory ratio to 1:1 and see if it works....at 1:1 and likely 112fsb (sounds like where you are near) you would be running the memory at 224mhz which is underclocked. If you still have issues it may not be the ram.

on the P4S533-E motherboard, i cannot set the memory ratio. its weird, i've built my friends computer with the P4S533 mobo and i was able to set the memory ratio. i've overclocked many computer before w/o a problem. thats prob becuase i was using much better ram.

right now, im at 125fsb and it seems to be running fine. at 133, it locks up when i load up counterstrike :( my voltage is set at 1.625 right now.

 

ChampionAtTufshop

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up the vcore too

hmmm...download wcpuid and see waht the ram is at
maybe its running in a 1:1 ratio already?

what about temps and psu?
 

willeyummmm

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my temp is around 43c. i set all the cas timing to the max value. i have the computer at 2.4ghz 133fsb and its running pretty stable. thanks for your help..

im going to see how h igh i can go.
 

ChampionAtTufshop

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aite kewl

to check for stability, prime95 and memtest86 are a must

(i like to do prime95+3dmark2k1se loops...if it survives, this along with memtest86 then i dub system stable heh :D)

 

tweakfreak

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what vcore are you using?
I am running an 1.8A on a P4B533 with ddr333 memory and had to go up to 1.65 on the voltage to get my system stable