I'd like a few specific tips/opinions on overclocking my A7N8X/2400+, but first, let me get the annoying informative bit out of the way:
- A7N8X (1002 final BIOS, Uber)(nVidia driver pack, Jan30)
- AMD 2400+
- Swiftech 462+ w/Vantec Tornado
- ATI 9700 (v1.3, BIOS 8004)(Catalyst 62.55's w/o refresh caps)
- 2x256 Samsung PC3200
- TTGI 520w PSU
- 2xWD 8000JB attached to...
- High Point RocketRAID PCI card
- Audigy 2 (w/December driver updates)
- Microsoft USB keyboard/mouse( ! motherboard resource )
- heatsinks on North/Southbridge and memory
- Win XP SP1+/DX9
- ALL "integrated peripherals" turned off except for nVidia LAN
This post was originally meant for Prometheus, after seeing what he's accomplished (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=5551882), but in the end, I decided that this warranted a wider intelligence base.
In any case...I've gotta tell you, it's been so long since I've overclocked an AMD system (successfully)(I'm gun-shy about manually unlocking my CPU's) that I was literally *shaking* when I began experimenting this morning with my FSB/clock frequency! And, to be honest, I didn't think that the BIOS/mobo had unlocked the clocks on this chip anyway. You already know the answer...yup!
Anyway, I had a few questions...
[1] Juicing 1.85 volts into that poor wee processor (ouch!), will bring the temperature to what? (With my Swiftech/Tornado on top, I'm getting 60c with only 1.75 volts!)
(stock being 47c @ 1.65)
[2] I started out (prior to knowing that I could lower the clocks) with just a straight 150 FSB increase and a 1.75 juice to the CPU, which gave me a comfortable 2.25 Ghz. If I maintain that 2.25 Ghz limit, regardless of how high my FSB goes (or how low my clocks go), shouldn't I be able to run smoothly with the same 1.75 volts that was working at 150/15? (I ask because at 150/15 *and* 166/13.5 I am fine, but when I tried 180/12.5, my rig froze up in BIOS !)(I was planning on working my way up to 200/11.)
[3] What are the upper limits in temps for the 2400+? If you'd shown me any AMD proc (from Palomino on back) with 60c temps, I'd show you a charcoal briquette. After I'd recovered from my fainting, that is!
[4] What's the highest (STABLE) overclock for the 9700 with the half-a$$ed stock cooling (like I've got)? What are some good after-market kits for air-cooling the 9700? (I usually take an Alpha PEP 66 [http://www.alphanovatech.com/c_pep66e_photo.html] for the GPU [w/some Arctic Thermal Epoxy] and a hacked up ThermalTake Memory cooling kit for the BGA chips)
[5] What kind of memory are you using? I've got 2 x 256 Samsung PC3200 that may or may not actually be Samsung...(OCZ, anyone?) (But I am saving pennies for a couple of matched Corsair PC3200's)
As I say, I'm shooting for 200/11 with what I've got, so any and all comments, criticisms and conundrums are warmly welcomed by me and all the other not-so-experienced OC-ers.
Fester
- A7N8X (1002 final BIOS, Uber)(nVidia driver pack, Jan30)
- AMD 2400+
- Swiftech 462+ w/Vantec Tornado
- ATI 9700 (v1.3, BIOS 8004)(Catalyst 62.55's w/o refresh caps)
- 2x256 Samsung PC3200
- TTGI 520w PSU
- 2xWD 8000JB attached to...
- High Point RocketRAID PCI card
- Audigy 2 (w/December driver updates)
- Microsoft USB keyboard/mouse( ! motherboard resource )
- heatsinks on North/Southbridge and memory
- Win XP SP1+/DX9
- ALL "integrated peripherals" turned off except for nVidia LAN
This post was originally meant for Prometheus, after seeing what he's accomplished (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=5551882), but in the end, I decided that this warranted a wider intelligence base.
In any case...I've gotta tell you, it's been so long since I've overclocked an AMD system (successfully)(I'm gun-shy about manually unlocking my CPU's) that I was literally *shaking* when I began experimenting this morning with my FSB/clock frequency! And, to be honest, I didn't think that the BIOS/mobo had unlocked the clocks on this chip anyway. You already know the answer...yup!
Anyway, I had a few questions...
[1] Juicing 1.85 volts into that poor wee processor (ouch!), will bring the temperature to what? (With my Swiftech/Tornado on top, I'm getting 60c with only 1.75 volts!)
(stock being 47c @ 1.65) [2] I started out (prior to knowing that I could lower the clocks) with just a straight 150 FSB increase and a 1.75 juice to the CPU, which gave me a comfortable 2.25 Ghz. If I maintain that 2.25 Ghz limit, regardless of how high my FSB goes (or how low my clocks go), shouldn't I be able to run smoothly with the same 1.75 volts that was working at 150/15? (I ask because at 150/15 *and* 166/13.5 I am fine, but when I tried 180/12.5, my rig froze up in BIOS !)(I was planning on working my way up to 200/11.)
[3] What are the upper limits in temps for the 2400+? If you'd shown me any AMD proc (from Palomino on back) with 60c temps, I'd show you a charcoal briquette. After I'd recovered from my fainting, that is!
[4] What's the highest (STABLE) overclock for the 9700 with the half-a$$ed stock cooling (like I've got)? What are some good after-market kits for air-cooling the 9700? (I usually take an Alpha PEP 66 [http://www.alphanovatech.com/c_pep66e_photo.html] for the GPU [w/some Arctic Thermal Epoxy] and a hacked up ThermalTake Memory cooling kit for the BGA chips)
[5] What kind of memory are you using? I've got 2 x 256 Samsung PC3200 that may or may not actually be Samsung...(OCZ, anyone?) (But I am saving pennies for a couple of matched Corsair PC3200's)
As I say, I'm shooting for 200/11 with what I've got, so any and all comments, criticisms and conundrums are warmly welcomed by me and all the other not-so-experienced OC-ers.
Fester
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