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Overclocking the Athlon 64 3200+

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mitchafi

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I am running an Athlon 64 on an ASUS K8V Deluxe and was wondering if there are any good guides out for how to overclock this setup.
 
in the bios, go to jumperfree setup. Try 217 MHZ for starters (I had to go down to 210 after using two sticks when I upgraded to 1 gig memory.) Thats about all you can do. People I have seen get from 210-230, but I can;t get over 210 now (I also have a SCSI card)
 
Originally posted by: wizdum
210 would be 840mhz fsb correct?
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There is NO FSB in the Athlon64, just an HTT channel, but the HTT would then be at 840 or 1680 total.

 
Do I have to up my ram mhz or something to or does it do that automatically? And what about voltage. Any extra cooling required? Do I need to run Prime95 to test the OC? Sorry for the barrage of questions, I have no experience in overclocking.
 
By upping the HTT, you are forcing the ram to run faster. By best stability test is to run 3dmark2003, if it finishes, you are probably good. I don;t recommend upping any voltage myself, some hardcore overclockers do it, not me. No extra cooling required. Try running at 210 for 3 days, it OK, then go to 212 for 3 days, etcc... The first time you up it and it starts giving you trouble, go back down 2. Like I said, mine runs 210 OK, 215 not, and I havn;t bothered yet to find the limit with 2 sticks installed.
 
So, whats the worst thing I could do to my PC by upping it to 210. Also, anyone know of any good programs to monitor PC temperature?
 
If you only up the HTT as I said ? The worst thing would be to corrupt data while the PC is running. Set it back, and all you loose is the data. The K8V comes with ASUS probe software, and it works fine. Trust me, even with a stock cooler and if you live in the tropics, I doubt you could ever hit 55c under full load. Mine runs 35c-40c.
 
Last question, whats the max you can update the HTT that 2 X 512MB Mushkin PC3500 Level One Dual Pack (CAS2) will support? Right now i'm at 210 and seem to be doing fine.
 
keep going up until something doesn't work right. And please let us know what that is !!!
 
When it doesn't work will you get a message on post that says overclock failed or will your PC hang. I'm downloading 3DMark03 right now so I can test it out, I also heard Prime95 was good to use?
 
stuff will just stop working correctly, BSOD, hang, not post, a multitude of things. You will know once you hit the "ceiling", and I did run prime95, but I find the real test is the high tech games like Far Cry. If you can play it for an hour, you are stable. 3dmark03 is just my first test. If you get through that, your changes are good for a OC being good.
 
Man, those new athlon 64s are sh*t for overclocking options at this point aren't they?

Is the overclock even worth the work finding the maxout point of your HT bus???
 
Markfw900, what cooler do u have on that AMD 3000? I have the same and was wondering how further I could push it. I have a Zalman BTW.
 
I have exactly the same stuff, with the exception of the HDD's and memory. I have Mushkin Level II. The best I've gotten stable is 10*215, with memory at 2-3-3-7 w/2.8v. I set the cpu voltage at 1.525 because it undervolts slightly. 217 bus wasn't quite stable, even with milder timings. You can change to lower multipliers by selecting different cpu speeds (1900, 1800 etc.), but I wasn't able to get much higher bus speed, and had to use CAS 2.5.
 
Originally posted by: GoodToGo
Markfw900, what cooler do u have on that AMD 3000? I have the same and was wondering how further I could push it. I have a Zalman BTW.
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I have the Thermaltake Silent Boost K8. I run at stock voltages, and CAS 2-3-3-6 at 215 now, used to be 218, but that was with one stick of memory.
 
Having the lower multipliers unlocked on A64's just begs for agp/pci-locked boards and unfotunately, the only one currently available is the chaintech nf3-250 board but its like 170$ atm.
 
It affects the systems ability to communicate correctly with more sticks. The more you have the slower it will work (usually). Not by much, but enough.
 
Originally posted by: mitchafi
Why does whether you have one or two sticks of memory affect OCing?
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Same goes for the amount of memory and whether it is doube or single sided. The more complicated the memory and the larger the amount of chips, the harder it can be. For most of the "extreme" overclockers they prefer 2 sticks of 256MB because they can overclock further with them. The more memory that is on one chip, the more likely it becomes that one of the chips will not work at the higher frequency causing your system not to work properly.
 
Originally posted by: Markfw900
It affects the systems ability to communicate correctly with more sticks. The more you have the slower it will work (usually). Not by much, but enough.
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The system communicates with one Ram Controller though?
 
Well 3DMark03 ran fine on 219 FSB but crashed at 220. I may try it again, perhaps it was just a coincidence. Now I'm gearing up to OC my 9800 Pro.
 
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