P4C800 owners, How do OC and tweak?

[Icewind]

Ok, burn in for my new computer is nearing completion, and now its time to OC and tweak my baby. Im running P4C800-Deluxe Mobo, 2.8c P4, Kingston HyperX 3500 ram. Cooling the CPU is a brand new Zalman 7000cu.


I just need some help decipher were to go in the BIOS to starting tweaking my memory and CPU. What are the settings called that I need to change in order to start changing RAM timings and OC the FSB? At what point do I change to the 5:4 ratio, and what is that option called? Should I lock the AGP/PCI speed settings right away, and what option is that? What exactly do 2-2-3-7 mean? How will I know what timings will work best? What happens if my system hangs after restarting?

I just need a walkthrough so I know wha tim doing. This is the first P4 sytem ive owned after 2 athlon systems, and I wanna get started on the right foot, and not just start changing crap. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

 

[bjc112]

Well you can first start off by bumping your FSB up by 3 or 5 mhz @ a time...

Your DDR is capable of a 217 FSB at tight timings, my ( Hyper X 3200 ) Does 220 FSB stable at 2/3/3/6... Yours will do at least 230...

Anyhow, raise the FSB until you reach a point of instability, then add a little voltage to the Vdimm (2.7v) in the BIOS. The Cpu would also like 5% voltage increase also, Vcore.

That should allow you to push further also. Once you realize your memory has hit the wall, you can opt for the 5:4 ratio and see how much further you can push it...

Lemme know how it goes..

Good Luck!

 

[Icewind]

Ok, but what setting is in the BIOS to change the FSB? Also, I heard people OC the CPU and not even needing to raise the Voltage on the CPU. Raising the voltage on the memory worries me, I haven't heard alot of people needing to do that.


But what are the timings? What exactly are they and what do they do and when do I start change them and how often? Arrrgh, thats the most confusing part

 

[bacillus]

the options should show themselves if you disable the overclock tuner!

 

[Icewind]

Can someone PLEASE tell me what those RAM settings are and mean?? Im not asking much...