totally new to oc'ing...

[glin]

i read through your "quick and dirty 64 oc'ing guide" and i imagine i could figure it out if i knew where to start. i've seen programs on the net that "change your FSB and multiplier without having to restart". are these programs any good? from what i've read they seem pretty easy to follow, and i was wondering where a good one was. i dont want to download some POS program to fry my new system.

here's what i'm working w/...

AMD Athalon 64 3700+ San Diego (Thermaltake A1838 HS/fan)
DFI Lan Party UT Nforce4 Ultra-D
2Gb RAM (2x1gig OCZ 3.3.3)
X850 XT oc'd to 590/1290
WD 120Gb, Maxtor 80Gb
Thermaltake Soprano

 

[Sentential]

First and foremost welcome to AT.

Second, no piece software can "fry a system". The only way you can physically damage a computer part is with voltage or ignorance during installation. The most software can do is ruin your OS.

Unfortunatly for you, other than clockgen there is no program in windows that is accessable to you that allows the use of FSB change without going into the BIOS.

But to be honest, you need to learn the BIOS anyway. Its really not hard at all.

 

[Harvey]

The Quick and dirty A64 clocking guide at the top of this forum may have more answers than you have questions.

 

[TGS]

[humor] Alert [/humor]

Here goes, hum this temp while reading it.

*Bumping tempo* *Bump---Bah-Dum--Bum--BumBum--Tiss*

You've read the thread, so now we break down the guide
Take that 3700 and pump up the ride.

Drop the H-T-T multi down
So you don't burn that bitch like a clown.

Crank up the voltage to one-point-five
So your Windows boot up won't take the dive.

Slowly bump up the H-TT
Cranking up to were-you-want-the clock speed to-be.

Don't forget to use the memo-ry divider,
lest you be drinking that old cheap ci-der.

It won't impact your rig too-much,
The boys saying otherwise need to get in touch.

So there you have it the A64 OCing rhyme,
I could drop another but I ain't got the time.

*Bump---Bah-Dum--Bum--BumBum--Tiss*

 

[cheesehead]

Originally posted by: TGS
[humor] Alert [/humor]

Here goes, hum this temp while reading it.

*Bumping tempo* *Bump---Bah-Dum--Bum--BumBum--Tiss*

You've read the thread, so now we break down the guide
Take that 3700 and pump up the ride.

Drop the H-T-T multi down
So you don't burn that bitch like a clown.

Crank up the voltage to one-point-five
So your Windows boot up won't take the dive.

Slowly bump up the H-TT
Cranking up to were-you-want-the clock speed to-be.

Don't forget to use the memo-ry divider,
lest you be drinking that old cheap ci-der.

It won't impact your rig too-much,
The boys saying otherwise need to get in touch.

So there you have it the A64 OCing rhyme,
I could drop another but I ain't got the time.

*Bump---Bah-Dum--Bum--BumBum--Tiss*

That was, quite possibly, the most awesome thing I've heard in a long time.

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: TGS
[humor] Alert [/humor]

Here goes, hum this temp while reading it.

*Bumping tempo* *Bump---Bah-Dum--Bum--BumBum--Tiss*

You've read the thread, so now we break down the guide
Take that 3700 and pump up the ride.

Drop the H-T-T multi down
So you don't burn that bitch like a clown.

Crank up the voltage to one-point-five
So your Windows boot up won't take the dive.

Slowly bump up the H-TT
Cranking up to were-you-want-the clock speed to-be.

Don't forget to use the memo-ry divider,
lest you be drinking that old cheap ci-der.

It won't impact your rig too-much,
The boys saying otherwise need to get in touch.

So there you have it the A64 OCing rhyme,
I could drop another but I ain't got the time.

*Bump---Bah-Dum--Bum--BumBum--Tiss*

LMAO

 

[theMan]

Originally posted by: TGS
[humor] Alert [/humor]

Here goes, hum this temp while reading it.

*Bumping tempo* *Bump---Bah-Dum--Bum--BumBum--Tiss*

You've read the thread, so now we break down the guide
Take that 3700 and pump up the ride.

Drop the H-T-T multi down
So you don't burn that bitch like a clown.

Crank up the voltage to one-point-five
So your Windows boot up won't take the dive.

Slowly bump up the H-TT
Cranking up to were-you-want-the clock speed to-be.

Don't forget to use the memo-ry divider,
lest you be drinking that old cheap ci-der.

It won't impact your rig too-much,
The boys saying otherwise need to get in touch.

So there you have it the A64 OCing rhyme,
I could drop another but I ain't got the time.

*Bump---Bah-Dum--Bum--BumBum--Tiss*

wow... that pretty much said it all.


dont forget pci lock.

 

[Bushman5]

WOOT WOOT WOOT WOOT anchore anchore

Ps dude your the biggest fing nerd alive LOL

 

[blckgrffn]

That was...that was... that was freakin' BEAUTIFUL man! Wow! I am in awe! That should go right in Zebo's guide! WOOT!

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: TGS
[humor] Alert [/humor]

Here goes, hum this temp while reading it.

*Bumping tempo* *Bump---Bah-Dum--Bum--BumBum--Tiss*

You've read the thread, so now we break down the guide
Take that 3700 and pump up the ride.

Drop the H-T-T multi down
So you don't burn that bitch like a clown.

Crank up the voltage to one-point-five
So your Windows boot up won't take the dive.

Slowly bump up the H-TT
Cranking up to were-you-want-the clock speed to-be.

Don't forget to use the memo-ry divider,
lest you be drinking that old cheap ci-der.

It won't impact your rig too-much,
The boys saying otherwise need to get in touch.

So there you have it the A64 OCing rhyme,
I could drop another but I ain't got the time.

*Bump---Bah-Dum--Bum--BumBum--Tiss*

Now that sir, is some nerdy OCing RAP!

 

[imported_g33k]

ROFL

 

[Furen]

OK, here's the what I can tell you from your specs (if you really cared to take your time with the guide it'd be great but to each his own, I guess).

First off, your mobo is great so you probably wont be limited by it.
Your memory, on the other hand, most certainly is not. It's quite tough to get much out of 1GB dimms so you'll have to use a divider to keep it running as close to 200MHz (DDR400) as possible.

If it was me here's the first thing I would try when overclocking that setup:

First, I'd go and lower the LDT multiplier or hypertransport or whatever the bios calls it to 4x or 800Mhz.
Then I'd raise the clock generator (or FSB or LDT clock or CPU clock, etc) to 240 and the VID to 1.5v (or raise the vcore by 8%, one or the other, not both).
Finally I'd go to the DRAM settings and set it the frequency 166 (or 333 depending on the bios) which will lead to a ram frequency of 240 / (200/166) = 199MHz (398DDR).

That would be a 2.64GHz operating frequencywhich (I hope) your cpu should be able to do. If it cant then you'd have to either scale down on the frequency or increase the vcore. To go higher than that you'll have to tinker with the system yourself but remember to try to keep your ram running at as close to DDR 400 (better to be under DDR400 than over, your system wont be unstable if you underclock the ram) and the hypertransport between 1000 and 800 or so.


Edit: Bah, old thread... Hopefully he'll at least read my post =(

 

[Wicked2010]

STICKY THAT RHYME!!!

 

[imported_NoGodForMe]

Be sure to watch the temps of your MB and your GPU.

I recently fried my BFG 6800 Ultra OC. I was running folding, and playing games, and then my card just froze up and stopped working. The next time I booted, I had artifacts on the screen. This is a 6 month old card, worked great all this time, until recently when I was leaving the machine on 24/7 to fold. Lucky for me, BFG has the lifetime warranty.

I'll still fold on that machine, but I'm going to watch the temps better.

 

[shira]

Originally posted by: glin

here's what i'm working w/...

AMD Athalon 64 3700+ San Diego (Thermaltake A1838 HS/fan)
DFI Lan Party UT Nforce4 Ultra-D
2Gb RAM (2x1gig OCZ 3.3.3)
X850 XT oc'd to 590/1290
WD 120Gb, Maxtor 80Gb
Thermaltake Soprano

Your overclock is going to be severely limited by 1 Gig sticks. Unless you have some specific reason for running 2 Gig of RAM (for example, you regularly use Adobe Photoshop with multiple layers), go to 2x512MB sticks if you want a good OC.