Trying to oc my Athlon 64 3000+

[plastick]

My system: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Newcastle 2.0GHz, Chaintech VNF3-250 nForce3 mobo

I have never overclocked before so I dont really know what I'm doing. Yes, I have googled around but I could not identify useful information and I dont want to spend hours reading.

I am guessing that I am supposed to change some stuff in my BIOS, which I have tried before, but I dont really know what to change.

In my BIOS, there are some options:
CPU Overclock in mhz - 200
AGP Overclock in mhz - 66
Clock Spread Spectrum- which goes from x4 @ 800mhz to x20 @ 4000mhz


Could someone give me some help or maybe a link. I will keep googling in the meantime

thanks

 

[Tsuwamono]

best thing to do is just up your FSB and drop your ram timming until you are more comfortable with the ins and outs of overclocking. Most people tell you to just stay away from it if you arent a guru but i on the other hand am telling you just not to touch your Voltage.

 

[plastick]

Thanks. I will look around in my BIOS to see if I can even do that... BTW: Whats with your sig? Doesnt Newegg do Canada??

 

[mooseracing]

with my nf3 250 and a 754 scoket 3000+ I could only squeeze out about 2.3 without touching voltage. I was able to get in the 2.4s reliably with a fan added to the soutbridge chip.

The board overclocks great. I can't remem my numbers but i think I was in the 212 x 10 or 12. Its been way to long since I've looked at it though.

 

[myocardia]

Have you read the most popular A64 overclocking guide on the internet? If not, start there, and ask if you don't understand something.

 

[Mondoman]

Regarding the settings you mentioned:
"CPU overclock" is likely the fundamental CPU clock (core CPU speed = CPU clock x multiplier); you'll be varying this (note that your CPU doesn't have an FSB and separate memory bus, as the memory controller is inside the CPU. Be sure to read up on memory dividers.).
"AGP overclock" allows you to vary the AGP bus speed, but DO NOT change this value from the default 66MHz.
"Spread Spectrum" serves no useful purpose and may decrease stability, so deactivate it/turn it off.

 

[plastick]

I've currently got it to 2270 (system fails at anything more) and I'm not sure where to change the multiplier. Also, I'm not sure how to change the voltage, unless its the voltage regulator, which I have set to 2.5 or something.

I've increased my render time by 3 seconds, yay.

 

[Scottae]

For my wifes PC (which has same proc) i just used "Clock Gen" to find a good starting point and worked a little memory timmings, voltage tweaks and boom . Shes good....and I feel better as person knowing she has an overclocked PC to browse the web...