uh i think this would be called normalclocking...

[Foxconn]

ok so i just built a new computer(most of the barebones are in my sig) and i got 2 gigs of memory that said it was pc4000(DDR 500) so that would make it 250mhz, its steeping as follows 3-4-4-8, ok so i have no idea what any of this means but im going to continue, cpuz has reported the memory(as also my mb bios) at 3-3-3-7 at 200mhz so i have no clue i know it not running at the speeds i want it to, and also i want to make sure my ratio is 1:1, preety sure that means the HTT and the memroy clock are at the same clock, then again i may have no clueso if someone could point me in the right direction that would be chipper.

heres some info from cpu-z...
CPUID Output
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Number of CPUs 1
APIC ID 0
Name AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Code name ClawHammer
Specification AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
Family/Model/Stepping F7A
Extended Family/Model F/7
Brand ID 4
Package Socket 939
Core Stepping SH7-CG
Technology 0.13µ
Instructions Sets MMX, Extended MMX, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, x86-64
Features NX
Clock Speed 2216.6 MHz
Clock multiplier x11.0
HTT Bus Frequency 201.5 MHz
P-Rating 3500+
L1 Data Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Instruction Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Cache 512 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed 2216.6 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes
L2 Bus Width 128 bits

Chipset
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Northbridge nVidia nForce4 rev. A3
Southbridge nVidia nForce4 MCP rev. A3
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width x16
PCI-E Max Link Width x16
Memory Type DDR
Memory Size 2048 MBytes
Memory Frequency 201.5 MHz (CPU/11)
CAS# 3.0
RAS# to CAS# 3
RAS# Precharge 3
Cycle Time (tRAS) 7
Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 11
DRAM Idle Timer 16

Memory SPD
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DIMM #1

General
Memory type DDR-SDRAM
Manufacturer (ID) Gskill (7F7F7F7FCD000000)
Size 1024 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC4000 (250 MHz)
Part number HZ
Manufacturing date Week 00/Year 00

Attributes
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Registered no
Buffered no

Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 250
CAS# 3.0
RAS# to CAS# delay 4
RAS# Precharge 4
TRAS# 8


DIMM #2

General
Memory type DDR-SDRAM
Manufacturer (ID) Gskill (7F7F7F7FCD000000)
Size 1024 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC4000 (250 MHz)
Part number HZ
Manufacturing date Week 00/Year 00

Attributes
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Registered no
Buffered no

Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 250
CAS# 3.0
RAS# to CAS# delay 4
RAS# Precharge 4
TRAS# 8


once again any and all help is greatly appricated

 

[unprecedented]

I'm gonna guess your mobo can't handle RAM over 200Mhz, atleast not with default BIOS settings. Go into your bios and find where ever you ram timings and mhz settings are. You should find that the RAM Mhz is set at 200, or ddr 400. So just adjust it to suit your RAM. But you might not have the option of going above 200. I also recommend staying out of the BIOS if your a newb.

 

[Tu13erhead]

Your CPU has a default FSB speed of 200mhz. Therefore, it'll set your FSB to that, regardless of what your RAM runs at. If you want your RAM to run at 250Mhz, you'll have to overclock your FSB to reach that speed, I think.

 

[Foxconn]

well its an asus board so im almost postive its made for overclocking, but would chagning the fsb to 250mhz be signfacnt speed of overheating it? i know how to use the bios and that jazz but just need to knwo what is to much

 

[Thorny]

IIRC, you need a new E6 Venice and a bios update to run your mem full speed without an overclock. You can lower your cpu multi and raise your HTT to 250 if you don't want to oc your cpu. A multi of 9 will get you close to where you want to be, but your cpu should be able handle using a 10 if you want to oc.

There is a sticky at the top of the forum with a wealth of info on this.

 

[DrMrLordX]

Just a point, but you will get virtually no performance boost from running your memory at 250 mhz instead of 200 mhz. You might get a small one from latency improvements that come from higher memory clocks, but not much else. As long as your HTT(FSB) stays at 200, running your memory at 200 mhz is "good enough". Your RAM will shine if you start overclocking, and here's no telling if you'll ever get up to 250 mhz HTT with that chip. Some of those Clawhammer 3500+ procs do remarkably well . . .

 

[unprecedented]

Originally posted by: Foxconn
well its an asus board so im almost postive its made for overclocking, but would chagning the fsb to 250mhz be signfacnt speed of overheating it? i know how to use the bios and that jazz but just need to knwo what is to much

Any extra heat will only come from upping the Vcore.

 

[CrimsonKnight]

its steeping as follows 3-4-4-8, ok so i have no idea what any of this means but im going to continue, cpuz has reported the memory(as also my mb bios) at 3-3-3-7 at 200mhz so i have no clue i know it not running at the speeds i want it to,

the lower the number, the faster its running....the way you said that paragraph made me think you think otherwise