No problem. Yes, the dividers are under max memclock. The divider is a factor that gives you the memory clock from the CPU Overclock (FSB) setting. The dividers are based on a stock 200 FSB. So at a setting of 166 the divider is 166/200 or 5/6. Then at 250 your actual memclock is 250 x 5/6 = 208. At 240 memclock would be 200. If your memory can't run 1:1 (the auto setting) at high FSB, then you can use the divider to get it back within specification. Athlon 64 does not take a performance hit running memory asynch unlike Athlon XP.Originally posted by: NiN1111
Do you mind elaborating on that? 166 memory divider? You're talking about the option under "max memclock" correct? I thought that adjusts the maximum memory clock of the ram. Also, how exactly does it set the ram to 208?
Sorry for my newbieish questions, I don't have any experience with socket 754 motherboards.
Yeah same here. I didn't try the stock heatsink, put on a Thermalright SLK-948U, and my temps are 50 BIOS, 48 Soltek HWM at idle, goes to 50 load with HWM. This is after 2 weeks with AS5. AS5 application is tricky because it's so thick. You are supposed to put a small bead in the middle of the CPU heat spreader and let the pressure of the sink spread it out. If you coat the heat spreader with a thin layer you have a chance of trapping air when you attach the heatsink according to the AS website. I did the bead thing and from my temps I am not sure AS5 is the best thermal compond for this. I am going to try some Ceramique I have here. It is more mobile and should spread out better under the pressure of the heatsink.Originally posted by: Fuzn
Yeah, this makes no sense. I just installed a ZALMAN CNPS7000A-Cu fan on this motherboard and the temperature using the bios says 51c and 49 on the hardware monitor software. I got this heatsink because the stock one gave me... the exact same temperatures. What a nice upgrade. I also used arctic silver 5 with both fans. Should I wait a while for it to set in or should i just try reapplying the arctic silver again?
Originally posted by: DoobieOnline
Here's something interesting that I discovered last night - my gig of Ballistix PC4000 is suddenly able to run up to 235MHz totally stable at 2.5-3-2-10. doobie
Thanks but the ram is just rebate ram that I?ve used for couple years. Mismatched pny/ generic. I was planning on upgrading when I purchased the 64. Anyway I can easily get 2.2 from the 64 but the 2.5-3-2-10 will only get half way through 3dmark then freezes. That was with v-core at 1.55 and 2.60 dimm. The CPU multiplier didn?t seem to make any difference at all. In fact with the timings in auto I could run with 20x and didn't see any difference. If I use Dram default any thing over 2.2 gig is unstable.Originally posted by: DoobieOnline
Yep, I think you got it.Who makes your RAM and what model is it?
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Originally posted by: Xout
Well right now I have a 2.8G AMD Athlon XP on an Asus A7N8X-X motherboard with PC3200 Kingston DDR400 (1G) that doesn't support dual channel either but I have 333 FSB. Would I see any gain in speed going with the new 64 bit processors and motherboard? I really wanted to get something that can run 400 FSB and get the use of my dual channel memory. Thanks.
Originally posted by: Ertaz
Just as an update:
The Final OC for me is 2.47. I am running the mem @ the 166 setting (225FSB * 5/6 =187.5 I think). Runs Prime95 and D3 like no tomorrow. I will leave it F@H while I'm away next week. Oh well the next upgrade will be a dual NF4 Opteron (If I save up enough $ It may also be dual core). I am sold on the A64 chip design. I hate the speed of the P4's at work now.
Originally posted by: DoobieOnline
You can try 2.7 or 2.8V for the memory and 2.5-3-3-10 and see if that gets you stable. 183MHz isn't too shabby for generic PC2700.
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