3000+ Oc.

[PP Mguire]

Ok well i figured since i have this particular board, and i AM on OC3D i might as well do it some more. Im not particularly good at OCing but i was wondering if this was any good. Got a 3000+ A64 S939 Venice from Marklebb a while back and my friend gave it back cause he got a 4000+. So im toying with it. Wanted to know whatcha think. This is on stock cooling.



EDIT: Im not done either, going to keep on getting faster till i reach a wall or temps get too high.

 

[FragTek]

That's quite decent right there, but I bet theres a bit more headroom left in it so keep going!

The highest I've been able to take a 3000+ (Winchester) was 2.8ghz on air, that was a friggin' blast. Too bad I killed that chippy poppin' the IHS

 

[Ham]

Looks good too me too. 270fsb is nothing to be sniffed at. What mobo are you using?

 

[FarFarAway]

Aye that's good work that mate. I found 300FSB pretty hard to get nice and stable, only managing it with some proper top-notch TCCD (how I miss it), an SLI-D and a great stepping 3200+

 

[PP Mguire]

Uh oh seems i ran into a wall .

FSB 290@ 2.61ghz and when i try to go any further i dont clear the CMOS backup.

Im running a DFI Lanparty UT nF4 SLI-DR.

AMD Athlon64 3000+ Venice 512k

4x512mb Kingston ValueRAM PC2700

XFX 7950GT Xtreme

Im using a RAM divider, 1.45v core , 1.6v chipset, and 2.6v RAM.

 

[Ham]

Up the voltage to 1.5v, and keep a close eye on the temps. My 3200 managed 300X9 no problem at i think it was 1.55v. And that was on a DFI infinity. But that was under water.

 

[FragTek]

2.6ghz is nothing to sneeze at however! Those are some good on-air clocks.

 

[PP Mguire]

Ok seems 290 and 285 are not stable on 1.45v. I bumped the core up to 1.5 for 295 and it still wasnt working. I have the RAM divider set to "drum roll" 100 LOLs. The RAM is running at a whopping 284mhz right now hahahh. So i know thats not it. Chipset? Any other ideas? Im on stock cooling, so i gotta watch the CV bumpage.

 

[PP Mguire]

K looks like 280 is stable so far. 2.52ghz stable from 1.8 stock. Pretty good to me. Best OC ive ever done before.

Edit: K did a performance test on 280 with COH maxed. Went up 10FPS!!!

~60 average

136 max

~35min. Freakin crazy lol. I didnt think the speed increase would increase performance that much!

 

[Ham]

Overclocking Pwns.

 

[markkleb]

I would say you got a pretty good deal on it, FX speed for $50

 

[FarFarAway]

Anyone who hasn't overclocked and does it for the first time I envy you

The feeling is awesome when you relaise performance jumps and you've got a £500 proccy for a whole lot less

 

[PP Mguire]

Well im not exactly a n00b at it cause ive done it before. Its just i dont see the point in spending a whole lot of money on a fast processor then OC it when its already fast enough. This thing though, i got back and actualy spent 50 bucks on so i didnt really care and its doing a great job. Pwning his 4000+ as well

The catch here is what im doing with the RAM. I got the divider set to 120 right now for DDR 240 speed, but with the FSB being so high im getting almost around DDR333 speeds with 2-2-2-5 timings. Makes life easier keeping your RAM stock

My past experience with OCing though was my second SocketA system with a 2600+ Barton i got to 2.3ghz from 1.92. Then i got an X2 3800+ that i got to 2.6 with great RAM so, ive got SOME experience kinda. Just luck tbh.

 

[FragTek]

What RAM r u using mate? U should try the CAS @ 1.5 or 1

 

[PP Mguire]

BUAHAH yea right! It wouldnt work at all. Im using 4x512 Kingston PC2700 ValueRAM. Its the only spare stuff i have that i dont care if it goes kapluey. And with the FSB as high as it is im still running it at DDR333 speeds, so unless i lower the FSB back to 200 and have the ram divider on like 180 or somethin i couldnt do it. Can try though!

 

[FragTek]

BUAHAH yea right! It wouldnt work at all. Im using 4x512 Kingston PC2700 ValueRAM. Its the only spare stuff i have that i dont care if it goes kapluey. And with the FSB as high as it is im still running it at DDR333 speeds, so unless i lower the FSB back to 200 and have the ram divider on like 180 or somethin i couldnt do it. Can try though!

I thought u might be rockin' sold old school TCCD's but I just now remembered that you already had to divide the hell out of your RAM to get it where it is now.

 

[PP Mguire]

Yea, just keeping it at 333 cause it wont go over 358@ 2.7v.

 

[PP Mguire]

Ok little update. Ive got some G.Skill value PC3200 in it now and i think if im not doing anything today im gonna try and bust my what was it 285 limit? My goal ultimately is 2.8ghz on stock air. I believe with the higher ram speeds and the divider i was using i can reach it. (This RAM is even worse where speed and timings are concernd)