Great Game Machine P4 3.0

Hello all you computer guru's
I`m pretty new to MSI check out my signature.
Pics to come once I get my mods done .
Anyone with some performance tips post them and I`ll do the same.(bios tweaks overclocking etc.) Been overclocking celerys since 98
So of course I overclocked my new rig and didnt like it. Stock heatsink so I didnt go crazy. Basically gains in processor speed = loss of memeroy speed for me.
The stok fsb with tight ram timings seems a bit crisper overall system performance to me.
Its neat to have it run at 3.6G stable but why if its overall performance is less mabey I`m doing somthing wrong like I said MSI newbie.
When I get gameplay problems (if ever) in a year or two then mabey I`ll overclock by then all questions should be answered plus price drop on good overclocking ram and extreme cooling setups and mabey even prescotts.
Please anyone with a stable rig like mine please post I shall reply.
Thanks and have a good New Year
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No luck
Best ram will do is 2.5-2-3-5-8
Fsb @ 207-8 ram 1 to 1 system becomes unstable with ht and pat enabled.
Disable pat (slow) fsb @ 215 ram 1-1 system unstable with ht on even manually set timings to lose.
Tried 333 setting fsb@ 240 system becomes unstable even with lose timings.
Haven`t tried the 266 setting or disableing ht.
With these minor overclocks the loss of pat cripples my system as seen through benchmarking.
I wonder if good high end ram would solve these problems but from reading various postings here seems a bit of a mystery.
Granted not to many people overclocking p4 3.0s.
Lots of 2.4s but thats a different ball game none of those are running 1 to 1 ram or mat or ht as there bench marks reflect.
Or if they are thats the ram I want lol.......
Had some Centcom 3500 ddr it was ever so slightly better benchmarking but still wouldnt boot at ultra turbo or overclock any better.
Well thank you for the tips I`m going to add some benchmarks to my sig.

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