Overclocking decisions (Mainly RAM freq.)

Hello everybody:
This is my first post. Hope to come here often and participate whenever I can.
First of all, I'm new to this stuff of overclocking, but it is a very interesting subject.
I read the sticky posts on this category, but still some questions rise.
I'm planning on building a system for me. I'll be doing mostly programming, digital photo processing (a lot of), and Video Editing (also a lot).
I'm checking MoBo's from several brands, looking through websites with tests and comparisons and benchmarking
I'm almost decided on MSI 875P FIS2R + P4 because I think Hyperthreading can be very useful in the programs I will use. Also i'll need lots and lots and lots of space, so i'm thinking on RAID 0, with 4 SATA 150 250GB drives. This should be enough
Also stability is somehow an issue. I can't afford to lose hours of work just because the darn thing freezes!
So, now that you know the story of my life, here come the questions:
I'm actually quite confused with all this mix of DDR, FSB and CPU frequencies.
Assuming I'll buy a P4 C Northwood, I cant' go over 4 Ghz with it, right?
So I'll assume the best performance I can get from a P4 C system would be using a 3.2 Ghz processor with DDR 500 and an FSB running at 1000 Mhz, right? This would allow me to run the system at 1:1 4Ghz, the processor's limit.
Would the MSI 875P FIS2R support these settings? Would the system be stable (in theory)?
In terms of performance, what would happen if I used DDR of a different frequency (higher or lower)?
Would a system of P4 C 3Ghz + DDR 533 + FSB running at 1066 Mhz be more stable then the previous one? Are there motherboards able to support 1000-1100 FSB's?
Running a system at a ratio different than 1:1 would affect performance in what way?
What's your opinion on More RAm vs Faster RAM (2 GB DDR 400 v 1 GB DDR 550), for general use? Would a system benefit more from the former or the later?
Faster SPD or higher frequency? (For instance 2-2-2-6 DDR400 vs 3-4-4-7 DDR 550)
One last question regarding the case/ventilation/power... Any suggestions?
Sorry for the long post
Hope to hear from you
   Jose Rodrigues  

I will try to answer what I can.
If you are going to O/C to 4Ghz good luck, and you will have to consider better cooling than stock.
As far as your ratio question I was running in 5:4 @ 3.3Ghz but games like Age of Empire and Galactic Battlegrounds would stutter like crazy. When I tried 1:1 @ 3.0Ghz everything was fine. NO stutter an all. It has been mentioned on this forum before and I totally agree, 1:1 is best.
My opinion on more ramm would be (general use) 1Gb is enough and the higher the ddr the better, as long as the mobo can handle it. DDR 500 will O/C better than DDR 3200
The higher frequency ramm usually do better with relaxed timmings. 3-4-4-8
Ventilation is a book in itself. In thru the front out thru the rear. Putting a blowhole in the top is always a good idea. Chieftech makes a good case. I would stick with a brand name PSU . PC Power and Cooling make a great PSU, but they are pricey.
If you set up RAID 0 with 4 250Gb HD I am shure you know that what you will have is a very fast 250Gb SATA HD.
I hope that helps.

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    BIOS Layout - Just to save some time, I'll describe where BIOS options that we'll be using are all in one place, so that when I reference something you can just look up here and figure out how to find the appropriate setting in the BIOS.  Basically, there are two pages that we're interested in for overclocking (note that the Neo4 manual is actually extremely well done, and describes pretty much all of the BIOS options, so you can use it as well).  The first is the "Advanced Chipset Features" page.  Going "Advanced Chipset Features" -> "DRAM Configuration" brings up pretty much all of your memory related options (divider, timings, etc.), *except* for the RAM voltage.  The RAM voltage option is on the "Cell Menu" page, which happens to also contain all the other settings we are interested in, including FSB speed, HTT multiplier, CPU multiplier, vcore, vmem, chipset voltage, etc..  Basically, if it's not memory related, it's on the "Cell Menu" page.
    HTT Speed - As mentioned earlier, your HTT speed pretty much has no performance impact on the system once it gets to 800+ MHz, so the very first thing you can do is select the 4x HTT multiplier in the BIOS.  Note that as the HTT speed gets above about 1100 MHz, it will probably start to make the system unstable.  Therefore, you should keep track of the product of your FSB setting and your HTT multiplier, and whenever it gets to be above 1100, decrement the HTT multiplier to the next lowest setting.  at a 4x multiplier, you should be good up to about 275 MHz on your FSB.  Because the HTT's impact on performance is negligible, you do not need to worry about trying to maximize its value during overclocking.
    CPU speed - Onve you've reduced your HTT multiplier, it's time to find your max stable core speed.  To do this first go to the memory page and select a memclock index of 100 MHz.  This will run your RAM it half the FSB speed, and the reason for doing this is to ensure that as we raise the FSB, any instability the occurs is a result of the overclocked CPU and not a result of overclocked RAM, so that we can be sure that we have indeed found the maximum stable CPU speed when we are done.  Leave your other RAM settings at their defaults, we'll come back and tweak these later.  Now go to the CPU page and select "Manual" for the "High Performance Mode" option if necessary to enable editing of the settings.  You should disable Dynamic Overclocking (since you are doing this manually) and I recommend disabling Cool'n'Quiet, though you don't have to if you really don't want to.  Disable all the "... Spectrum" settings (what these do is kind of complicated, but the manual plainly states that they should be disabled if you are overclocking, so heed its advice).  Also disable "Aggressive Timing", as this will decrease your RAM overclockability substantially without providing any real benefit (and may make it unstable even at its rated settings).  Now, what you want to do is, leaving the other CPU settings (i.e. vcore and multiplier) the same, start raising your FSB Frequency in 10 to 12 MHz increments, depending on your multiplier (basically you want to raise it about 100 MHz at a time).  Some people feel this is a fairly large jump to do at a time, but I've found that the Athlon64 handles it just fine.  If you get up above about 2.4 GHz, then you might want to only go by half of this at a time though.  Remember to decrement your HTT multiplier as necessary.  Basically, every time you raise the FSB, test for stability by letting the system try to boot to Windows.  If it is successful, return to BIOS and raise the core speed some more.  Once the system fails to boot, you have two options, either raise the CPU voltage (use the "CPU VID" setting in the BIOS to adjust the voltage directly, or the "CPU Voltage" setting to specify how much over the specified amount of voltage to apply...personally I prefer the "CPU VID" route, but it's really a matter of personal preference, and yes, both can be manipulated in unison...one thing I've noticed here is that the "CPU Voltage" settings seem to allow for less variance in the final vcore setting, keeping it very close to the specified voltage at all times, whereas increasing via the "CPU VID" option lets the voltage decrease a bit from the specified value when the system is not under load) and try again (and keep repeating until you have given the CPU as much voltage as you are comfortable with and the system can no longer be made stable), or return to you last stable setting and let it boot.  Once you have done this, use your benchmarking and stress testing software to make sure you really are stable at your settings.  If the system crashes or the test reports errors, you will either need to raise the voltage a little, or lower the FSB a little (this is where ClockGen can be a big timesaver).  While some people swear by Prime95, my opinion is that if you can get through the largest SuperPi test without any errors, your overclock is stable.  Monitor your temps while you do this.  If you notice that the CPU temperature is getting above 60 degrees, you are running a bit too hot.  Generally speaking, about 55 should be considered the threshold of safety here.  If you're running hot, you can either decrease the voltage and FSB settings, or get a better cooling solution.  Once you have determined that your setting is stable and not overheating your CPU, record your core speed (not your FSB speed, the total CPU speed) and voltage settings for later.  You should probably be shooting for a target clock speed of around 2.4 GHz, or more if you have good cooling, or if you are interested in doing a "safe" overclock, just shoot for as high as you can get without raising the voltage.
    Memory Speed - Now that you know your CPU's limits, it's time to work on the RAM.  First restore your FSB to 200 MHz and your CPU voltage to its default, and specify a CPU multiplier of 6x to make sure that the CPU will not be stressed as your raise the FSB.  Go to your RAM page, and manually specify whatever timings are appropriate to your RAM modules.  Also be sure to set "1T/2T Memory Timing" to 1T (set the "... Mode" setting to Manual to make the RAM settings editable).  Leave the rest of the settings alone, except for the "Memclock Index Value".  Here, you have a choice to make.  If you have high quality RAM, or your target CPU speed is not too high (like < 2.3 GHz), you can try to run your RAM synchronously, which will give you somewhat better latency.  If this is the case, select an index value of 200 MHz (note that on the Neo4, when you select a memclock index what you are really specifying in the ratio at which the RAM operates relative to the FSB...the memclock index option is basically just obscuring this setting.  To calculate your ratio, divide whatever the index value is by 200, so an index of 200 MHz is a 1:1 ratio, an index of 150 MHz is a 3:4 ratio, and so on).  If your RAM is not of very high quality (for example, it's only rated as PC3200), or your target CPU speed is high, you will likely need to run the RAM asynchronously, so select the next highest index value of 180 MHz.  This will let you get slightly higher RAM clock speeds, at the cost of a little bit of added latency (the performance hit isn't much...you'll be much faster running asynch at 2.4 GHz than synch at 2.2 GHz).  Now you do the same thing that you did with the CPU, gradually increasing the FSB (you might want to use smaller increments this time though) until the system will no longer boot (remember again to decrease the HTT multiplier if necessary), and then returning to your last stable setting (or increasing the voltage and repeating) and booting to Windows and running stability tests.  You do not need to monitor your temps while doing the RAM tests (unless you want to).  Generally I find that Sandra's "Cache and Memory..." benchmark works well for detecting memory instability, and you can also use SuperPi, Prime95, or Memtest86 as well.  Once you have tested stable, record your memory clock speed (use the formula:  memory speed = FSB speed * memclock index value / 200) and voltage and reboot to the BIOS settings menu.  Note that while you may be able to attain a higher memory clock speed by selecting a higher CAS latency, it is not generally advisible to do so, as from what I've seen, although memory bandwidth remains about the same as CAS increases (as far as Sandra is concerned anyways), the lower latency provided by CAS2 improves the system score by 5% in PCMark 04, and given that RAM performance scales pretty much linearly relative to the clock speed, unless running at CL2.5 lets you get *at least* 10 to 15 MHz higher than at CL2, it is not worth it overall.
    Run the Numbers - Believe it or not the performance of the Neo4 system is dictacted pretty much entirely by the core and memory clock speeds (given identical memory timing settings).  The only other real factor is whether the RAM is run synchronously or not, which you just decided in the above step, so all that's left to do now is find the combination of memclock index, FSB, and CPU multiplier that allow you to get as clost to both your target core and memory speeds as possible.  If you are running synchronously, your task is simple, just keep your memclock index of 200 MHz, specify your target FSB speed, and your default CPU multiplier (unless your RAM is so good that the CPU is not stable at the default multiplier and the RAM's top FSB speed, in which case drop the multiplier accordingly).  If running the RAM asynchronously your task is a bit more difficult (having a calculator for this part will help), basically you have to go through the list of memory dividers (memclock indexes), and for each one calculate the ratio of memclock index / 200, and then divide your target memory clock speed by that ratio to get the FSB needed to attain your target memory speed (for example, if the target is 230 MHz, for a memclock index of 150 we get a ratio of 0.75, and 230 / 0.75 = 307 MHz, so running the RAM at 230 MHz with an index of 150 MHz requires a FSB setting of 307 MHz...pretty good if your target clockspeed is 2.45 GHz, as selecting an 8x multiplier will pretty much hit this exactly), and then go through the available *whole* CPU multipliers (I've heard that the half-multipliers should be avoided, as they cause the memory to get clocked incorrectly) and see if any multiplier times the FSB you calculated hits (or comes reasonably close to hitting) your target CPU speed.  Go through all of them until you get an exact (or very close) match, and pick whichever one ends up matching most closely.  Note that there is no benefit in this case to a higher FSB speed configuration over a lower FSB speed configuration, provided that both produce the same core and memory clock values, so you should not favor configurations with needlessly high FSB settings unless they produce a better fit than the others.  Apply whichever settings are closest, and then apply the appropriate CPU and memory voltage settings that you got from the previous steps.  Also apply whichever HTT multiplier will put you closest to 1000 MHz without going over 1100 MHz.  After this, your system should be ready to boot, overclocked and stable.  Be sure to do additional benchmarking and stress testing to make sure that you really are stable (if you saved your scores at the beginning, compare them to your scores now and marvel at the improvement...and post the results for people to see), and be sure to monitor your temps for a bit to make sure your cooling is working adequately.
    Post Overclock Overclocking:
    There's not a whole lot to do now, but if you want to try to tweak your memory timings to get a little bit of extra performance, now is the time to do it...just remember to record your stable overclock settings somewhere (*not* on the computer) in case the tweaking forces a CMOS reset and you lose all your settings, and enjoy.  Also you can overclock whatever video card you have, a process that's much easier and faster than overclocking your CPU/RAM/FSB.
    In Closing:
    I hope someone out there finds this useful, given how long it took to write up.  Maybe I'll get lucky and this will end up as a sticky...we'll see.  And just to start things off, here are my benchmark scores, at stock and at the overclock described in my sig:
    Stock:
    3dMark05 = 3141
    PCMark04 = 3589
    Overclocked:
    3dMark05 = 3704
    PCMark = 4805
     

    Just started ocing the system, I'm new at this so these are where my system stands and the results
                                  --------[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003-2005 Lavalys, Inc. ]------------------------------------------------------------
        Version                                           EVEREST v2.20.405
        Homepage                                          http://www.lavalys.com/
        Report Type                                       Report Wizard
        Computer                                          HOWARD-4B304E62
        Generator                                         Howard
        Operating System                                  Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
        Date                                              2005-09-16
        Time                                              16:14
    --------[ Overclock ]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        CPU Properties:
          CPU Type                                          AMD Athlon 64
          CPU Alias                                         Venice S939
          CPU Stepping                                      DH-E3
          CPUID CPU Name                                    AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
          CPUID Revision                                    00020FF0h
        CPU Speed:
          CPU Clock                                         2456.56 MHz
          CPU Multiplier                                    9.0x
          CPU FSB                                           272.95 MHz  (original: 200 MHz, overclock: 36%)
          Memory Bus                                        204.71 MHz
        CPU Cache:
          L1 Code Cache                                     64 KB  (Parity)
          L1 Data Cache                                     64 KB  (ECC)
          L2 Cache                                          512 KB  (On-Die, ECC, Full-Speed)
        Motherboard Properties:
          Motherboard ID                                    03/15/2005-MS-7100-6A61FM4BC-00
          Motherboard Name                                  MSI K8N Diamond / K8N SLI Platinum (MS-7100)  (3 PCI, 2 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)
        Chipset Properties:
          Motherboard Chipset                               nVIDIA nForce4 SLI, AMD Hammer
          Memory Timings                                    2-4-4-6  (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)
          Command Rate (CR)                                 1T
        SPD Memory Modules:
          DIMM1: GeIL CL25-4-4DDR 500                       512 MB PC4000 DDR SDRAM  (2.5-5-5-9 @ 250 MHz)  (2.0-5-5-9 @ 232 MHz)
          DIMM2: GeIL CL25-4-4DDR 500                       512 MB PC4000 DDR SDRAM  (2.5-5-5-9 @ 250 MHz)  (2.0-5-5-9 @ 232 MHz)
        BIOS Properties:
          System BIOS Date                                  03/15/05
          Video BIOS Date                                   06/27/05
          Award BIOS Type                                   Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
          Award BIOS Message                                W7100NZ1 V9.0 031505 14:17:53
          DMI BIOS Version                                  6.00 PG
        Graphics Processor Properties:
          Video Adapter                                     nVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT PCI-E
          GPU Code Name                                     NV43GT  (PCI Express x16 10DE / 0140, Rev A2)
          GPU Clock                                         299 MHz
          Memory Clock                                      522 MHz
    --------[ Power Management ]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Power Management Properties:
          Current Power Source                              AC Line
          Battery Status                                    No Battery
          Full Battery Lifetime                             Unknown
          Remaining Battery Lifetime                        Unknown
    --------[ Sensor ]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Sensor Properties:
          Sensor Type                                       Winbond W83627THF  (ISA 290h)
          GPU Sensor Type                                   Driver  (NV-DRV)
          Motherboard Name                                  MSI MS-7046 / 7100 / 7125
        Temperatures:
          Motherboard                                       32 °C  (90 °F)
          CPU                                               35 °C  (95 °F)
          GPU1: GPU                                         56 °C  (133 °F)
          GPU2: GPU                                         50 °C  (122 °F)
        Cooling Fans:
          CPU                                               3444 RPM
          System                                            2637 RPM
          North Bridge                                      7337 RPM
        Voltage Values:
          CPU Core                                          1.38 V
          +3.3 V                                            3.34 V
          +5 V                                              5.08 V
          +12 V                                             12.04 V
          +5 V Standby                                      5.17 V
          VBAT Battery                                      3.10 V
          Debug Info F                                      40 31 17
          Debug Info T                                      32 35 157
          Debug Info V                                      56 D1 C6 BD 1C 14 34 (01)
    --------[ Debug - PCI ]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Benchmarking     PCMARK04/score:4684      3DMARK03/score:15075 
    got any suggestions, Im just trying to learn how to do this, any help would be greatly appreciated
     

  • RAM issues regarding CPU + Mobo & OC'ing

    edited from different thread
    Hi there,
    I've been having problems with my RAM, that is its running at 333mhz/freq = 157 etc.. I'll list my old system as well as my new one which will help explain my confusion....hopefully....
    My new system is thus:
    -MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
    -BFG 7800GTX
    -AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (Newcastle core default settings/2.2ghz)
    -2 GB DDR-400 3200 (3 x 512mb chips are Kingmax, 1 x 512mb chip is Generic....I have realised they are different timings using CPU-Z, i.e. Generic has different timings too the Kingmax chips)
    -Super flower 500w PSU
    -Thermaltake Big Water cooling kit (CPU)
    -Western Digital 300GB SATA HDD
    -And old Seagate barracuda 40GB HDD
    -Windows XP SP2
    I have been told by the Moderator "Tiresmoke" to include more information, is it OK to posts links to each product?
    My old system is thus:
    -MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum
    -AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (Newcastle core default settings/2.2ghz)
    -GameCube X800XT-PE
    -(same RAM as above)
    -X-Connect 500w PSU
    -Thermaltake Big Water cooling kit (CPU) (same as above)
    -Western Digital 300GB SATA HDD (same as above)
    -And old Seagate barracuda 40GB HDD (same as above)
    -Windows XP SP2 (same as above)
    So here is whats happening...
    My old system when it first got put together, the RAM ran at 333mhz instead of 400mhz...however, I took my PC out to work so a mate of mine could help me out. Anyway, from memory I think he did a BIOS update, but whatever he did....when the PC booted up...the freq read as 200 and the RAM of course speed up to 400mhz...and I could tell in games like FarCry that there was a big difference. Plus CPU-Z showed me the difference...
    But I've been reading everywhere....that 4 x 512mb chips will not allow 400mhz speeds....I noticed all my RAM chips are double sided
    Anyway, my question is...how do I now (with my new system) do what my mate did? Is it because he say....enabled manual instead of auto in the DRAM config?......I also tried enabling manual mode with only 1GB of memory in dual channel mode, which did change the freq to 200mhz, giving the memory a speed of 400mhz, but I did not notice a considerable performace gain (using 3DMark05)
    I'm also guessing I really need to tighten my memory timings, however I'm very new to that kind of thing, I have read many articles about overclocking (which I realise I have to do due to the 7800GTX), and Im still not comfortable about doing it until I find an article or guide that is specific with overclocking for the motherboard I have, and Im guessing for the CPU and RAM would help also.
    Or....did he turn on D.O.T. which I believe overclocks the FSB, in-turn overclocking the RAM freq?
    If I'm way off....please tell me so...because I dont have a real idea! But I would like to thank any and all help, although I cant offer you gold and silver, I do appreciate the time you have taken to help me out.
    Regarding what Blackngold said in the other thread, I will try changing 1T to 2T to see if that helps, it may already be 2T but I will check, thank you for your input.
    Regarding what Jaybee said, if that is true that the Newcastle core cannot support 4 dimms...should I sell all 4x512mb sticks and instead get 2x1GB sticks?
    I realise I need to really overclock my CPU to relieve the bottlenecking of the 7800GTX, so I'm asking for anyone who has prior experience with a similiar setup as mine, in general overclocking or knowledge of other overclocking guides to please help me out, I have tried to understand guides from other websites, but I'm still confused. Even if someone here is kind enough to go through step by step with me, I would really appreciate your help.
    Thank you for your patience in reading my request, take care.

    Quote
    Ok...but the problem was increasing the FSB.....and as for increasing the memory, I realise I have to change it back to 200mhz, but Im getting to that part after I overclock the CPU, I guess thats how its suppost to go? According to the guide Im using anyway...I dont understand how you can test one of them at a time, seeing as increasing the FSB increases the RAM frequencing.
    You are testing one at a time by lowering the memory to 100.   Increasing the "FSB" will result in memory speed less the 200, we know the memory is good up to 200, so...  This way you are pushing the CPU to it's limit but the memory is still running far less then what it can.   In this example the CPU max speed is found then you bring up the memory like you said above.
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    Also, there would be no point in getting PC4000 RAM seeing as the Neo4 platinum only supports up to PC3200, plus I was thinking of getting OCZ 2GB (2x1GB Kit) EL DDR PC-3200 Dual Channel Platinum Kit (CL 2-3-2-5) anyway, looks like its good RAM.
    That's just because there isn't an official PC4000 spec.  It will run fine and can use it's potential in this board although if we can't get you higher then 225HTT(FSB) then PC4000 is overkill, as you wouldn't quite max out PC3700 right now.  I've seen memory running at 350Mhz(700Mhz) in your board.  That's like PC5600!  Rule number one, don't believe MSI. 
    I like that OCZ kit you are talking about.

  • Overclocking the i7 920 on Eclipse to 3.2 ghz

    I am trying to overclock my i7 920 to 3.2 ghz to match my 1600 DDR3 rams, I tried alot of settings but got nowhere. If anyone has successfully clocked such a simple setting could they post their BIOs settings please?
    Also is it advicable to clock to 3.2 from 2.66 on stock fan with MSI eclipse mainboard?

    I sure don't see one..  I have:
    CPU specifications (sub menu with cpu info)
    EIST = Auto (enable/disable)
    C-State = DIS (en/dis)
    base clock = 180 (goes to 400)
    Turbo boost = DIS (when enabled adds 1 to the base clock mutli)
    adjusted core freq = 3600 (shows final cpu freq)
    Qpi config (sub menu, mine set to FULL SPEED and 4.800GT)
    Memory-Z (sub menu, shows memory slot info, show only!)
    Advance D-ram config (sub menu, hard set the timings here if you want, that's all)
    Extreme memory profile = DIS (enable/disable) (not sure what this does)
    Memory ratio = 4 (3 - 8)
    adjusted d-ram freq = 1440 (this is the kicker, 1440 has my memory underclocked for it's rating, and it's STILL unstable with 6gb, so it's not the mem itself, it something else)
    clockgen tuner (sub menu, has some cpu and dram skew setting adjustments, left at default)
    adjust pci freq = 37.3 (auto, 37.3, 42)
    adjust pci-e freq = 100 (steps in 1mhz incre)
    auto disable DRAM/pci frequency = ENABLED (en/dis) this turns off the power to unused slots to lessen excess rf interference from them.
    voltages 
    spread spectrum = DIS (en/dis)
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  • MOVED: Trying to overclock 1055T CPU...

    This topic has been moved to Overclockers & Modding Corner.
    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=145752.0

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    Ok i'm a newbie and it shows - i underspent on the psu (another issue in another thread!) and i overspent on ram by buying some Cosair Dominator Twin2X2048-8500 memory.... but i don't have a Phenom cpu  .  I never realised the 5200 X2 doesn't use 1066mhz ram.  My RAM is running at 800mhz.
    Is this the fastest mem speed I can go with this cpu or is there some way that i can overclock this memory to run faster?  if this has been discussed in length before then i apologise.
    Thanks in advance,
    Colly.
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    ok,
    Currently my system's running at:
    FSB = 200mhz,  RAM freq = 371 (*2 = 742 ),  cpu core = 2600,  ram stats = 5-5-5-18 2T,  CPU Multiplier = 13
    Ok so  200 * 13 (multiplier) = 2600 MHZ CPU speed.
    Finding the current MEM Speed: using a 1:2 cpu ram ratio = 1/2 multiplier (13) = 6.5,  x64 doesn't like odd nbrs so rounded up = 7
    RAM SPEED = 2600 / 7 = 371.4 * 2 for ddr = 742.8mhz
    so instead of 800mhz i have 742 but i want 1066!
    so 1066 / 2 = 533.   533 * 7 (half the mult) = 3731, but that's sightly too high
    2600 again...  2600 / 533 = 4.8 which would be a multiplier of 10.
    so 2600 / 10 = 260FSB?
    So to get my RAM running at 1066, I would need to set FSB at 266 and the CPU miltiplier at 10?
    Will I be able to achieve this? what about power and heat - will the northbridge fry up at this speed?  I have a stock AMDcooler and a 120mm case fan.
    do I need to change voltage or any memory latency?  I noticed the HT link speed moving from 1Ghz to 1330 - is this safe?
    I read somewhere that "There is no gain usually in having the memory run faster than the processor. 1:1 is good"  - what does this mean?
    Thanks - i hope this makes sense,
    Colly

  • Is there any way to overclock an A64 by adjusting the multiplier?

    Is there any way to overclock an A64 by adjusting the multiplier?
    I have an Athlon64 3200+ (Socket 754) and a MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R.
    Seems to be a sweet overclocker, but my RAM cannot run at much more than the normal 200 (400) MHz, so FSB overclocking is no good for me.
    /Salmoneus

    hmm the a64 is locked so you cannot use a cpu multipier to have only cpu go faster..
    i oc with the fsb....but noticed that i may actually be over running my power, at high oc's(233)  if i unplug at least 3 hard drives, and some fans it will run microsofts memmory tester...but not with them in.
    you may be able to oc if you drop your mem speed down in bios to 333 or 200.
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