my overclock = hmmmmm

[lee20010]

Gone from 2.8GHZ to 3.081ghz. Vcore at 1.456
Had to down clock the ram, but according to windows experience, my timings is slower, yet CPU-Z show 6-6-6-15 as oppose to 9-9-9-20. No idea what Ram timings mean, any ideas?

 

[Risty]

Gone from 2.8GHZ to 3.081ghz. Vcore at 1.456
Had to down clock the ram, but according to windows experience, my timings is slower, yet CPU-Z show 6-6-6-15 as oppose to 9-9-9-20. No idea what Ram timings mean, any ideas?

Specs on what you have overclocked?

 

[lee20010]

Mobo has an overclock profile @ 3-5-8-10%. 10% only became stable when I swapped the Ram freq from auto to 444mhz.

 

[Risty]

Mobo has an overclock profile @ 3-5-8-10%. 10% only became stable when I swapped the Ram freq from auto to 444mhz.

You need to post the specs of your system for people to help you dude.

 

[Orcvader]

So.. What CPU and RAM do you have then? Also what CPU cooler do you have and the temps on max load?

 

[lee20010]

AMD X2 240 2.8GHZ @ 3.081 with Cooler Master Hyper TX3
Asus M4A78LT-M LE
MSI cyclone 768MB @941/2031 (Was 727/1800mhz)
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz
OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply

 

[lee20010]

So.. What CPU and RAM do you have then? Also what CPU cooler do you have and the temps on max load?

currently running prime95, temp at 46c

 

[lee20010]

lasted 12 9 hours so far through Prime.

 

[dante`afk]

is this a troll thread ? :s

 

[flinco]

is this a troll thread ? :s

....

 

[lee20010]

why would it be a troll thread, I'm trying to find out info..

 

[Leeroy123]

You need to explain yourself better, tell people your exact specs and your exact problems. Your not making much sense mate.

 

[lee20010]

All I'm asking really is, on overclocking, is it normal you have to down clock the ram to up the processor.

 

[hlennie]

Some times ram won't run at the higher speeds needed when u clock the processor

Try upping the voltage of the memory it may need to be raised a little to run at higher speeds

It's all trial and error

 

[Jordan97]

All I'm asking really is, on overclocking, is it normal you have to down clock the ram to up the processor.

EDIT: didn't see your specs earlier in the thread

 

[dante`afk]

sorry

you should reade some basics to get into it so you can determine what each component is capable of.

this should be an AM2 rig

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=555058

probably for more knowledge
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=596023

 

[smit101]

It depends on what CPU you have got and how you are overclocking.

He put his spec here.

AMD X2 240 2.8GHZ @ 3.081 with Cooler Master Hyper TX3
Asus M4A78LT-M LE
MSI cyclone 768MB @941/2031 (Was 727/1800mhz)
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz
OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply

Why don't people just give him some tips instead of giving him a hard time?

Lee, find the divider that sets your ram at it's default speeds or lower and clock the cpu as far as possible, once you have found a stable cpu clock, you can work on overclocking the ram. As long as your ram speeds are at defaults or lower then any Prime 95 errors can confidently be attributed to the cpu, if you clock ram and cpu together then it's difficult to know which is causing any errors that may occur when stress testing. Also set vdimm (ram voltage) to recommended levels indicated on the sticks themselves by the manufacturers.

 

[lee20010]

Thanks smith, sometimes it does seem I annoy people. So far I've managed to squeeze a decent OC from a rubbish chip. Two screenies for you, let me know if it looks ok

Before Prime95

During Prime95 (to show the temps)

 

[lee20010]

strange, AMD Overdrive is running, CPU now at 3.4GHZ same voltage, stable (so far) @40c

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1958830

 

[dante`afk]

these are really low temps o_O

you should run prime95 stress test for about 8 hours to be sure of stability