3700+ sd , stock H+F 2.97 Ghz!

Blue Cypher · 26 Jan 2006 at 19:01

I am a newbie overclocker as this is the first time i have overclocked somethin before. I have the 3700+ san diego and a a8n sli premium mobo. On the standard heatsink and fan i have got 2.97Ghz and the temps are on 55C on full load!

Doesnt take a genius to know thats good

, its vcore is 1.55 volts and the DDR is at 2.85 volts and the chipset is on 1.6 volts but i am scared of increasing this as i think every time i do my pc comes unsatble and crashes, think it maybe the RAM thast the problem. I was wondering is there a program that would tell me the temp of the RAM? i want to up the voltage in the DDR but i am reluctant because i dont know what the temp for it is!

Shoould i leave the overclock at this or attempt more?

Blue Cypher · 26 Jan 2006 at 19:05

I am using the 2gb dual channel Geil value RAM, so its not the best but it does the job.

Blue Cypher · 26 Jan 2006 at 19:09

thx, to be honest it was just a lot of trial and error, and i was lucky i got a good clocker. what is the difference between my overclocked 3700+ and an fx57? is mine faster or does the fx 57 go faster because it has some extra gadgets or something built in?

Blue Cypher · 26 Jan 2006 at 20:12

i am new at overclocking so dont moan when i ask: what is stepping?
my mutliplier is at 11 and the other one is 270, forget what its called the second one.
hope that helps

Blue Cypher · 27 Jan 2006 at 15:28

well i am a not very good at this so bare with me, i take it cpu-Z is a program?
and is it bad that my RAM is now at 2.85 volts? Also i dont want to take my heatsink and fan off to see the stepping as i am worried when i put it back on it may not do as well at cooling and bugger my overclock up. to get this high i got my bus to its highest speed stable first on a multiplier of 10, for me my last stable bus was just over 270 but i took it down a notch, i then put my multiplier up to 10.5 and then 11 without any trouble, but i get blue screen of death if i overclock anymore

still worried about RAM temps as i cannot monitor them.

i can run 3dmark05 with no probs and i play F.E.A.R on full graphics and Quake 4 on full graphics without crashes or instability and also prime 95 i did for half an hour with no probs

so i guess i am lucky, now how can i easily prove i have this to you because some dont believe me i gues this cpu-z has somethin i can prove it with.

thx for the encouragement by the way guys

Blue Cypher · 27 Jan 2006 at 15:36

OH yeah forgot to mention i bought it on January the 20th! so quite new!

Blue Cypher · 27 Jan 2006 at 15:38

Thx sja360 i will download that as soon as i get home and post the screen shot on here. Another dumb question, does the screen shot i am going to post have to be on some webspace somewhere like an avatar or can i just paste it off my computer into this thread?

Blue Cypher · 27 Jan 2006 at 17:09

runs prime fine, no probs, and benchmarking it on 3dmark 2005 its sound as a pound! and plays my games without a prob so i am guessing that means its stable

Blue Cypher · 27 Jan 2006 at 17:17

http://img66.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen018dm.jpg
thats where my pic is on imageshack, not very clear even though on my comp it is, but you can make out, here is my RAM

http://img71.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen021oo.jpg

Blue Cypher · 28 Jan 2006 at 14:58

yeah and i would cry as my process melts, its on the standard heatsink and fan so i have turned it down to 2.87Ghz now because i am teriefied its all gonna go up in smoke, i will overclock more when i get water colled