3800+ X2 @ 2.4ghz?

Porkford · 2 Jul 2007 at 15:30

As a newbie to overclocking I was just wondering if I could get some assistance overclocking please peeps. I Have an Asus A8N Sli Deluxe Mobo 2gb 3200 Geil Value Ram and an A64 X2 3800 @ stock. Im wondering is it possible to reach 2.4ghz with this chip at stock voltages? What settings in my bios will need changing to achieve this?

Cheers

Porkford · 2 Jul 2007 at 16:26

sounds great! I dual boot vista and xp so I will have to stick at 1.4v. Could you give me an idea of what settings to change in my bios? sorry for the 50 questions im just new to overclocking my CPU. Cheers

Porkford · 2 Jul 2007 at 17:11

Cheers for that mate thats just what I needed.

2Gb DDR400 PC3200 GeIL Value Dual Channel kit. With blue aluminium heatspreaders, rated 3-4-4-8

Thats the memory I have if that helps. The timings are at 3-3-3-8 at the moment though.

Cheers

Porkford · 4 Jul 2007 at 08:13

I hit 2.4ghz no problem

its been stable for 8 hours of orthos. I hit it at stock voltage (1.35v) and HT Link is 1200. Plus the memory is at 1T still. Im well chuffed.

Porkford · 4 Jul 2007 at 08:36

HT multi is x5 and FSB is 240

Porkford · 4 Jul 2007 at 08:43

Plus after 8 hours of orthos its maxing out at 59c is that acceptable? Im gunna try improving airflow in the case. Plus its on the stock cooler with AS5.

Porkford · 4 Jul 2007 at 09:00

Okey dokey will do. Cheers mate. the HT link runs at 960 mhz at x4 is that ok?

Cheers

Porkford · 4 Jul 2007 at 09:08

http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?image=x2on0.jpg

Theres a quick pic of my CPUZ screen

Porkford · 4 Jul 2007 at 09:28

Validation on CPUZ doesnt seem to work. Keeps saying the file is invalid or corrupt. Nah havent tried 250 FSB yet. Just worried im gunna do something wrong and fry the chip

Porkford · 4 Jul 2007 at 09:44

hmmmm wouldnt orthos of picked that up though?

Porkford · 4 Jul 2007 at 09:49

blend CPU and RAM i think lol

Porkford · 4 Jul 2007 at 10:02

I found the problem. I hadnt changed the NF4 Voltage changed it and now it works fine. heres the link:

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=214100

Everything look ok?

Cheers

Porkford · 4 Jul 2007 at 10:14

LOL will give it a go why not

Porkford · 4 Jul 2007 at 10:28

Insanity said:
Looks fine to me, you're getting the exact same overclock im running right now, with the same ram too.

Mine boots at 2.6 with stock volts, but doesnt last long, lasted a few weeks at 2.5 then BSOD'd for no reason, so i dropped it back to 2.4 and left it like that, and its been that way since the end of last year. I get around he same load temps aswell.

Dont worry about hurting your chip with clocks, the only thing that'll kill it is volts, and maybe heat.

You running yours at 1.4v mate? I think the chip is 1.35v stock isnt it?

Porkford · 4 Jul 2007 at 10:29

Modjo said:
With some help off some of the regulars here I managed to get my 939 3800 to run at this..

Check out this thread, it's only 2 pages so shouldn't be hard to find..got help from El Jimben on my o/c problem..couldn't go faster than 2.4 as well but he sorted it for me!

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17740658

Im gunna aim for 2.6 next I think. Gunna leave it a few days and make sure its ok at 2.4 first though. Nice speeds though mate

Porkford · 4 Jul 2007 at 10:34

Insanity said:
Mine's running at stock, so yes 1.35v, sorry.

Ah ive got mine set at 1.4v atm. Thing is the BIOS has auto defaulted to 1.4v since i bought the chip a few months back. Ive had no problems so thought id leave it at 1.4v

Porkford · 4 Jul 2007 at 10:35

Modjo said:
Thanks ..my prob was the memory, had to put it down to 133 and lower HTT to x3. Running nicely now

mines at 166 and x4 HTT I think. Just hope its stable :eek:

Porkford · 4 Jul 2007 at 10:47

Insanity said:
I just doubled checked my volts, and according to CPU-Z 134 my volts are at 1.30v... not sure if CPU-Z is having me on or not, and i cant be bothered heading into the bios to check.... i know Cool and Quiet is switched off, so that shouldnt be the reason.

EDIT: Just downloaded CPU-Z 140 and thats reporting my volts as 1.31v.

Does it always read the voltage correctly? Its reading 1.38 in my asus monitoring software and 1.4 in cpu-z.