This is a very good guide. I've been reading Jokester posts for a couple of years and I've found him to be a great source of knowledge.
I'm waiting for parts (as per usual) so I can do yet another upgrade.
So while I'm doing that I'm reading up on overclocking so I'm not rusty, in case there's anything I don't know, or had forgotten.
There's some questions that commonly get asked that have arisen since the guide was written, specifically about temperatures.
Previously we used 2 main temperatures. CPU and system, as measured by motherboards.
The CPU temp is measured from (an unknown point, likely in the socket itself), but it was not inside the core of the CPU.
The system temperature is not as exact, and is some level of how warm the motherboard is in general. In some cases I think this is referred to as the chipset temperature, but I don't believe that A64s had the sensor in the NF4 chip. I don't know if the more modern Intel boards have theirs inside this.
My Abit board also has a VRM temperature sensor, most boards don't have a temp sensor here and it's of limited use.
A "new" way of meauring temperatures is with the on board sensors in CPU cores. Both AMD and Intel provide these in dual core CPUs. They may have provided them in single core CPUs, but I wasn't aware of them when I was using single core.
I'm not 100% clear on which CPU temperatures are supposed to be kept under what level.
Generally core temps are noticably higher than the CPU temperature the motherboard reads. As far as I know AMD and Intels maximum operating temperature for CPUs is not meant to be the internal temperature. Conversely Intel chips heat throttle based on the internal temperature.
If you want to expand your guide to cover the common questions on those Jokester it'd make it more complete.
The other thing not covered is the other voltages, some of which can be set in BIOS. Some of these I know what they are, some I don't.
HTV - Hypertransport voltage. I don't know if Intel boards have an equivalent. I also don't know if it has any effect on overclocking, assuming that the HTT multiplier is dropped to keep it under 1000 (or higher for boards with a higher HTT max).
DDRVDD - Just another name for memory voltage. Seems to be only Abit use it.
DDRVTT - Half of memory voltage is all I know. I don't know if it can help an overclock if it's higher.
CPUVDDA - Haven't a clue what this is. It's almost the same voltage as the ram voltage, but slightly lower - 2.59 compared to 2.53, at stock. Nor have I any idea what this is referred to on "proper
" boards.
I'm waiting for parts (as per usual) so I can do yet another upgrade.
So while I'm doing that I'm reading up on overclocking so I'm not rusty, in case there's anything I don't know, or had forgotten.
There's some questions that commonly get asked that have arisen since the guide was written, specifically about temperatures.
Previously we used 2 main temperatures. CPU and system, as measured by motherboards.
The CPU temp is measured from (an unknown point, likely in the socket itself), but it was not inside the core of the CPU.
The system temperature is not as exact, and is some level of how warm the motherboard is in general. In some cases I think this is referred to as the chipset temperature, but I don't believe that A64s had the sensor in the NF4 chip. I don't know if the more modern Intel boards have theirs inside this.
My Abit board also has a VRM temperature sensor, most boards don't have a temp sensor here and it's of limited use.
A "new" way of meauring temperatures is with the on board sensors in CPU cores. Both AMD and Intel provide these in dual core CPUs. They may have provided them in single core CPUs, but I wasn't aware of them when I was using single core.
I'm not 100% clear on which CPU temperatures are supposed to be kept under what level.
Generally core temps are noticably higher than the CPU temperature the motherboard reads. As far as I know AMD and Intels maximum operating temperature for CPUs is not meant to be the internal temperature. Conversely Intel chips heat throttle based on the internal temperature.
If you want to expand your guide to cover the common questions on those Jokester it'd make it more complete.
The other thing not covered is the other voltages, some of which can be set in BIOS. Some of these I know what they are, some I don't.
HTV - Hypertransport voltage. I don't know if Intel boards have an equivalent. I also don't know if it has any effect on overclocking, assuming that the HTT multiplier is dropped to keep it under 1000 (or higher for boards with a higher HTT max).
DDRVDD - Just another name for memory voltage. Seems to be only Abit use it.
DDRVTT - Half of memory voltage is all I know. I don't know if it can help an overclock if it's higher.
CPUVDDA - Haven't a clue what this is. It's almost the same voltage as the ram voltage, but slightly lower - 2.59 compared to 2.53, at stock. Nor have I any idea what this is referred to on "proper
" boards.
Any volenteers???
