o/c prob

escobar'97 · 28 Jun 2006 at 13:35

lo,possibly in need of some advice where to go next!!(well definately lol)

slightly new to this o/cing lark,but here goes

got a 3200 venice,2gb set gskill zx,7950gfx,swiftech h20-120 w/c dfi expert

having not had much luck running 1-1,i decided to go down the divider route
started off low with a 120 divider and got 2.8 stable.

done the same with the 166 divider and got 2.8 stable,no probs

started with 180 divider,got to 2.6 with the ram at 3,3,2,5 and cpu at 1.520v
stable no probs

now i've tried at 2.7 at 1.6v with mem at 3,3,2,6 and just got a couple resets followed by a bsod(said summat like system 32 file corruption-which i think is bad)
knocked everythin back to stock it seems ok ,but where do igo from here?
what is the safest amoiunt of volts you can pump thru your cpu 24/7?
confidence took a bit of a knock but i wanna get back into it,any suggestions

(soz for the essay

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harris1986 · 28 Jun 2006 at 16:56

you realise that your ram is cas 2 not cas 3 right? try running either 2-3-3-6 or 2.5-3-3-8

malccy · 28 Jun 2006 at 17:41

Why not leave it on the 166 settings you had?

Using a divider has little or no effect on the performance.

escobar'97 · 29 Jun 2006 at 12:53

cheers guys will try it out

SiriusB · 29 Jun 2006 at 14:14

malccy said:
Why not leave it on the 166 settings you had?

Using a divider has little or no effect on the performance.

The 166 might be too high a divider leaving the ram running too far below 200MHz. I had a hell of a time trying to find a stable 2.6GHz that didn't push the RAM too far over 200MHz.

IMO there is no point clocking your CPU as high as you can get it if it leaves your RAM running worse than it does at stock.

SiriusB

Minstadave · 30 Jun 2006 at 00:03

SiriusB said:
IMO there is no point clocking your CPU as high as you can get it if it leaves your RAM running worse than it does at stock.

Usually there are enough combinations of HTT, CPU multiplier and dividers to avoid that situation.

SiriusB · 30 Jun 2006 at 01:29

Minstadave said:
Usually there are enough combinations of HTT, CPU multiplier and dividers to avoid that situation.

Yeah, as I mentioned in my last post I had to fiddle some to get my RAM up to speed. But I have met a few people who have just stuck with underclocked RAM just so they could get a high OC on their CPU.

SiriusB