Overclocking my 3700+

Six6siX · 15 Jun 2006 at 13:05

Thought I'd give it a go - just to see how I get on, heres what I have so far...but I dont know whether I'm going about it the right way...lol so any advice appreciated.

Spec:
CPU: Athlon64 3700+ San Deigo
Mobo: Asus A8N-E (nForce4 Ultra)
RAM: OcUK Value 2GB
GPU: Radeon X850XT

Current settings:
Running the RAM at 2.5-3-3-8

I've put the HTT down to 4x, dropped the memory to 333 (is that the right thing to do???) and have been increasing the FSB and currently at 250, giving me 2750Mhz...currently at 1.45v

About to run some benchmarks, but am I doing the right things?!

Six6siX · 15 Jun 2006 at 20:43

Update, running prime95, failed small FFT test after 2.5 hours

Does that mean more voltage is needed?

Six6siX · 16 Jun 2006 at 14:05

Ok, thanks for the replies, I'll give the voltage a go.

Cooling is a Big Typhoon btw, forgot to mention that. Although - my room is pretty warm so temps are a bit high.

Six6siX · 16 Jun 2006 at 14:39

Well idle at about 39 @ stock due to the weather...

I tried more voltage, but for some reason, my system kept locking at boot over 1.475v. It'd stop just before the windows loading screen.

I tried playing about with HTT 3x, but that didnt help. Managed to get memory to 2.5-3-3-5...but I dont think that'd make any difference.

Back at stock now, any ideas?

Six6siX · 16 Jun 2006 at 15:13

trojan698 said:
What board are you using?

Asus A8N-E, i said in the OP

Been playing around a bit more, and it boots up at 250x11 HTT @ 4x without a problem at 1.475v. I will prime test at that voltage and see how it goes, increasing if necessary. What's considered a reasonable length of time to run the test for without errors to assume a stable clock?

Also, I tried dropping the HTT to 3x just playing about to see if I could go above 250, but then it kept stopped before the windows logo again.