Query with my Overclock

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Hi

Happy New Year everyone!!

Just wanted to check something with you. :D

I am thinking to overclock my rig. Yes yes it only taken me 2 years+ but i will put my hand up and admit it is sheer laziness and probably because the rig been running fine that i have left everything to default. I have done quite a bit of reading and research for while but have been meaning to try this for a ages so slow as i am i think i will give this a bash :D *me ducks James Miller's slap*

One query is that if i had a choice i obviously want out of these 2 options the former rather than later ie 1

Option 1 - my CPU to my desired overclock speed and my memory running on 1:1 basis on the divider than

Option 2 - Running my CPU to my desired speed but having to go through a lowered memory divider to lower memory speed to achieve stability etc etc.

Cheers

Kyo
 
Hmm running SP2004 and it giving me errors :( although the pc is running fine in apps and games etc.

Type: Large, in-place FFTs - stress some RAM Min: 128 Max: 1024 InPlace: Yes Mem: 8 Time: 15
CPU: 2750MHz FSB: 194MHz [196MHz x 14.0 est.]
01/01/2008 20:28 Beginning a continuous self-test to check your computer.
Press Stop to end this test.
Test 1, 4000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M19922945 using 1024K FFT length.
FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.4999989122, expected less than 0.4
Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt file.
Torture Test ran 0 minutes 2 seconds - 1 errors, 0 warnings.
Execution halted.

Where is this stress.txt ??
 
Cob said:
Have you dropped the HT multiplier to x4? I assume you're running 250 x 11?
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Yes i am running x4 LDT/FSB ratio. Switched it back to running CPU 2.6Ghz stable and without any errors. Didn't like fatal hardware error? I don't seem to be able to find this stress.txt?
 
I got it stable and you were spot on need a bit more voltage on cpu as i had it on default (1.4 vcore). The only slight concern is that the cpu temp on full load hits around 60. I know my absolute limit is 70 ony my type of opty so should i be concerned.?

One thing i fail to mention before was that i was using SP2004 and i was using the Large FFT test. Is that a accurate or rather good test to rely upon? Reading somewhere it was mention it wasn't a good test or rather it could be misleading??


EDIT- Just lowered my vcore down a little and it running stable. Jumping from 1.4 to 1.5 in the 1st instance made the whole thing stable but like i mentioned temp was a little concerning so i change it half way now 1.45 approx and it stable :) Full load is hitting 55 tops. That's ok?
 
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Running tests and playing games, using applications all seems well. 30 on idle and 50+ for load. The wind tunnel on my case helps as it sits over the socket slot :)

Ta very much for your help Cob. hehe i never knew it could be so easy. Thought i would have to pay someone to do it but thought to give it a go myself. Glad i did now. :D

Just hope i don't have to relearn the concepts if i move to a intel conroe duel/quad core and overlock it in the future
 
On a finishing note i noticed your on the conroe system. Is it totally different to overclock intels from the amd's? Might do some more reading cause if i upgraded i reckon i would go for it like most :D Anywhere i can read up ?

Cheers again :)
 
right running 3dmark06 and it hitting just over 5k. I think compared to averages that below average is that considered pretty poor? Gfx i just left on default :D
 
Do you think i could do better if i configured my memory a bit better? or should i be getting well over 5k easy?
 
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