Schoolboy error re: o/c 2180

Modjo · 18 Aug 2008 at 15:42

Hi all. Bought new bit few weeks ago and have posted a few threads regarding o/c my processor (see sig). Now I seemed to have hit a wall @ 3ghz (300x10) with my Geil 667 mem (1:1 ratio). Now, I made a schoolboy error by installing my memory in dimm slots A1 and A2 (yellow & orange, single chan) as opposed to A1 and B1 (both yellow, dual chan). Have now rectified. Would this have caused my 3ghz wall? Also what is the average vcore for a 333x10 (1:1) overclock? Is 1.55v too high?

p.s. I know that all cpus o/c differently

Modjo · 18 Aug 2008 at 15:57

Ok so I've had a quick mess and have lowered the multi and upped the FSB 400x8. It has booted up with no probs so far......

Should I tighten the ram to 4-4-4-12? I've manually set the mem v @ 2.1 which is what it states in the modules.

Modjo · 18 Aug 2008 at 16:04

Off hand, do you know what the stock vcore is?

Also just been reading this thread.... http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17909484

What is the strap for and should I be manually setting this on my board?

Modjo · 18 Aug 2008 at 16:41

above link fixed.

the lowest option is 200 so i'll give that a try if it doesn't work i'll leave it on auto.

Would upgrading my memory to 800 make a difference? Would this give me 'more headroom'? I get the gist of this term but not sure what it means to my system

Modjo · 18 Aug 2008 at 16:54

Well I just tried Orthos with the settings form above screenie and got blue screen after a minute. Reverted back to 300x10 for the time being.

Modjo · 19 Aug 2008 at 01:50

Ok, so I thought i'd go back and try 400x8 but pump up the juice to 1.55. So far so good. Bit scared to run Orthos so i ran 3dMark 06. Did this when I 1st hit 3ghz and 3dMark was 10848 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=7731904). Now with the cpu now at 3.2 I ran 3dMark again and my score went up to 11528 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=7863634). Not too shabby. I'm scared to run Orthos coz that will squash my hopes of hoping that I've got a stable pc.....