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Hi guys just want a bit of advice on whether I have done things right.
here's my spec:
Thermaltake viking case (2x120mmfans)
600w enermax noisetaker psu
Abit AN8 32x (socket 939)
athlon x2 3600+ (939) with arctic cooling freezer pro hsf
4x512mb pc3200 DDR (2x corsair vs and 2x twinmos of same spec)
512mb Inno3D 8800GT
320gb+160gb sataII
winxp pro 32bit
tried a few software overclocks for starters but tbh they are a bit pap, so on the advice of a buddy, had a little play in bios.
I still use Nvidia system tools to overclock the GFX and monitor the gfx and system (quite like the program actually
)
lowered the Ht multiplier from 5 to 4 and raised the fsb from 200 to 224 and upped the voltage just 1 notch a piece on cpu and ram in bios.
RAM is at 371mhz (think that is best I can acheive stable with cheapo stuff?)
CPU is at 2240mhz (limited by above you reckon? or have you heard of these processors doing more on air?)
HT link is only at 895mhz (doesn't feel bottlenecked so far)
GFX origionally was 600/900/1500 now @ 680/1110/1640 using the nvidia utility
so that's my settings now, tried CPU at 2.4 with ram 400 and wasn't stable enough. (didn't need to reset cmos but crashes and bsod's ahoy!)
2.3 ARMA 2 kept crashing (although could be down to settings and arma2 probably needs umpteen patches yet)
played Arma2 with my current settings for a good few hours (into the early hours lol) last night and everything was fine, no probs, and everything seems to be staying cool.
is the above about right then? am I being too cautious? HT link too low?
here's my spec:
Thermaltake viking case (2x120mmfans)
600w enermax noisetaker psu
Abit AN8 32x (socket 939)
athlon x2 3600+ (939) with arctic cooling freezer pro hsf
4x512mb pc3200 DDR (2x corsair vs and 2x twinmos of same spec)
512mb Inno3D 8800GT
320gb+160gb sataII
winxp pro 32bit
tried a few software overclocks for starters but tbh they are a bit pap, so on the advice of a buddy, had a little play in bios.
I still use Nvidia system tools to overclock the GFX and monitor the gfx and system (quite like the program actually
)lowered the Ht multiplier from 5 to 4 and raised the fsb from 200 to 224 and upped the voltage just 1 notch a piece on cpu and ram in bios.
RAM is at 371mhz (think that is best I can acheive stable with cheapo stuff?)
CPU is at 2240mhz (limited by above you reckon? or have you heard of these processors doing more on air?)
HT link is only at 895mhz (doesn't feel bottlenecked so far)
GFX origionally was 600/900/1500 now @ 680/1110/1640 using the nvidia utility
so that's my settings now, tried CPU at 2.4 with ram 400 and wasn't stable enough. (didn't need to reset cmos but crashes and bsod's ahoy!)
2.3 ARMA 2 kept crashing (although could be down to settings and arma2 probably needs umpteen patches yet)
played Arma2 with my current settings for a good few hours (into the early hours lol) last night and everything was fine, no probs, and everything seems to be staying cool.
is the above about right then? am I being too cautious? HT link too low?
