Yet another newbie question

Deception · 16 Jun 2006 at 20:36

Joe42 said:
No need for a new board. Once this one is overclocked you need never go into the bios again.

I think 1.5 is ok, lets take that as the max voltage because you wouldn't normally go much over that anyway. Are temps ok at that voltage?

Next, raise the fsb until it fails prime95, and then lower the fsb just a little so its passing prime. Let me know what speed that gets you.

Ok I will do that.. My temps are ok with 1.5V.. Max ive seen it go to is around 35-40c

Defcon5 · 16 Jun 2006 at 22:17

I had one of those boards, completley hit a brick wall at 266 HTT.

Cant remember what revision it was though

Deception · 16 Jun 2006 at 23:41

Defcon5 said:
I had one of those boards, completley hit a brick wall at 266 HTT.

Cant remember what revision it was though

I guess im in the same boat there.. I guess I should look at a new mobo, maybe.. Should I make a new thread in the mobo section or ask here, what people think, of a good OC board.

Deception · 17 Jun 2006 at 21:19

ok one last question. In the Overclock guide, it says the higher you can get FSB, the better.. Yet you told me to start again with the OC, but make my multi higher, thus this will make my fsb lower, before I hit a wall again. So im kinda confused on which route to take. :confused:

If you get what I mean, that is.

Joe42 · 17 Jun 2006 at 21:46

You never normally change the multi at all, i expect the guide assumes that you haven't changed it.

To get the highest overclock you will require the highest fsb you can get with your multi on its highest setting, which is the default.

I told you to lower the fsb because it would probably become unstable if you raised the muti and didn't lower the fsb a little. With the multi as high as it can go and the fsb as high as it can go you should have the best overclock you can get with that board, assuming the board is limited to about 260fsb. if its unstable at those settings you can temporarily lower the cpu multi to rule it out so you can see if its the board thats causing it to be unstable.

By the sounds of it your overclock will be limited by the max fsb of the board rather than the cpu so the procedure is a little different.

Feel free to ask any more questions you might have.

Deception · 19 Jun 2006 at 00:43

Well After testing, it seems you were right.. My board has limited my max FSB to 260. I dont know if to leave it at that. It does fine at 2600(260x10). The temps seem fine too. Thanks for the help with this.

Joe42 · 19 Jun 2006 at 11:22

That seems like a good overclock.

However, isn't the maximum multiplier for the 3700+ 11?
If you set the multi to 11, raise the volts a bit using that offset thing perhaps you might be able to get higher. If i were you tho i would leave it as it is for now.

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