my 1700+ is at 2424mhz.....

[y2imm]

Thanks for the help, I'm gonna go change all the mistakes I made!:cheers:

[y2imm]

Ok, I read the documents thoroughly and taking that advice I got the following results:

FSB 154 x 12.5 (1928MHz)
Vcore 1.650 (I just left it on auto)
Memory 1:1 6-3-3-2.5

So 500 MHz isn't bad. I set my memory in single-channel mode, they seem to say this is more o/c friendly. I tested with Sandra loops for 4 hours and it was fine. CPU temp runs around 30 at idle, and never even hit 40 during the testing, so I know my watercooling is, well, cooling. I certainly am getting more than my moneys worth for the CPU I bought. I know I was supposed to go with the higher FSB but I could not reach these speeds. I would crap out about 100MHz lower. I'm willing to go back and try again (overclocker's motto?) but I was hoping someone could give me a little more advice or perhaps reassurance I am doing this right.

When I seem to top out, my computer fails to POST (or seems to fail anyways). No video signal, won't respond to keyboard, nada. I reset BIOS and start again from the last good settings I had. The guide says to bump Vcore 25mV while bumping FSB a few MHz, but I still hit the same wall, even bumping 50 or 100 mV over. It will not boot unless I reduce my FSB x multiplier to some combination of 1900 or less. I have AGP fixed at 66, and PCI is on autodetect (I don't see a BIOS option to fix PCI, so I guessed this was ok, I have no PCI cards anyways).

I feel like I should be getting a much higher clock, considering I am not straining my temperatures in the least bit, nor am I pumping a lot of Vcore. Is that the problem right there? Should I turn it up even higher? My power supply output appears to be stable. I am hesitant to wire trick, since this is my daily use computer, and I don't want to smoke it. Are there any other settings I can look at to get past this 1900 barrier, or should I be happy with this? Thanks for all answers!

:cheers:

[chile]

did you up your vdimm? that will need upping also. you should be able to get 2000MHz+...definitely up your vcore to at least 1.65V, don't use auto...the DUT3C chips like higher voltage vor oc'ing....

[sandman001]

just keep upping the fsb, your motherboard doesn't use the multiplier's over 12.5 without blowing some bridges.

[claudmasta34]

I have an XP 3000+ what can i expect from mine? i am currently at 2.2 which is 64mghz faster than bone stock...hehe. how far do u think i can go.

[sandman001]

I have an XP 3000+ what can i expect from mine? i am currently at 2.2 which is 64mghz faster than bone stock...hehe. how far do u think i can go.

It depends ona lot of things, but they don't seem to overclock as well as some of the other chips.

Depends on motherboard, ram, cooling, power supply.

[claudmasta34]

system specs,

Asus NForce2 A7N8X
1 GIG pc 2700 DDR RAM
i just have fans for cooling, 3 of them, not including the processor
XP 3000+
Antec 380 powersupply

what do you think...any rough guesses, lol, i'm just curious

[chile]

with the 3000+, i'd expect no more than 600-700MHz with your current set up. is that a rev 2.0 a7n8x? you're gonna need to get better ram....and seeing how the 2500 bartons are having trouble reaching 2500 and up on air, i wouldn't expect too much outta the 3000+ on air cooling...just my 2 cents....but you never know...you may get a 900+MHz oc.....

[sandman001]

with the 3000+, i'd expect no more than 600-700MHz with your current set up. is that a rev 2.0 a7n8x? you're gonna need to get better ram....and seeing how the 2500 bartons are having trouble reaching 2500 and up on air, i wouldn't expect too much outta the 3000+ on air cooling...just my 2 cents....but you never know...you may get a 900+MHz oc.....

Well, alot of it is just luck of the draw, but I'd giveit 2400-2500mhz if you have an slk heatsink, and a decent fan on top of that.

But, then You might not get much of an overclock too.