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The Official OC (OverClocking) Thread!
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15. February 2008 @ 18:45 |
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15. February 2008 @ 18:53 |
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You do realise CAS3 is terrible for DDR1 right?
2-2-2-5 is what you should be aiming for...
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15. February 2008 @ 19:03 |
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sammorris,
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You do realise CAS3 is terrible for DDR1 right?
2-2-2-5 is what you should be aiming for...
Most higher quality DDR Cas3 will run tighter timings. I ran my Corsair Value Select's at Cas2, 2-2-2-5 with no problems. For what benefit he gets out of it, I think this would be his best choice of what they show in his link!
Best Regards,
Tuss
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15. February 2008 @ 19:05 |
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Really? I've got some Value Select too, I must try that, for esses and gees!
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15. February 2008 @ 19:13 |
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sammorris,
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Really? I've got some Value Select too, I must try that, for esses and gees!
I had it paired with my XMS cas2, all running at cas2 at 2-2-2-5 in my d-940! The Value Select I had was cas2.5!
Best Regards,
Russ
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15. February 2008 @ 20:43 |
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Well I tried doing 4Ghz again but my memory just wont do it. Maybe I should take it to 2.4v? lol I wouldn't even consider that, or would I...
What do you guys think?
The Max I can make right now is in my sig, just click on it because the text is hard to read.
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15. February 2008 @ 21:12 |
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Dang, do I really need 2GB :S Better crank out the money for this one but I just hope it actually makes a difference with OC'ing.
For future reference, which brand of RAM is the best in terms of quality and performance? This was my first custom PC and the next PC I build is hopefully going to be a lot more efficient with this kind of stuff. The parts I prefer for my next PC are as follows:
Baseboard: ASUS (nForce 8 chipset if available)
CPU: AMD CPU (as long as it overclocks a fair amount)
Memory: No memory preference (need suggestions)
HDD: Western Digital (very reliable for me)
PSU: Enermax (don't really care as long as it's efficient)
GPU: nVidia 9 series (10 if available and affordable)
CD/DVD: LG BD/HD-DVD drive (or alternative if better)
But I still have another two years until 2010 arrives. For now I'll be hoping that I can squeeze every bit of juice from this computer. As I mentioned a long while back my 6600GT had burnt from heat, so I bought a 7600GT for the time being which is much cooler and meets my needs perfectly.
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15. February 2008 @ 22:06 |
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So my memory didn't overclock to 1000mhz but at 900mhz it runs fine at 4-4-3-8 lol.
That has to count for something right?
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15. February 2008 @ 23:54 |
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Originally posted by abuzar1:
Well I tried doing 4Ghz again but my memory just wont do it. Maybe I should take it to 2.4v? lol I wouldn't even consider that, or would I...
What do you guys think?
The Max I can make right now is in my sig, just click on it because the text is hard to read.
Overclocking with 4GBs and 4 slots at that is stressfull on any mobo and chipset. What is your rated RAM speed and timings, and what chipset are you overclocking again?
4GBs and 4 slots especially requires more FSBT, MCH and chipset and if on an up-divider, even more of al of of the above. And of corse a bit more vdimm.
I got Crucial Ballistics Tracers PC2-8500's to 1200 as 2x1gb on both P35 and x38 as 2.28 @ 5-5-5-15 and 1.5v on NB, 1.47v FSBT, but if at 4x1gb (4G) can only get 1152 and now needed 2.3v vdimm, 1.52FSBT, and 1.6v NB (x38) to just barely keep 5-5-5-15.
As for what brands are good, everybody has their own view. Mine is toward OCZ, Crucial, then Corsiar. But I do like G-Skull, Mushkin & Geil. I go with OCZ for good stable overclocking and as is stock cooling (for those not willing to mod heat spreaders) and easy & quick RMA (if ever needed), then Crucial for high OC (but must be willing to add better cooling), then to Corsiar for stock tight timings but not always the top OC'r.
Hope this helps.
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16. February 2008 @ 00:32 |
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I'm only using two sticks of 1GB PC-6400 Crucial Ballistix RAM.
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16. February 2008 @ 01:47 |
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Well the computer keeps resetting itself after one hour of operation. The hard drives instantly turn off and I'm back at the bios and Windows says it recovered from a "fatal" error but no BSOD... yet. I'm starting to think it's my ram but this never happened to me before. Also when I close some programs, even though it looks like every thing's fine, it says "the programs has an error" or whatever it says in a dialog box to send to Microsoft. I wonder if that just means the CPU can't handle the overclock.
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16. February 2008 @ 04:51 |
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Abuzar: I can read it... lol To be honest, I don't think you'll get much further than 950mhz on that RAM. I think if you're going to get serious, it's time to get some PC8500.
rvinkebob: If it only happened after you started overclocking, then it's pretty much definite, your overclock isn't stable, time to drop it down a notch... Some overclocks will boot and run but not necessarily be stable enough to run 24 hours a day.
I've had good experience with Corsair RAM, but with 4 sticks in it doesn't overclock much at all, so that's worth bearing in mind.
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16. February 2008 @ 05:10 |
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Originally posted by abuzar1:
I'm only using two sticks of 1GB PC-6400 Crucial Ballistix RAM.
Very good RAM with lots of headroom for its stock speed. You will see a lot of these hit over 1066 with some tweaking.
I have an old set of the Crucial Ballistics Tracers PC26400 (the 2x1g kit) and it was good RAM for DDR800. it did DDR1066 with ease but does get warm @ 2.32v. DDR1000 is a snap for this RAM at even 2.24v for me I was able to keep 4-4-4-12 @ 2.24v. Change out thin aluminum for copper sinks and they will last a bit longer. Mine got quite ewarm compared to the same OCZ at same spd and volts.
You should have better luck with the 2x512 then mine since it is less stress on the mobo to get more speed out of them. I had plenty of the non Tracers (yellow sinks) and they are great too. The PC26400 tightened to 3-3-3-8 with a nice 2.24v Some got more with lucky modules, but mine did good enough for me.
Sony PSP/PS3,
ASUS RAMPAGE II EXTREME(X58) w/ i7 930 DO @ 4.305GHz (205x21 @ 1.323v) 2:8 DDR1680 @ 6-6-6-18
ASUS RAMPAGE EXTREME (X48) w/ Q6600 @ 3.81GHz, 422x9 @ DDR1680 6-7-6-20 @ 1.71v
ASUS CROSSHAIR w/ x2 6400+
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16. February 2008 @ 05:13 |
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16. February 2008 @ 06:53 |
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Sam, I remember when you used to mock Ram coolers lol! What do you mean you can Read it?
NuckNFuts, I have TWO 1 GB sticks. Whatever, I think I'm happy with 3.6 right now. I can do 3.8, but I should probably get a better cooler before than anyway.
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16. February 2008 @ 09:08 |
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hey guys, I was directed here by Sam..
Basically (yes I have read through the thread) I just need some advice on OC'ing my CPU. It's a C2D E6750 2.66GHZ and it runs at about 23-28'C.
I want to get as much out of it as I can without going over 38 Celsius :/.
~C.
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16. February 2008 @ 09:26 |
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Just increase the FSB little by little until you get to a setting you are comfortable with.
For me that setting is 3.6 Ghz, although if I had the same CPU cooler as you I wouldn't mind doing 3.8.
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16. February 2008 @ 10:17 |
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Originally posted by xChronox:
hey guys, I was directed here by Sam..
Basically (yes I have read through the thread) I just need some advice on OC'ing my CPU. It's a C2D E6750 2.66GHZ and it runs at about 23-28'C.
I want to get as much out of it as I can without going over 38 Celsius :/.
~C.
I presume we are talking idle temp not full load, I would concentrate on what the max full load temp is when you finally settle on the setup you want.
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16. February 2008 @ 11:46 |
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Abuzar: You said your signature's text was hard to read. I can read it fine!
I may have mocked RAM coolers but of course a) I don't overclock my RAM, and b) I'm a growing fan of Thermalright and c) I was younger then. Not so long ago I thought Hypertransport was the same as Hyperthreading. Lol!
xchronox: 38C? Why there? I'd say 45C is a nice cutoff point at load for an overclocked CPU. You should try to avoid going over it, but there's no real reason to go under it, other than to then overclock further!
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16. February 2008 @ 12:32 |
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I just wish it was a little bigger, like Ray's sig. I want to get something like that. I spent enough money on this damn thing, I feel like showing it off well lol!
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16. February 2008 @ 12:43 |
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Hello Again gentlemen,
I have a question what are your feelings towards operating systems and overclocking. I have Xp pro and a infinite license i can use for all my computers. But what i want to know is there a difference between performance say using xp 64 or 32 vista 64 or 32 or linux. Now mind you im just starting to learn linux now. From what i can tell linux shouldn't be much of a resource hog like windows but im not a 100% sure yet still researching. Just want to get your thoughts on the matter.
Thank you in advance...
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16. February 2008 @ 12:50 |
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As a general rule Linux uses less resources than any version of windows, and XP certainly uses less resources than Vista, so I usually tell people to avoid Vista. As for 32/64 bit, don't know, I've never used a 64-bit OS.
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16. February 2008 @ 12:51 |
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I'm new to Linux as well, but when I rou Ubuntu on my machine it is much quicker than when using Windows.
Vista is slower than XP, 64 bit to 32 bit isn't worth the hassle imo
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16. February 2008 @ 12:57 |
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The only reason I would have for running a 64-bit OS right now is to play around with Gamecube emulation. That's it.
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16. February 2008 @ 13:05 |
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For what it does Ubuntu is a great Linux distro. Not much for the power user but it makes an excellent everyday use OS. I personally use XP Pro SP3, just because it does everything I need it to do. If you don't have a old PC then XP is a great OS to use. You really shouldn't have to worry about system resources with XP unless you have a 4 year old PC.
Vista has actually gotten a lot better with SP1. It turns out that reason it uses so much memory is that it preloads programs so they can start up faster.
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