HB LO Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 I have been trecking all over the place desperately trying to find somebody to answer my question. I need to know if my XMS 3200LLPT dimms can overclock to 250 or even 260, whether it be through voltage increase or raising the timings. Is it possible??? I will be getting an Athlon 3200+ 90 nm for Christmas and I plan on overclocking it to around 2.5 ghz with a good HS/fan/AS5 paste. I've heard that my model of ram kinda sucks at overclocking but I have no idea really. Anybody know? :(: Also, does anybody know if the 3000+ overclocks better than the 3200+, or vice versa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpDFrek Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 The 3200LL v1.2 or higher will not go that high. You should expect about 220 @ 2-3-3-6 with 2.85 vDIMM. If you want 250 or 260 with tight timings I would suggest the 4400C25 modules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMC_SAVAGE Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Also, does anybody know if the 3000+ overclocks better than the 3200+, or vice versa? Do you already have a 3000? If so don't waste your money on a 3200. You'll see no difference. There's no way you'll get the 3200LL's to hit 250-260. If you do let me know. Depending on the rest of the setup, I'd say 430MHz max. And that's pushing it. AMD locked their CPU's awhile ago. (not sure if anything has changed). That said, any OC'ing would have to done by uping the FSB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HB LO Posted December 9, 2004 Author Share Posted December 9, 2004 Okay, my ram obviously can't do it. Could a pair of XMS 3200XLPro overclock to 250-260? :D: Or am I stuck with buying some PC 4000 sticks? :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMC_SAVAGE Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 I think the biggest factor will be the CPU. Could be problems if you try to push the RAM way beyond the FSB of the CPU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Okay, my ram obviously can't do it. Could a pair of XMS 3200XLPro overclock to 250-260? :D: Or am I stuck with buying some PC 4000 sticks? :/ It's possible, yes, not guaranteed however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimandsally Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 Hi there today I have been playing with my new 3000 winchester and msi neo plat. I have the twinx 3200c2pt, I am quite shocked that I could run the chip at 320 fsb with ht at 3 the memory had to be set at 133 giving 211 fsb, but here's the interesting bit, I tried the timings from 2.5 6 3 3 to 2.5 2 5 3 and there was not even 2% improvement, as you people on this forum might guess I am a newbie at RAM timings, I have progressed learning about cpu timings and multipliers and now on to the new 64 bit with hyper threading, I have spent a week getting the highest from the chip as I can only adjust the multiplier down and increase the fsb, and obviously lower the ht with the hight fsb. But the timing of the ram well I think I have a lot to learn, how come I can only manage a 2% improvement? I did forget to say I did change it from 2T to 1T that made a huge difference, I even reduced the cas from 2.5 to 2 with also very little difference apart from it being unstable. Is all ram like this? I am beginning to wonder what to do to try to get some performance increase from the ram. Is it possible that there could be something wrong with it or am I doing the wrong things? I did forget to mention I also tried 2.5 2 10 3 and even with the 6 going to 10 it made no measurable difference. :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsteel44 Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 the new 64 bit with hyper threading: Hyper transport ;) Yes the RAM is working ok, the slightly tighter timings don't make a world of difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsteel44 Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 AMD locked their CPU's awhile ago. (not sure if anything has changed). That said, any OC'ing would have to done by uping the FSB. The lower multipliers are unlocked up to the default multiplier, so some nice fsbs can be achieved without the cpu hampering it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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