strdx Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Hi, i hope this is the right section i have problems when i try overcloking, whenever i reach max 250 FSB PC hangs (i'm sure its because of the ram because i have another 1 gb set (********) which i tested and it worked with that). I tried lowering the speed (used 667/533/400) i tried putting the voltage to 2.1 but nothing helped :/ if someone can help me i would really appreciate it cause i really need/want my processor at least at 3.5Ghz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCCstudent Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 strdx, With my Anthlon X2 250 I can run indefinietly at 3.420ghz with the Ht. ref set at 228 and V,core at 1.57v. CPU maxs at 110F MB at 106. Left mem voltages alone but mem freq is up at 1520mhz (and this is for 1333 DDR3). I know there is no way at all I could put the HT ref clock (what you call FSB at 250 for any lenght of time what so ever. I will just keep bumpimg around looking for 3.5. Its good to play around with OverDrive 3.0 until you really know what to look for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strdx Posted September 4, 2009 Author Share Posted September 4, 2009 I'm runing mine at 3.4 to with fsb set at 243 and v core 1.4v~ (its enough i can put more but there's no need, i'll try overdrive, since it looks like my ram (XMS2 6400) can't take more then 245/6 fsb (from 244 it becomes unstable). If i get another pair of XMS 2 (same model) i wonder if it will affect my overclock in a bad way (i want a total of 4 gb). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCCstudent Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 So you think I should drop my V core voltage and perhaps up my Ht ref.voltage? With these locked CPU's its just this HT.ref number and voltages and timing features we can play around with. OverDrive is limited to certain modern chipset boards (it wont work with all). I am running a total of 8gb ram. I am just learning with this low end CPU,but I wish I had the unlocked version,at least this is training in working with locked CPU's as my next victim is a Q6600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strdx Posted September 5, 2009 Author Share Posted September 5, 2009 The ram are really hot as in i can barelly touch them i think (set at 667 at 2.1 voltage (that's how i read here it should be when having 4) but there running at 800 because of the overclock) is that normal or its going to be a problem ? i have now 2X CM2X2048-6400C5 (4gb total). one set is version 5.9 or 5.2 and the other set is version 2.7. @Student: well imo for just +400 Mhz overclock you can run that with stock voltage or at max 1.4 v core, as for HT ref and memory it depends, you can lower the ram speed (like i do with mine there DDR2 800 and i set them to DDR2 667 but because of the overclock/fsb they work at 800) thus having more room left for raising CPU frequency. And its just me but i would rather go with a phenom 2 then getting a Q6600 :P. Though if your gonna use this method i hope you know how to use the bios reset function :P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCCstudent Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 Strdx, My BIOS re-set skills are improving as we speak all though the guide I am studying from is for Intel products and Gigabyte MB but I can cross apply. My retailer OC crew kind of laughed at me when I said I was going to work the FSB on both my Anthlon X2 and my Phenom II 955 BE,the said FSB is not a AMD technique anymore,I wonder what exactly they ment. OC people don't really just lay it out for you, its a pick up what you can where you can kind of club. The guys at overclockers.net said "its a sin not to overclock a Q6600". I never though of this CPU as much of a OC candidate but others love it. I am glad it is not like drag racing where if you make a mistake things get hairy (dropped a drive shaft at about 130 mph on a Chevelle once, now that was a problem,never really wanted to run hard again). I did say my "next victim" will be a Q6600 but that is after I get done with the water cooled 955 I have sitting next to me (just waiting for the resivoir,the very last piece). About memory settings,I have not been touching them yet,I have been moving V core voltages through Turbo V and Ht ref through OverDrive 3.0. I have been noticing my memory speed is increasing but it is not me doing it directly. I think it is these two programs that have allowed me to make changes that in days prior I would have had to enter the BIOS manually to do. I am proceeding in very small steps and paying attention what happens to what happens when I make a change. I am using Win 7 RC in these tests and I feel it is the problem with running the OverDrive 3.0 "Auto Clock" feature as it will not complete its run. Now I can run the 1 hr stability tests over and over with out failure. OverDrive 3.0 has put OCing in many more hands,excellent tool to learn with and you are not going to hurt youself OCing (well maybe your wallet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strdx Posted September 5, 2009 Author Share Posted September 5, 2009 Laugh back at them its true that for 955 BE for example, the multiplier also helps but they seem to be caught in the past :P, you see in the past generation (i mean AMD Athlon X2, like 5000+ for example, the phenom I CPU's fsb overclocking wouldn't/coudn't get you verry far but all that changed with the Regor's (AMD Athlon II X2 cpu's) and Phenom's II they can overclock really well on air (mine for example can reach 3.9 stable on air with FSB overclocking). Anyway's i'm going to give Overdrive a shoot after i'm finish with reinstalling windows my previous experiments kind of made it crack (windows 7 X64). As for the q6600 well imo its a sin not overclocking any kind of CPU :P. Anyway if RAM Guy could answer this question (so i can relax about the temps or not) i would really be gratefull: The ram are really hot as in i can barelly touch them i think (set at 667 at 2.1 voltage (that's how i read here it should be when having 4 modules) but there running at 800 because of the overclock, because of that the only thing i did differently was setting the latency's to 5-5-5-18 in place of 4-4-4-12) is that normal or its going to be a problem ? i have now 2X CM2X2048-6400C5 (4gb total). one set is version 5.9 or 5.2 and the other set is version 2.7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 He'll answer you when they open again on Tuesday :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strdx Posted September 5, 2009 Author Share Posted September 5, 2009 Ah ok, also sorry if that sounded like a demand or impolite or something along those lines ^.^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Didn't sound like that at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCCstudent Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 strdx, Could you please give a viewpoint on micro ITX motherboards (6.75x6.75 like the ATOM CPU uses?) I am looking at one that supports the AMD+2 which means I can put a Anthlon X2 250 )or any AMD 3 socket processor. What it is is that I don't know on the board manufacture (only 4 such boards on the egg). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strdx Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 I can't really say i dealt with ITX motherboards so i'm sorry i can't be of much help there but one thing you gotta watch out for is this: its not suffice if the board is am2+ check if the board has support for AM3 or if the bios has an update CPU agesa code that includes the AM3 cpu's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCCstudent Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 strdx, I will answer in a different section as the product is not Corsair. I will answer in non-Corsair hardware,Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted September 11, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted September 11, 2009 This thread is hard to follow and looks to be about over clocking and if so sounds like you are running way above spec already. So I am not clear on what the question is??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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