It Lives! Ha Ha Ha Ha! Ha!

[Iam]

Yippee - built my second system that works, 2 for 2, yes!

Left out the Audigy, for those that saw my earlier post (about 1am this morning).

Had a nasty time getting the SATA drivers in, but got by that, probably more by luck than judgement.

One question, (not just to justify some very relieved crowing ), I've set the CPU to 200Mhz, with a multiplier of 11, which gives me a 2.19Ghz system.

I'm using a Barton 3500, Kingston HyperX DDR3500, & an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe.

Is 2.19Ghz respectable, or am I not taking advantage of of my bits, to a large degree?

I've left the CPU voltage alone, I suppose the overclocking plan would be to increase the multiplier ... I know nothing however, & want a fast stable system more than a very fast unstable one. Am I being too cautious/should I muck with the multiplier, & how fast might I make the system go?

[Tom]

3500+? wow that a new one?

Im assumin u mean 2500+.


keep going, u shud be able to get a lot higher, deffo a higher FSB because your ram is runnin below stock

[Iam]

Whoops - 3200 it is. Must be wishful thinking

[Tom]

isnt 2.19ghz stock?

[Jonny M]

Think so, those new Bartons are 200FSB (400 DDR) aren't they?

[Iam]

Is it?

I did n't know how to set the FSB to 400 & thought the m/board would, using its optimal settings & supposed ability to detect processor speed, have set that up automatically. Instead it set the "CPU External Frequency" (whose relation to FSB I did not understand, until I read the ahem manual) to 100Mhz, not 200Mhz. I was looking for something in the BIOS saying "FSB ....." - did n't see it, & was just happy when Windows started.

1.09 Ghz did seem a little on the low side, tho.

[mr_roll]

I find that individual speeds on cpu's like the difference between the 1800XP+ and the 2000XP+ wouldnt be much where as if you got an upgraded cpu say a 2500XP+ Barton then you'd see a speed increase.

Anyone else notice this or is it just me?

[Iam]

Everyone seen the news !

[hotpurple]

Actually, the XP2500+ can easily be run as a 3200+ simply by increasing the fsb to 200. I haven't encountered one yet that won't do this.

Chris

[Spritzup]

I have, no matter what I do, I can't get it to run at 200 fsb, it's really irritating!

[Flymo]

Iam, the best way to overclock is actually to have a lower multiplier(if needed) and to increase the fsb

200*10 is a LOT better that 133*15 for example (both giving 2.0GHz)

the higher fsb enables the cpu and memory to 'talk' quicker thus increasing system performance as a whole

2.19GHz is respectable for a barton 2500, but it may go higher.

try dropping the multiplier by 0.5 or 1 and see how high you can oush the fsb.

What motherboard do you have? Some are a LOT better than others at hitting high FSBs.
What are the memory timings? (n-force 2 boards seem to like 5-2-2-2)
if you have an n-force 2 Ultra chipset, try running at 210*10 and see if it is stable (try getting there in 2mhz increments.)

Let us know how you get on.

The important thing to remember is to set the CPU overall speed at a level you KNOW it is stable (e.g 2.0GHz and increase the FSB whilst lowering the multiplier. This lets you know that you are reaching your MOTHERBOARDS limitations and not the CPUs limitations. Also, when testing for max fsb that the board will do, set the memory speed to about 75% cpu speed. Again, this will ensure that you are reaching the boards limits and not the memorys.

When you are sure you have obtained the boards highest fsb, raise the multiplier to give the max CPU speed that you previously tested as stable (2.19GHz).
Reboot and run a lot of tests.
Then increase the mem speed to 100% or 1:1 with the timings relaxed.
Next step is to increase the mem timings as much as possible (but you will probably find the settings i gave earlier to be as good as it gets, although some boards/mem bench higher at 11-2-2-2 or 7-2-2-2.


HTH


flymo