Help me get past 2700 mhz on my 3000+!!

[sun_tzu617]

Ive been bugged a lot about the instability ive found past 2700 mhz (9x300).
Ive gotten it up to about 2800 mhz at 1.7, but i wasnt sure how stable it was..

I know this chip can go further!

The chip is a week 47, and its a pretty high week for sure... Whats going on with this thing... I know mikem got his up to 3ghz, but i dunno why i cant!!
Help plz :D :banana4:


Rigg
amd 3000+ @300x9
msi neo w/ 1.41 modded bios
x800xt pe
ocz platinum 3200 rev.2
windows xp
wd raptor
sound blaster audigy 2 zs
Watercooled

[afireinside]

OCing isint gaurentied. You shoudent be supprised you didnt hit 3ghz. Your chip probley maxes at around 2.7 with your current cooling.

[Jessfm]

You could try 1.51b BIOS as ppl report it giving slightly better stability at high FSB.

[dnottis]

Ive been bugged a lot about the instability ive found past 2700 mhz (9x300).
Ive gotten it up to about 2800 mhz at 1.7, but i wasnt sure how stable it was..

I know this chip can go further!

The chip is a week 47, and its a pretty high week for sure... Whats going on with this thing... I know mikem got his up to 3ghz, but i dunno why i cant!!
Help plz :D :banana4:


Rigg
amd 3000+ @300x9
msi neo w/ 1.41 modded bios
x800xt pe
ocz platinum 3200 rev.2
windows xp
wd raptor
sound blaster audigy 2 zs




LOL it's a $155 cpu. You're not getting 2.7GHz PERIOD - none of mine would.

[sun_tzu617]

A- I have watercooling
B- its already at 2700 :stick:, and has gone as far as 2900 slightly stable.... I just cant get it back...

I think I need to oc after i get my ocz powersupply

[dreamworkz]

wow your lucky man...Im only getting 2.6 stable on my winchester 3500+ that I paid 280 bucks for...

[sun_tzu617]

i know im lucky.... but i cnat help it... iwant more!!! MORE!!!! :slobber:

[pik-ard v1.1]

then buy an FX-55.

[xtrempinoy]

pretty good overclock, i got my 3000= at 2.55ghz (still testing) on stock voltage too, and with a zalman 7000cu heatsink.. good overclock my friend,

[sun_tzu617]

this is my first "free overclock"... I had a barton before, but it was set to 200fsb tops... I guess Im fine for now... maybe if msi comes out with a wonder bios, i can oc this baby some more...

[mattbr]

nice oc :D

[viccyran]

this is my first "free overclock"... I had a barton before, but it was set to 200fsb tops... I guess Im fine for now... maybe if msi comes out with a wonder bios, i can oc this baby some more...
There are a lot more inconsistancies that involve other things besides the mobo. The fact that your new psu might give you stable volts might help stablize anythign you can achieve, but don't expect more then stock. You're somewhat lucky for 2.7, as there have been probably 2-3 reported stable OCs from the 3000s and 3200s that are at or over 2.8 on air, and this is the xtreme forum.

[sun_tzu617]

but im using water.... not air......

[Bungo]

Air or water dosen't matter. U get the same oc.
When u run it at subzero temps u automaticly gain xxx MHz with same voltage etc.
But the winchesters seems like they doesn't like the cold.

[Michael]

Could his raptor be limiting his OC?

[sun_tzu617]

It does shut off a lot during startup and stuff, after i oc...

Should i bring out my ide drive and install windows on it?

[sun_tzu617]

Btw, i have an oem 350w psu from sparkle power right now :(

Just 1 more day and ill have my new ocz 520 :D

[Michael]

It does shut off a lot during startup and stuff, after i oc...

Should i bring out my ide drive and install windows on it?I'd see if that helps out. I remember with an nForce3 150 board a friend had, for some reason the Southbridge was limiting his OC.

So taking off the Raptor and putting in a PATA is worth a shot.

[ocmyface]

id put money on a bad PSU, once you get solid and on spec rails - youll be more stable but i doubt youll get a higher overclock

youre chip is probably maxed

which SATA ports are you using?

[sun_tzu617]

Im using 3 right now... All i knwo is that whenever i got teh oc high, and booted into windows, the raptor would just turn off (i could hear it shutoff and restart after the reboot bios screen)

[sun_tzu617]

Porblem... I get massive artifacts with 3x hgtt, and still some with 2.5..... I cant get htt x lower!! If i could, it would be sweet!! Any suggestions?

[ocmyface]

artifacts? artifacts occur when youre GFX card overheats, it has nothing to do with your HTT, is your GFX card overclocked?
if it is, back it off some

also, keep your HTT as close to but not over 1000, that is ideal

[sun_tzu617]

um... no

300x3 htt = uber artifacts
300x2.5 = mnor artifacts... little glitchy things here and theremost likely due to program instablity

300x2 = not a single glitch... and now im getting up to 310 fsb.... still going... 1.57v...

Ill show comparision shots if you like... You shoulda seen ut2k4.... it was freaky..
I had just finished my pencil volt mod, abd i thouhgt i killed my card... luckily it wasnt that at all :D

[ocmyface]

wow... ive NEVER heard of HTT causing graphical artifacts

[spinboy]

Maybe the AGP bus is not properly locked?

If you increase your HTT, the AGP bus is due to increase aswell unless you've locked it. And that affects the GFX, which might cause it to not function properly (graphical artifacts). Still, it seems very strange, but that is the only theory that I can think of.

[ocmyface]

good suggestion, set the AGP frequency to 67 to lock it

[sun_tzu617]

Thats when i first notcied the artifacts...i turned the clock to 66 again, and they were still frequent, so i turned the htt multi to 2.5, still a few, so i turned down to 2/1.5 and its working fine :D

[ocmyface]

maybe somethings wrong with your computer...

[aCidbAbY]

just get a better board:D

[ocmyface]

do me a favor and look at number one's mobo ;)

http://service.futuremark.com/servlet/Index?pageid=/orb/projectsearch

[MrQ3W]

Wait for that OCZ PSU, your current one might very well be the source of your artifacts and might help you OC further, I wouldn't say that 900MHz is a bad OC still you are way more lucky than most out there with that CPU.
Also try resetting your BIOS and doing every setting again, Fastwrites, NV/ATI boost etc should be off in bios.

[sun_tzu617]

mobo serial/chipset #

k0411021669

0442A2