Jarrod1937
02-21-2006, 07:11 PM
i now have my 1 gig (2x512 mb) dual channel pc 3200 ram overclocked from 200 mhz to 245 mhz at 2-2-2-0 timings (at 1t of course), but i can't go any higher.
so my question is, how can you tell if its your cpu or ram holding you back?
i have my amd athlon 64 3200+ overclocked from 2 ghz to 2.70 ghz at 1.40 volts but it won't go any higher than that (probably a heat issue more than the cpu limits). i have my ram at the 183 divider for the ram and am running the ram at 3.4 volts (can go to max of 3.6 volts)... if i try to raise my fsb any higher to overclock my ram just to hit the 250 mhz mark it gets unstable, but this is also overclocking the cpu to 2.75 (which i've tested in the past to be unstable). so logically i try to change my multiplyer from 10 to something lower to get my cpu to overclock a little less so i could overclock my ram more.... but if i change it at all it gets unstable (instant reboot, and no post if done in the bios).
so is this just the limits of my cpu/ram, or do you think i could get more out of my ram? i just want to hit 250 mhz... so just 5 more mhz... so hard though.
any help?
EDIT: i've also tried default timings while attempting this too.
so my question is, how can you tell if its your cpu or ram holding you back?
i have my amd athlon 64 3200+ overclocked from 2 ghz to 2.70 ghz at 1.40 volts but it won't go any higher than that (probably a heat issue more than the cpu limits). i have my ram at the 183 divider for the ram and am running the ram at 3.4 volts (can go to max of 3.6 volts)... if i try to raise my fsb any higher to overclock my ram just to hit the 250 mhz mark it gets unstable, but this is also overclocking the cpu to 2.75 (which i've tested in the past to be unstable). so logically i try to change my multiplyer from 10 to something lower to get my cpu to overclock a little less so i could overclock my ram more.... but if i change it at all it gets unstable (instant reboot, and no post if done in the bios).
so is this just the limits of my cpu/ram, or do you think i could get more out of my ram? i just want to hit 250 mhz... so just 5 more mhz... so hard though.
any help?
EDIT: i've also tried default timings while attempting this too.