Great Post Eldonko.

I have a few questions if you please! I am a NOOB in OC, so I do apologize.

I tried those exact settings with no overclocking (except 2 exceptions)..... I have this memory.

My pc would not even boot?!

2 exceptions:dqs skew value: says auto, but mine does not have that options, it wants a value 0-250?

Do you set the dram frequency?

My ram says ddr 400 3-4-8-3 on boot up, no matter what I put?

I think not setting my memory is the only reason I cant get a stable overclock, so any help would be appreciated.

I can get into windows with all kinds of settings (12x240) (13x 228) but the second I run benchmark its hard locks. Here is my set up. thx in advance!

DFI Lanparty UT NF4 Expert
AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 @ 2.88
Mushkin XP4000 2GB
2 x 7800GTX 512 in SLI
Creative XFI
Raptor X
Pioneer 109
Seasonic 600w
Coolmaster stacker 830 with 2 120mm fans

Running latest Bios.


Cpu throttling disabled
Fsb 240
LDT 3.0X
Cpu FSB 12X
pci freq 100
cpu vid start up 1.525

hit 2.88 on air stable. Ram is stock timings - not sure what to set with this mushkin xp4000.