Aaah you're thekat from the dfi club forum as well?

So how are your temps in windows under load

OC is pretty easy, if you want to do it the right way, first test cpu and ram separately and then go for a good combination.

first of all load optimized defaults in bios and save in a cmos reloaded slot..

to test ram simply put memory speed to DDR800 manually, then lower the cpu-multiplier and switch off cool and quiet in the bios.

than ramp up htt/cpu host until you get a no boot. Then you have a first estimation of what is possible with the ram. about 10-15mhz below this you should be able to boot into win.

at this time you normally dont need any messing with voltages and timings, but thats dependend on your ram. you could set it to 5-5-5 manually to see if you get some higher speeds and/or raise voltage to ~2.2v to look whether it does respond well to that or not. if not (and trfc is right :p), you should forget about voltage and/or timings for the first time and leave it at default. sometimes some subtiming can bring a boost in oc, but only if the spd is programmed with very tough timings.

ok now the cpu: lower the ram divisor to DDR533 or DDR400 and start pushing the htt again to find out max bootable clock at default voltage. cpu's normaly respond quite well to voltage, especially if default is as low as 1.2v as the case with amd's newer chips, but you should avoid > 1.5v at aircooling and I would say even not to go further than 1.4v without a good cooler.

so if you hit the wall, lower htt a 10-15mhz again, go into windows (if it doesn't boot lower it further) and test the cpu with 2 instances of prime (one on any core).

with this board i do not get into trouble with ht-clocks as long as htt/cpu host is below 280mhz. If you come close, lower the ht-clock from 1Ghz down to 600 or 800Mhz to see if you get some more stability.

OK, after all you now can think f a setting that comes close to cpu and ram max speed and be cool enough for day to day usage...

if you want to use c'n'q you are limited to the standard cpu multiplier, if not you can disable the c'n'q option, set a lower cpu multi and go for higher cpu host/htt-clocks to see if you can get a bit closer to max ram at a given cpu speed.. its tricky sometimes and i always have a calculator near me

after all, you will have to test your setting with prime blend (for ram stability) and prime large fft for cpu (2 instances always with a dual core) and of course in everyday usage.

perhaps if you suppose some ram oddity you could go for goldmemory to test ram alone..

oc on this board basically is very easy because the board isnt bottleneck anymore, as it was often with nF4...
good luck


@ brother esau: could lower my vcore as well now for my 24/7 setting 2 x 64bit prime stable very nice trfc really was the turning point..