Recent content by failsafe

As a complete novice in this field any advice on what else I could do, or your opinion on what I have already done would be greatly appreciated !!! Thanks in advance :)

The RAM is 2 x 512 Corsair Value Select ( running dual channel ) Default timings are 3 3 3 8 , but are currently set by the BIOS at 2.5 4 4 8 with this overclock. Thanks

Yeah , I quoted the wrong figures sorry .... I dropped the RAM frequency down from 400 to 333. Then upped the FSB to 256 , giving the RAM a speed of 409. The CPU voltage is set at 1.55v and Ram is 2.9v. I have been running Prime95 for an hour or so , load temp is 50C and no problems. Is...

the multiplier option is locked in the BIOS , I'm not able to change it m8. This is the CPU I have .... http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=10716&GroupID=1076 bought it from there ages ago. According to CPUz the multiplier is 15. All the info I've posted is...

thanks for your reply. Ok , i have tried a few different settings based on your advice. Any attempt to overclock using 1:1 ends in tears. I upped the voltage to 2.9 ( was 2.6 default in bios ) but 3dmark 2005 crashed every time at 1:1 ( excpet 210 ). The Ram has no heat spreaders by the...

Hi , this is my first post here and I was wondering whether I could get some advice .... I'll be geting my new C2D system in the new year and in the mean time thought I would learn about overclocking , using my current PC. I have a P4 3.06 Prescott ( 478 ) , an MSI 865 Neo , 2 x 512...