i managed to keep the more relaxed timings (3-3...) that default for a ddr400 setting even when switching to the ddr333 setting (that defaults at 2.5-...)
so this way the ram never gets past the 200 mhz and keeps the relaxed timings, which means that everything is below the ddr400 default...
i just bought 2x zalman 9700 nt, first time i put them, hope i dont mess and burn the cpus!
any suggestion/thing i need to know before i go into it?
i also still need help with the ram issue
thanks to everyone that will reply
Updates:
- i had no problem setting the bus at 800 (as i could have imagined)
- i had problems setting the timers, if i unchecked auto and manually set them, cpu-z would keep showing a ratio of CPU/11 even if i lowered them from ddr400 to ddr333.
- i simply failed in overvolting...
I have to oc a pair of opterons on a tyan mobo.
Even if they have different names i have been able to identify all these stuff.
Especially, i have set the htt at 600 (3x), memory at CPU/14 or CPU/17 instead of CPU/11 as it is at default. This way i do not exceed the 1000 for the htt or the...
Hello everyone. I'm going to try my very first overclock, and i hope that you can give me some help with it. My configuration is the following, and surely doesn't make overclocking particularly easy.
CPU: 2xopteron275
MOBO: Tyan Thunder K8WE s2895
Ram: 4xKingston 1GB DDR400 ECC Registered...