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A64 3800+ No overclock?

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zigdaddy

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First off i have read the articles on the website so i have some idea of what i'm doing and i have overclocked before. When i try to overclock i cant go higher than 212 x 12 without failing memtest, ect.

Here are my specs @ stock voltages:
A64 3800+ (non dual core) @1.4V
DFI Lanparty UT nF4 Ultra D
2 Kingston HyperX 512mb PC3500 @ 2.5,3,3,7 @ 2.6V
Gigabyte Geforce 6600GT
Antec Smartpower 2.0 500W power supply

I tried raising the voltages on the processor, chipset, and ram at the same time (not very scientific) and also decreasing the HTT multiplier so that i wasnt pushing it to hard. I also tried lowering the processor speed as the "how to overclock" article suggests to check the max ram speed and this is a ram limit i am up against. I dont know what to try since i bought faster ram than i needed just so i could overclock. With PC3500 i should be able to go up to 216 before even reaching its "default" clock speed so i am very confused on what the problem is. Could i have a poor memory controller? Any suggestions?
 
Any ideas? I'm home all day today so i could work on this problem throughout the day.
 
I doubt its the memory controller. I heard that the DFI boards OC good with certain memory. I don’t use DFI so I couldn't tell you which modules work better than others, but I would start by setting it to the default settings. In bios manually set the memory to its standard, then slowly start to oc it. I mean in VERY small increments. Find out where the breaking point is, then slowly start to add voltage, starting with the memory. Sometimes to find a stable OC it can take days or weeks. Good luck

 
I did that and have found the normal voltage point limit at 212. I could try increasing the ram voltage like you suggested. The manufacturs website suggest OCZ memory for overclocking and i didnt know that at the time i bought my ram. However, like i said above i bought Kingston HyperX from Newegg so its not like i am using cheapo ram. Could my problem be my memory is incompatible with overclocking on this board? I
 
zigdaddy said:
I did that and have found the normal voltage point limit at 212. I could try increasing the ram voltage like you suggested. The manufacturs website suggest OCZ memory for overclocking and i didnt know that at the time i bought my ram. However, like i said above i bought Kingston HyperX from Newegg so its not like i am using cheapo ram. Could my problem be my memory is incompatible with overclocking on this board? I
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The problem might be that the memory you bought isn't compatible with that board all together. Like I said, I don’t own a DFI board, and I'm not familiar with there recommended memory, but I'm sure someone on here would, or check there web site to see if that memory is compatible. Or you could just call up DFI and ask them if it is. I don’t see why it wouldn't work, but for some odd reason it might now.

 
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