O/C'ing my rig finally!! 3.2c

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Covertky

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Well, I have had my system for a month and a half, and have finally had a little time to play around with it.
My system:

3.2c@3.5 right now
IC7-max3
1 gig corsair 3200LL 2-3-2-6
zalman 7000a-cu
2 raptors
ati 9800 pro
antec truecontrol 550

pcmark04-5442
3dmark03-5912
3dmark01-19456

At 3.5 ghz in prime for a while it runs like 61 loaded and around 41 idle on motherboard monitor, I am kinda leary of this temp, have heard about the abit boards detect the temp a little high?? Should I not be worried about this temp? how much would o/c'ing the 9800 effect my 3dmark scores? Ok, this is my first overclock and so far it has been goin great. Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated.
 
3dmark scores are BullSh*t and show little real life gaming improvments. Benchmark with the games you play and see if overclocking helps you qualitativly there for what really matters.

Abit does over read temperatures a bit (some people say 10 deg, but I doubt its THAT much). Temps depend quite a bit on ambient temps too.

Other than those comments, nice looking overclock. Im sure you can push that processor a bit higher;) I'ts up to you.
 
Don't put all your faith in synth benchmarks. Nice to look at, but then move along. What matters most is does the system feel faster or are games performing better?

Abits tend to over read CPU temps in the BIOS probably about 5 degrees C, but if it's stable, it's not too hot. Of course, once you're going past, say, 65 C I'd dial back.

Anyways, are you using a CPU:DRAM divider? That could account for the 3DMark2001 score but again, what matters most is how the system feels to you. Nice OC off the bat.

I'm just starting to OC my comp more now that I got my RAM all installed. hooray.
 
Still have it at 1:1, gonna play around with like this for a while, I don't know, so if I put it at 3:2 at the same fsb it would be a different speed? but does it affect the memory bandwith?? ok too many questions, must google..................
 
If you use a 3:2, the RAM will operate at 67% of the speed of the FSB.
When you get to a point that you can't go any further, try a 5:4 FSB. The RAM will run at 80% of the FSB.

Dropping memory speed will hurt memory performance, but hopefully you've achieved enough of an overclock to offset it.
 
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