oc help with DFI

[mattk]

ok guys i got this new system in my sig, and i am overwhelmed with all the overclocking features on this motherboard..for any of you that have had great success overclocking, can you please give me some tips for this board? i don't know what half of this stuff means. Thanks

 

[LoRDZiMBO]

you're right, there are a crapload of options.

what specifically would you like to know?

 

[mattk]

well i don't really know much about overclocking the ram, this is my first board that even lets you adjust all these different timings. I understand that your processor cannot run at a higher speed when you have really low latencies on the ram, but say i wanted to oc it from 2.0 to 2.5 ghz, what do i have to do with the ram? the fsb would be 250, the ram freq? the cas latency would definately have to be atleast 3 i imagine, but im sure these 2 things aren't all i need to change for this much of an overclock to work.

 

[LoRDZiMBO]

you can change the ratio between the RAM speed and the HTT speed, so that you aren't limited by your ram.

lets say at default, you have your RAM @ 200MHz, and your HTT @ 200MHz.

if you up the HTT, you are also upping the RAM.

under DRAM Config in the BIOS, you can change the ratio.


for a 2.5GHz core clock (with DDR3200 RAM):

you would change the RAM (under DRAM Config) to 150MHz

and change the FSB Frequency (HTT) to 250MHz


that would give you an effective RAM speed of 200MHz
and a core clock speed of 2.5GHz

 

[MaMMa]

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/index.php for all your needs go to the source

 

[mattk]

thanks guys, i'll let you know how it goes!