just wanted to run this by you guys to see if theres anything i should do differently
im planning on getting an opteron 146, going to try and buy the amd stock heatpipe cooler off of someone, and i already have 2x1gb of corsair value ram.
this is assuming my mobo is able to hit whatever fsb so that it'll b a cpu limitation, not the motherboard limitation, and has vcore and vdimm adjustments.
first, ill have everything stock, check temps etc to make sure the heatsink's mounted properly, run stability tests, and just use my computer normally for a few days to burn in. then when i start oc'ing, ill run a low divider (since this is value ram, i'll probably start off w/ something like 1:2) and see how far i can push my cpu for a comfortable overclock (including raising voltage). then i'll start raising the divider, getting as close to 1:1 at stock timings (3-3-3-8) as i can (including bumping vdimm to see if that helps). once i find the comfortable spot for the cpu and the closest divider to 1:1 that my ram can run at, i'll start lowering timings. this is w/ running stability tests all over the place plus testing with playing games and stuff.
sound like a plan? is there anything that i'm missing? im not planning on oc'ing my video card yet, going to just do cpu/ram (which reminds me, i need to lock the pci-e slot speed, right?).
im planning on getting an opteron 146, going to try and buy the amd stock heatpipe cooler off of someone, and i already have 2x1gb of corsair value ram.
this is assuming my mobo is able to hit whatever fsb so that it'll b a cpu limitation, not the motherboard limitation, and has vcore and vdimm adjustments.
first, ill have everything stock, check temps etc to make sure the heatsink's mounted properly, run stability tests, and just use my computer normally for a few days to burn in. then when i start oc'ing, ill run a low divider (since this is value ram, i'll probably start off w/ something like 1:2) and see how far i can push my cpu for a comfortable overclock (including raising voltage). then i'll start raising the divider, getting as close to 1:1 at stock timings (3-3-3-8) as i can (including bumping vdimm to see if that helps). once i find the comfortable spot for the cpu and the closest divider to 1:1 that my ram can run at, i'll start lowering timings. this is w/ running stability tests all over the place plus testing with playing games and stuff.
sound like a plan? is there anything that i'm missing? im not planning on oc'ing my video card yet, going to just do cpu/ram (which reminds me, i need to lock the pci-e slot speed, right?).