Striker OC Help

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Noob Alert!!!

I have built a half dozen comps over the last few years, but I have never oc'd before. I wanted to build a great comp to last my son a couple of years...with quake wars and ut2007 coming up I knew our old xp3000's and 6800gt's weren't going to cut it. We are running Q4 ok, but it is with vertex lighting and 800x600. I wanted something that would run all the eye candy and get the frames too. You can see what I have for him in my sig.

First off...yes, I made a mistake jumping the gun on the Striker...I gambled and lost...at least for the time being...but I will stay with the Striker even though I am tempted to get one of the reference boards.

I have read the nvidia 680i overclocking guide many times:

guide

and read about all the 680i OCing in the forums. I realise I'm not going to get any huge FSB until asus addresses some issues...but...I'm laming out at around 350 (1400 quad).

It runs good prime at 333, but when I go over that I start getting this error on startup:

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I can close the error with a few clicks, and it stays gone...and everthing seems to run ok...I ran prime for 20 minutes with no errors (I know that isn't long, but I had to hide the comp before my son got up)

My VCore is set to 1.25 in bios..although it shows as 1.15 in the AI interface..which I didn't use....all changes were made in bios. Mem is at 2.1V, unlinked and running at 400 (800 ddr). Everything else is set to auto.

I am just starting out on this OC, but I wanted to get some feedback before I went on.

thx :)
 
Well, that error was just from the AI Booster not being able to have a fsb over 325. I uninstalled AI Booster, and was able to get to 3.4GHz pretty easy. My memory timings are screwy still, but its a good start for me.

VCore=1.35 (it shows as 1.25 in asus pc probe)
Mem is set to unlinked and 800 fsb, but it reads it as 377 until I raise memory fsb to 806 and then it shows 800...??? Anyway...maybe this will help someone.

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CPU got up to 45C during the short prime I did.
 
what do you mean AI Booster cannot have a fsb over 325? i dont even have a 775 system (im on 939) but i was running AI booster when i was setting my OC for my system, and it seemed like i might have been running into trouble. is is a limitation of the program being able to read the fsb? if you could explain that more, it would be appreciated
 
What I meant was that AI Booster does not go higher..it's limit is 325...or close to that, I can't look at it now (uninstalled)...at least the one I have is. It is meant for nothing above a 20% oc afik. It can read a higher value in the interface like it is doing in my first screenie, but you cannot set '350' in the dropdown fsb menu in AI Booster. There is an option to set it 1600/800, but that was too much for mine.
 
So...I finally tried Orthos, and it errored the above setup within a minute. I went to 425x8 just to try it out, and it ran...I had to stop quickly because I was runnng out of time..I'll put some real time on it tomorrow.

My question is...why are Orthos and Core Temp reading my fsb and cpu higher than cpu-z? Like I said, I set quad fsb at 1700 in bios. Mem unlinked (800). VCore 1.35v.

Any ideas?

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thx-
 
OK...here is where I am stopping this fairly conservative OC. I'm sure I could get more out of it, but its running stable and fairly cool. I included a screenie of the second half of the second set of tests from Orthos...that is when my cpu gets the hottest. The rest of the hour-long test I ran was in the mid 40's to low 50's. I know I should run Orthos longer, and I will...just have some time constraints till I break this gift out on Christmas.

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AI Tuning: Manual
Nvidia GPU Ex: Disabled
LinkBoost: Enabled

FSB - Memory Clock Mode: Unlinked
x FSB - Memory Raio: N/A
FSB (QDR), Mhz: 1700 (means 425FSB)
Actual FSB (QDR), Mhz: 1700
MEM (DDR), Mhz: 800 (means 400mhz speeds)
Actual MEM (DDR), Mhz: 796.9
CPU Multiplier: 8

Vcore Voltage: 1.35v
Memory Voltage: 2.2v
1.2v HT Voltage: auto (1.52v in PC Probe II)
NB Core Voltage: auto (1.52v in PC Probe II)
SB Core Voltage: auto (1.5v in PC Probe II)
CPU VTT Voltage: auto (1.5v in PC Probe II)
DDRII Controller Ref Voltage: auto
DDRII Channel A Ref Voltage: auto
DDRII Channel B Ref Voltage: auto

tCL (CAS Latency): auto (5)
tRCD: auto (5)
tRP: auto (5)
tRAS: auto (18)
Command Per Clock (CMD): 1 clock (1T)

Advance Memory Settings
tRRD: AUTO
tRC: AUTO
tWR: AUTO
tWTR: AUTO
tREF: AUTO
Async Latency: AUTO

CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Auto
MCP PCIE Spread Spectrum: Auto
SATA Spread Spectrum: Disabled
LDT Spread Spectrum: Auto

CPU Internal Thermal Control: Disabled
Limit CPUID MaxVal: Disabled
Enhanced C1 (C1E): Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Enabled
Virtualization Technology: Enabled
Enhanced Intel Speedstep Tech: Disabled
LDT Frequency: 5x

PCIEX16_1 Frequency (Mhz): 100
PCIEX16_2 Frequency (Mhz): 100
PCIEX16_3 Frequency (Mhz): 100
SPP<->MCP Ref Clock, Mhz: Auto

(thx to eva2000 for the spec template)
 
Just a few observations about the Striker that I have experienced.

The OC above worked fine in everything I've (or my son) has done except 'Company of Heroes' multiplayer. It would crash to desktop or BSOD half the time. I CMOS's to stock and it worked fine. I stayed with the '9' multiplier (instead of 8) and fsb at 1467 (3.3GHz) and it works fine.

VCore voltage: I left the VCore on 'auto' during this oc...previously I had it set at 1.35v...man, my temps were 10C-15C lower under load in Orthos at almost the same GHz..3.3 vs 3.4. I don't know if this temp difference is from the auto voltage, or the lower fsb...367 x 9 vs 425 x 8. I was spiking to 65C before and now 53C.

Memory: No matter what I do, the memory is happiest at unlinked and everything on auto. This is Corsair PC8500C5 XMS...EPP andSLI enabled (har har har... doesn't really work)...and it goes to 5-5-5-18 1T on auto. I have messed with these timings, and this is where it likes to be.

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Like I said at the beginning of this post...I'm a total noob, but this has been fun and I have learned a lot from you guys' posts in other threads.
 
Hey that is a great overclock. I'm sure you and your son will be loving that computer for a long while. Thanks for the posts on your progress!
 
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