Totally new to A64. please help!

[EquaLiZr]

I just purchased an Opteron 146 (venus core) and the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI motherboard. The ram is OCZ PC3200 EL Gold 2-2-2-5 1T and the video card is ATI X800XL PCI-E.

I honestly have no idea where to begin for overclocking as its not as simple as it was before for me. (lower multi and raise fsb while keeping good mem timings)

What is the best way to start out here? any help would be appreciated.

I hear that overall clock speed is all that matters with the A64's?

 

[Fenix793]

CPU speed is really what matters. Memory timings don't make much difference on A64s because of the integrated mem controller. Just raise the FSB and use dividers when your mem starts to top out.