Vote on which option best suites my situation
-1- CPU 3.3Ghz : RAM 220Mhz running 1:1
-2- CPU 3.5Ghz : RAM 195Mhz running 6:5
Alright first to post my setup:
P4 Prescott 3.0E (skt478)
Abit VT7 motherboard (VIA PT880)
G.Skill 2x1GB DDR500 3-4-4-8
Corsair HX520 PSU
It's old hardware I know. The top 2 choices are what I'm undecided between which would be better. If I run the memory 1:1 with the CPU the highest I can get it is a 220 FSB which yeilds my P4 @ 3.3 Ghz and my G.Skill @ DDR440. If I drop the cpu:mem ratio down to 6:5 I can get up to 233 FSB which yeilds my P4 @3.5 Ghz and my G.Skill @ DDR390.
Both results are very pathetic and it makes me wonder about my skills for overclocking . I'm pretty sure that the VIA chipset mainboard is probably not the most OC loving board. It is probably my weakpoint, but what makes me wonder is that I get errors in memtest when my ram has never even got close to DDR500. I've tried many different timings and voltages. So I'm not sure if my motherboard is the cause of these errors and instability issues I'm having or if my memory is bad. Advice/opinions/comments/flaming all wanted and welcome
-1- CPU 3.3Ghz : RAM 220Mhz running 1:1
-2- CPU 3.5Ghz : RAM 195Mhz running 6:5
Alright first to post my setup:
P4 Prescott 3.0E (skt478)
Abit VT7 motherboard (VIA PT880)
G.Skill 2x1GB DDR500 3-4-4-8
Corsair HX520 PSU
It's old hardware I know. The top 2 choices are what I'm undecided between which would be better. If I run the memory 1:1 with the CPU the highest I can get it is a 220 FSB which yeilds my P4 @ 3.3 Ghz and my G.Skill @ DDR440. If I drop the cpu:mem ratio down to 6:5 I can get up to 233 FSB which yeilds my P4 @3.5 Ghz and my G.Skill @ DDR390.
Both results are very pathetic and it makes me wonder about my skills for overclocking . I'm pretty sure that the VIA chipset mainboard is probably not the most OC loving board. It is probably my weakpoint, but what makes me wonder is that I get errors in memtest when my ram has never even got close to DDR500. I've tried many different timings and voltages. So I'm not sure if my motherboard is the cause of these errors and instability issues I'm having or if my memory is bad. Advice/opinions/comments/flaming all wanted and welcome