- Joined
- Dec 16, 2001
- Location
- VIctoria, BC, Canada
I put a computer together for a friend of mine. the specs are as follows:
Athlon Palominio XP 1900+ Cooled w/ Alpha Pal 8045
Soltek SL-75ERV Motherboard
MSI GeForce3 Ti200 128MB DDR
SB Live 5.1 Value
512 MB (2x 256) Generic PC2100 DDR RAM
We decided on the Alpha Pal 8045 because he wanted to OC his computer. He said he didn't want to OC it very much, so i figured that the 2100 DDR should do him well enough. Here's how it runs right now
1900+ stock is 1600Mhz
144*12=1728Mhz Stable
145*12=1740Mhz Almost stable (rare crashes)
146*12=1752Mhz Unstable
Anything higher Unstable
The thing is, at stock volts (1.75), i can go all the way to 144, but no matter how much I increase the voltage, even up to 1.85 v., it only makes it a little more stable. It seems to me, that the memory is holding back the OC. The temperature is fine. It maxes out at about 45C load at 145fsb w/ 1.85V core. At stock, it will idle somewhere near 32C
Would buying 2700 (Samsung) DDR Ram help things out in this case?
Athlon Palominio XP 1900+ Cooled w/ Alpha Pal 8045
Soltek SL-75ERV Motherboard
MSI GeForce3 Ti200 128MB DDR
SB Live 5.1 Value
512 MB (2x 256) Generic PC2100 DDR RAM
We decided on the Alpha Pal 8045 because he wanted to OC his computer. He said he didn't want to OC it very much, so i figured that the 2100 DDR should do him well enough. Here's how it runs right now
1900+ stock is 1600Mhz
144*12=1728Mhz Stable
145*12=1740Mhz Almost stable (rare crashes)
146*12=1752Mhz Unstable
Anything higher Unstable
The thing is, at stock volts (1.75), i can go all the way to 144, but no matter how much I increase the voltage, even up to 1.85 v., it only makes it a little more stable. It seems to me, that the memory is holding back the OC. The temperature is fine. It maxes out at about 45C load at 145fsb w/ 1.85V core. At stock, it will idle somewhere near 32C
Would buying 2700 (Samsung) DDR Ram help things out in this case?