same old question different person

allright so heres what i got, 2500+barton,
voltage is at 1.7v multiplier is 11.0 fsb is 167.1 mhz bus speed is 334.1 mhz

allright, i have a really good heatsync and a case with about 7 fans so i think cooling should be allright in my case, the only other optoin on higher fsb is 200 mhz and if i jump up to that i run as a 3200 barton, like 2.1ghz or something but my fsb jumps to 400mhz, i have two sticks of pc2700 333mhz ddr,

how can i up my processor and keep the fsb around the same so that my ram can take it?? or does it not matter or what?

i forgot to say when i up it to 200mhz, and keep the multiplier at 11.0, it gives me 3200+ barton settings, i said that but when i try to do anything visual the program crashes, whether its winamp or windows media player or counter strike or ut2k4,

Can you please fill us in on the rest of your components so we can better help you.

like what?? im a noob, i dont know anything else. i have a

thremaltake 420w power supply
volcano 12 heatsink
asus a7n8x-e
gig of pc2700 333mhz ddr ram
ati radeon 9800 pro
amd 2500+ barton core 333 mhz

Average generic PC2700 sticks cannot go into high 190s FSB, let alone 200s. They do 166 to high 180s, maybe low 190s FSB.

There are exceptions, like Samsung PC2700 and others that can do higher but this is not typical of average PC2700 sticks and if you have a PC2700 stick that can do higher than that, consider your self lucky.

i wrote down more info
disregard the other stuff if its wrong, this is straight from bios

cpu external frequency 166 mhz
multiplier is 11
resulting freq is 166 mhz

fsb spread spectrum option is disabled, but there are .50% and 100% options
same for agp spread spectrum, except only .50% option

cpu vcor is 1.7 v
ddr reference v is 2.6 v

and then this program i have called cpu-z says

voltage 1.745
core speed 1837.5 mhz 11 multiplier fsb 167 mhz bus speed 334 mhz
memory frequency 167 mhz fsb:ddr 1:1 cas# latency 2.5 clocks
ras# to cas# delay 3 clocks ras# precharge 3 clocks cycle time 7 clocks

c627627 said:

Average generic PC2700 sticks cannot go into high 190s FSB, let alone 200s. They do 166 to high 180s, maybe low 190s FSB.

There are exceptions, like Samsung PC2700 and others that can do higher but this is not typical of average PC2700 sticks and if you have a PC2700 stick that can do higher than that, consider your self lucky.

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yeah they are samsung sticks

Lucky for you. They can go into 200s but not too far, probably below 210.

You'll need to gradually increase your Vcore voltage to as much as 1.85 volts as 1.7 may be simply too low for major overclocks.

If you have quality cooling 2.2 GHz should be no problem, if you have a locked 11 multiplier, that's 200 x 11 with increased voltage.

Your RAM may only go a little over 200 so if your multiplier is locked, it'll prevent you from going over 2.3 GHz which is what an average overclock for your desktop Barton setup may be anyway.