Hi, I havent done a lot of overclocking but I do understand how it works and what to do for the most part. I am kind of stuck at the moment and was hoping you guys could give me some advice.
First off I have an older system that I am working with:
PC Chips M811 Mobo
AMD 1800+xp proc. w/thermaltake 80mm HSF
Nvidia Ti 4200 64mb 4x AGP video card w/zalman copper HSF (oced)
512mb DDR SDRAM - PMI - PQI chips on it - pc2700 (which brings me to my Q)
I cannot get my processor to OC beyond 134-135 without system crashes at startup. This is not a lot of OCing since 133 is defualt. I was thinking that maybe my RAM is my bottleneck but didnt want to buy new ram without checking first. I cannot change the voltage on the mobo, just the FSB and latency timings. Does this sound like a RAM issue? The proc. temp will sit at 41c in around 78-80F room so I dont think that is a problem. If my ram is the culpret what should I do to fix the situation? I just want to get my proc. up to ~1.8ghz or around that area if possible. What RAM should I get or do you think that is the problem?
Thanks
First off I have an older system that I am working with:
PC Chips M811 Mobo
AMD 1800+xp proc. w/thermaltake 80mm HSF
Nvidia Ti 4200 64mb 4x AGP video card w/zalman copper HSF (oced)
512mb DDR SDRAM - PMI - PQI chips on it - pc2700 (which brings me to my Q)
I cannot get my processor to OC beyond 134-135 without system crashes at startup. This is not a lot of OCing since 133 is defualt. I was thinking that maybe my RAM is my bottleneck but didnt want to buy new ram without checking first. I cannot change the voltage on the mobo, just the FSB and latency timings. Does this sound like a RAM issue? The proc. temp will sit at 41c in around 78-80F room so I dont think that is a problem. If my ram is the culpret what should I do to fix the situation? I just want to get my proc. up to ~1.8ghz or around that area if possible. What RAM should I get or do you think that is the problem?
Thanks