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- Dec 18, 2005
So a little background first... I'm a long time Computer User (18-20 years) and have good comprehension of networking / communications / OS functionality. I've built maybe 30 computers from the ground up (starting with 486's) , and installed and troubleshooted Mac O/S's, IBM OS2 Warp, Windows 3.1, NT 3.51, NT4.0, Win 2k, XP and now vista. So basically, I am not a 12 year old novice..
That being said, I *AM* a complete noob at overclocking and I am finding difficultly finding good resources to learn the tricks of the trade from. I'm trying to build a great overclocked machine for playing BF2 and some video processing work. I've got a good rig for overclocking, and have started the process but I dont know where to go from here.. More below.
Here is my Rig:
Intel D975XBX Rev 305
Intel Conroe 6600 Retail Box.
2 x 1gig of Corsair XMS2 800 MHz / PC2-6400 - CL4 Ram
X1900 Crossfire edition
Corsair Nautilaus Water Cooling CPU system
HP Lightscribe DVD RW.
Creative X-Fi Platinum.
I've soldered over the OC pin on the motherboard so far so that I can access the CPU settings in the bios, and turned on "Enchanced power slope" and installed the Intel desktop control center (IDCC). I've set the timmings for the memmory to 4.4.4.12 at 2.1v as listed on corsairs website as the D975XBX auto settings were 5.5.5.14 and Auto Voltage. I used the IDCC to boost up the FSB by 10% and there was no problem (Which took my memmory from 800 to 880 speed as well as the FSB). I took it to 15% and it worked, but when I went to 20%, my computer reset and beeped three times I did not alter any other settings or voltages yet as I dont know what I am doing. I dont think the motherboard could handle 900+mhz for ram.
I'm definetly not doing something right, and I think that there is something about the memmory that I have not configured.
So without further ado, here are my questions:
1) Do I have to turn the memmory frequency WAY down? Say from 800 to 400? CPUZ shows my memmory ratio at 5:4 and I don't know if I can/should alter this? Can you alter the FSB:RAM ratio? and if so how?
2) What is this "1333 Strap" I keep reading about? Is it just the selection of 1333 FSB in the bios? If so, is it safe to just select it? If I select it do I have to change anything else? What is the benefit of using this?
3) In the Intel Desktop Control center, under the TUNE tab, it shows a few options including CPU Multiplier, and VCORE Voltage - It currently shows 14x multiplier and 1.4 Vcore - and a button that says "Save and Reset" but when I load CPUZ it shows my multiplier to be 9x.. What is the correct multiplier of this CPU, can it be altered, and should it be?
Thank you for ANY and all help..
Svirf
PS: Please excuse my spelling/grammar - I'm just not great at spelling.
That being said, I *AM* a complete noob at overclocking and I am finding difficultly finding good resources to learn the tricks of the trade from. I'm trying to build a great overclocked machine for playing BF2 and some video processing work. I've got a good rig for overclocking, and have started the process but I dont know where to go from here.. More below.
Here is my Rig:
Intel D975XBX Rev 305
Intel Conroe 6600 Retail Box.
2 x 1gig of Corsair XMS2 800 MHz / PC2-6400 - CL4 Ram
X1900 Crossfire edition
Corsair Nautilaus Water Cooling CPU system
HP Lightscribe DVD RW.
Creative X-Fi Platinum.
I've soldered over the OC pin on the motherboard so far so that I can access the CPU settings in the bios, and turned on "Enchanced power slope" and installed the Intel desktop control center (IDCC). I've set the timmings for the memmory to 4.4.4.12 at 2.1v as listed on corsairs website as the D975XBX auto settings were 5.5.5.14 and Auto Voltage. I used the IDCC to boost up the FSB by 10% and there was no problem (Which took my memmory from 800 to 880 speed as well as the FSB). I took it to 15% and it worked, but when I went to 20%, my computer reset and beeped three times I did not alter any other settings or voltages yet as I dont know what I am doing. I dont think the motherboard could handle 900+mhz for ram.
I'm definetly not doing something right, and I think that there is something about the memmory that I have not configured.
So without further ado, here are my questions:
1) Do I have to turn the memmory frequency WAY down? Say from 800 to 400? CPUZ shows my memmory ratio at 5:4 and I don't know if I can/should alter this? Can you alter the FSB:RAM ratio? and if so how?
2) What is this "1333 Strap" I keep reading about? Is it just the selection of 1333 FSB in the bios? If so, is it safe to just select it? If I select it do I have to change anything else? What is the benefit of using this?
3) In the Intel Desktop Control center, under the TUNE tab, it shows a few options including CPU Multiplier, and VCORE Voltage - It currently shows 14x multiplier and 1.4 Vcore - and a button that says "Save and Reset" but when I load CPUZ it shows my multiplier to be 9x.. What is the correct multiplier of this CPU, can it be altered, and should it be?
Thank you for ANY and all help..
Svirf
PS: Please excuse my spelling/grammar - I'm just not great at spelling.