MikeKilcoyne
03-09-08, 04:34 PM
I had no problems overclocking my Opteron 165 to 2.7 ghz with two sticks of RAM but now that I have 4 sticks I can barely run slightly above the stock CPU speed.
Setting the timings down does not seem to gain any stability whilst overclocking but read a comment that the Northbridge is being taxed more with 4 sticks of RAM and believe this could the problem.
Memory bandwidth is the least of my concerns and games require more than the 1.8 ghz my Opteron provides at default. I need to get it up to 2.7 ghz again if even at the expense of memory bandwidth. 300x9 was stable with 2 sticks. Are there any suggestions on how to circumvent this problem?
EDIT: Dividers were used and memory speed was slightly underclocked
My setup consists of the following:
DFI Lanparty Ultra-D (Nforce 4)
4 x 512 PC-3200 DDR1
Opteron 165
8800 GT
Setting the timings down does not seem to gain any stability whilst overclocking but read a comment that the Northbridge is being taxed more with 4 sticks of RAM and believe this could the problem.
Memory bandwidth is the least of my concerns and games require more than the 1.8 ghz my Opteron provides at default. I need to get it up to 2.7 ghz again if even at the expense of memory bandwidth. 300x9 was stable with 2 sticks. Are there any suggestions on how to circumvent this problem?
EDIT: Dividers were used and memory speed was slightly underclocked
My setup consists of the following:
DFI Lanparty Ultra-D (Nforce 4)
4 x 512 PC-3200 DDR1
Opteron 165
8800 GT