- Joined
- Aug 15, 2004
- Location
- New Hampshire - GO SOX!
Hey, I have an AMD Athlon XP 3000+ Barton Core CPU (2.17Ghz), 512mb of pc2700 (DDR333) RAM, and the Chaintech Zenith 7njs mobo. I increased the FSB to 169 (supposed to be 166) and kept everything else default. I realize pc2700 is spec at only 166mhz but it seems fine at 169. CPU is running a little hot but that is expected. But here is my problem, the CPU is benchmarking at 2200mhz. I want to get it to at least 2500mhz but I know my RAM cannot handle any FSB above 169mhz unless I screw around with the voltage or timing ratio (which I don't know how to do). Can someone PLEASE help me out to figure these settings... I have screwed around with it for about five hours trying to get them right and nothing is working except for the setting I have. Do I need faster RAM to do any better or what? Help me out here.... oh, FYI the 7njs runs pheonix award BIOS and supports OC'ing... just in case that helps.