AM2+ HyperTransport 3.0 overclocking

Jorgy343 said:

I have the Asus M4N72-E motherboard which is capable of AM2+/AM3 processor and HyperTransport 3.0. I have the AMD 940 x4 AM2+ running at the default speed of 3000MHz. My FSB is also the default 200MHz so that makes the CPU modifier x15. The PCI-E frequency is 100MHz. My HyperTransport is set to the default x8 making the HT frequency 1600MHz. The board is capable of a HT frequency of 2.6GHz and I assume the CPU is as well. I read on the board specs that 1600MHz is the max for a AM2 processor and I believe that the BIOS is thinking I have an AM2 processor for some reason.

Anyways, my question is, from the information I gave, is it okay for me to raise the HT frequency to something higher than 1600MHz if not the full 2.6GHz?

If more information is needed I'll be glad to supply it. I'm rather new to over clocking so I don't want to go permanently wreck anything. Thanks.

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Jorgy343 said:

Thanks guys for your replies. For what ever reason I was thinking that the HT Link speed would affect RAM, but no it doesn't. Thanks for bringing that to my attention QuietIce. So in that case I opted to over clock the north bridge. I did what trents said and slowly moved the north bridge clock up in 200MHz increments. I was able to move it from 1800MHz (I found out the auto setting was 1800MHz and not 1600MHz) to 2400MHz. It ran stable as far as I could tell at 2400MHz but failed to post when I moved it to 2600MHz. In the end I decided to put the north bridge clock at 2200MHz and the HT Link clock at 2.0GHz.

Thanks guys!

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Jorgy343 said:

Thanks guys for your replies. For what ever reason I was thinking that the HT Link speed would affect RAM, but no it doesn't. Thanks for bringing that to my attention QuietIce. So in that case I opted to over clock the north bridge. I did what trents said and slowly moved the north bridge clock up in 200MHz increments. I was able to move it from 1800MHz (I found out the auto setting was 1800MHz and not 1600MHz) to 2400MHz. It ran stable as far as I could tell at 2400MHz but failed to post when I moved it to 2600MHz. In the end I decided to put the north bridge clock at 2200MHz and the HT Link clock at 2.0GHz.

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