Stable is HT x3 and memory divider 667 with HTT at 290. I get game crashes at HT x3 with mem divider at 533 at 315 HTT. My memory is running stable right now at 468MHz and at 315 HTT it only runs at 420MHz, and I had the timings the same on both. I'm guessing its my cpu and I should increase the vcore.
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Biostar TForce 550
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OP
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Sounds like it, I needed 1.45V to do 3ghz
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so far at 1.425
fsb 230 x10 i think the ram is at 533 and the ht is x5
i'm so new to this and am figuring out what to set
do you change any other settings on the voltage I think theres one for the fsb and a few other things.
this is what i'm working with.
3800+ 90nm 65w
t550
freezer pro
2 gigs of corsair ValueSelec 667 1.8v that seems to OC pretty good for what it is.
7900GT
150g raptor.
I just got the mobo 2 days ago and dont know what bios I have. I see that alot of you set ur x at 9.5 but I cant do that.
is it my chip? or does the new bios have that? also what do you think I could get out of my chip? its running very cool. I have yet to see it go over 37 C. and thats in a warm room.
so let me know what you would run stuff at. btw I cant get a 3 1/2 right now to flash bios. might have to buy one. should I buy a 3 1/2 to flash?
fsb 230 x10 i think the ram is at 533 and the ht is x5
i'm so new to this and am figuring out what to set
do you change any other settings on the voltage I think theres one for the fsb and a few other things.
this is what i'm working with.
3800+ 90nm 65w
t550
freezer pro
2 gigs of corsair ValueSelec 667 1.8v that seems to OC pretty good for what it is.
7900GT
150g raptor.
I just got the mobo 2 days ago and dont know what bios I have. I see that alot of you set ur x at 9.5 but I cant do that.
is it my chip? or does the new bios have that? also what do you think I could get out of my chip? its running very cool. I have yet to see it go over 37 C. and thats in a warm room.
so let me know what you would run stuff at. btw I cant get a 3 1/2 right now to flash bios. might have to buy one. should I buy a 3 1/2 to flash?
OP
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so far at 1.425
fsb 230 x10 i think the ram is at 533 and the ht is x5
i'm so new to this and am figuring out what to set
do you change any other settings on the voltage I think theres one for the fsb and a few other things.
this is what i'm working with.
3800+ 90nm 65w
t550
freezer pro
2 gigs of corsair ValueSelec 667 1.8v that seems to OC pretty good for what it is.
7900GT
150g raptor.
I just got the mobo 2 days ago and dont know what bios I have. I see that alot of you set ur x at 9.5 but I cant do that.
is it my chip? or does the new bios have that? also what do you think I could get out of my chip? its running very cool. I have yet to see it go over 37 C. and thats in a warm room.
so let me know what you would run stuff at. btw I cant get a 3 1/2 right now to flash bios. might have to buy one. should I buy a 3 1/2 to flash?
I didn't find any reason to up any other voltages except for Vdimm if you're also overclocking your memory by using a higher memory divider.
You can't manually set the 9.5 multiplier in the bios, the reason I and others have that setting is because we have Brisbane chips that come with that multiplier as default.
Unfortunately it seems you got an F2 3800+ from your CPU-Z shot which isn't the best overclocker, but you should probably still hit around 2.6-2.8 or so without any issues (and perhaps higher if you're lucky).
For the bios flashing, I now use a USB flash drive.
Use this:
http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=197
In conjunction with this:
http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=196
to create a bootable USB flash drive. You will have to format you USB drive to make it bootable, but once it is bootable you can use it to store data as usual.
For info on what settings to use in overclocking, check out the stickies in the AMD CPUs section, and read this entire thread. All the info you need is there.
I will tell you right off the bat you will need to lower the HTT Multiplier, and probably memory divider to go further.
I have this same board, but a different CPU (the 4200+) and I have a few questions. I'm really new at this, so please bear with me 
Just how do I know when I am supposed to up the voltage? I have upped the HTT by 20 from stock (putting it at 220). I like the results and want moreeeeeee. Any knowledge that can be provided will be greatly appreciated and I'll give you a cookie
Just how do I know when I am supposed to up the voltage? I have upped the HTT by 20 from stock (putting it at 220). I like the results and want moreeeeeee. Any knowledge that can be provided will be greatly appreciated and I'll give you a cookie
OP
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You give it more voltage when you see instability in your system. The best way to test stability is to use something like Orthos and run the stress test for at least 12 hours, if it fails, you need more voltage or need to play with memory settings/voltage.
I've been thinking about getting some crucial ballistix for this board to replace my G.Skill. My current ram just can't keep up with my Opty and I'm hoping the crucial will OC a little better. Only problem is the Crucial is rated for 2.2 volts and that is not an option in the bios on this board. Will the ram be able to run 2.2 anyway or will it be a waste of my money to buy new ram that I can't OC anyway?
Funnyperson I see that in your sig you list the Crucial at 500mhz... what voltage are you running to get that?
Funnyperson I see that in your sig you list the Crucial at 500mhz... what voltage are you running to get that?
OP
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500Mhz CL5 is with 2.1V set in the bios. There are no settings for 2.2-2.4 Vdimm in the bios, but you can set 2.4Vdimm via a jumper on the board. I have set 2.4V before and was able to do 590 C5 or 500 C4 with these sticks.
In any case I wouldn't recommend 2.4V for daily operation, and even with 2.1V, you want a fan on these sticks, they spit hot fire.
Any ram upgrade would yield performance differences you wouldn't notice unless you were staring at benchmarks. Going from around 400 Mhz to close to 600 Mhz yielded me a 3DMark01 performance increase of around 2000+ points, or about 6%.
Anything GPU limited showed practically no improvement, 3DMark06 and LostPlanet demo hardly budged no matter what I set the memory at. Even the Nature part of 3DMark01 showed no increase. Unless you have a specific benchmark/program that is very bandwith intensive, or another machine to use the old ram in, buying new ram is not really the best investment.
In any case I wouldn't recommend 2.4V for daily operation, and even with 2.1V, you want a fan on these sticks, they spit hot fire.
Any ram upgrade would yield performance differences you wouldn't notice unless you were staring at benchmarks. Going from around 400 Mhz to close to 600 Mhz yielded me a 3DMark01 performance increase of around 2000+ points, or about 6%.
Anything GPU limited showed practically no improvement, 3DMark06 and LostPlanet demo hardly budged no matter what I set the memory at. Even the Nature part of 3DMark01 showed no increase. Unless you have a specific benchmark/program that is very bandwith intensive, or another machine to use the old ram in, buying new ram is not really the best investment.
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i've always read that 2.3v+ is when a fan is needed on the ram for ddr2. i guess you are saying that your sticks run hotter than others?
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The Micron D9 based sticks definitely run very warm wtih 2.1V, they have also been dying quite frequently if you look at threads both here and on XS. I believe that a fan placed above your D9 based sticks can greatly increase their lifespan.
With other chips, it is very possible that 2.1-2.2V doesn't need a fan.
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i was testing out my geil udca= sticks this weekend, and even at 2.4v set in bios (2.35v shown in the system health) and running 500mhz memtest86+, the heatsinks didn't feel too warm. I put fans on them none the less, but i was still expecting them to be warmer.
The problem that I have is that My ram won't keep up with my opteron at 300 x 10... I can either run the memory at 375mhz or tone the CPU down to 275 x 10 and run the memory at 470mhz. I'm hoping to get some new ram that will allow me to run at 3.0ghz with my memory at least at 400mhz.
Is anyone running Vista 64-bit with RAID 0 on this motherboard? I'm currently running XP 32-bit with RAID 0 and would like to be able to upgrade to Vista 64-bit and keep my RAID 0. I looked at the Biostar website and they only have RAID drivers for XP 32 and 64. I've heard that the XP drivers can work for Vista. Can anyone help me out?
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i didn't know much of the TF520-A2... i only knew the 7025... thx... i'll figure out which is best, although the TF520-A2 is OOS @ egg.
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I ordered the open box 550se from the egg I'll see how it turns out for me.
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wow i was eyeing that myself! hilarious.
i'm looking at getting the open box tf7025 cuz i need raid5 and onboard video. plz no one take it!