Yrkoon
04-18-2005, 02:09 AM
only thing not overclocked is the cpu.
i want to overclock it but encountering problems instability etc when i hit 189*2 fsb while 166*2 is normal max.
my mainboard doesnt have any pci/agp or memory locks on it tho the pci/agp frequency isnt a problem the memory may be.
as it is ddr266 running at ddr333 speeds which is my cpus default speed the mem is set to a 1:1 ratio witht he cpu at moment an running on looser timings.
now it could just be my mem doesnt want to overclock any higher or it could be my psu as i have just noticed my 400 watt cpu has only 17 amps on the 12volt rail and 40 on the 5 volt rail.
i was wondering if thats the reason i cant overclock cpu an extra 200-300 extra that is when my room is cool and ambient pc temp is cool also along with cpu temp i have heard of my cpu hitting 400fsb with ease.
basically is it the psu or the memory getting pushed to far or a combination of the 2 or even my motherboard just sucks for overclocking tho ive heard of that board an cpu hitting 190 no probs... im confused what is stopping me overclocking cpu...
here is my specs :
gigabyte ga-7vaxp via kt400 mainboard
mercury 400 watt psu
amd sempron 2800+ @ 2ghz, 333 fsb
twinmoss 512 ddr 266 @ 333 fsb
geforce fx 5900xt @440/770
audigy 1 sound card
ibm hardrives 40 gig an 13 gig 7200rpm
samsung harddrive 160 gig 7200rpm
philips 52x cd writer
samsung 16x dvd drive
Thermaltake xaser v case http://www.thermaltake.com/xaserCase/WinGo/v7000d.htm
i want to overclock it but encountering problems instability etc when i hit 189*2 fsb while 166*2 is normal max.
my mainboard doesnt have any pci/agp or memory locks on it tho the pci/agp frequency isnt a problem the memory may be.
as it is ddr266 running at ddr333 speeds which is my cpus default speed the mem is set to a 1:1 ratio witht he cpu at moment an running on looser timings.
now it could just be my mem doesnt want to overclock any higher or it could be my psu as i have just noticed my 400 watt cpu has only 17 amps on the 12volt rail and 40 on the 5 volt rail.
i was wondering if thats the reason i cant overclock cpu an extra 200-300 extra that is when my room is cool and ambient pc temp is cool also along with cpu temp i have heard of my cpu hitting 400fsb with ease.
basically is it the psu or the memory getting pushed to far or a combination of the 2 or even my motherboard just sucks for overclocking tho ive heard of that board an cpu hitting 190 no probs... im confused what is stopping me overclocking cpu...
here is my specs :
gigabyte ga-7vaxp via kt400 mainboard
mercury 400 watt psu
amd sempron 2800+ @ 2ghz, 333 fsb
twinmoss 512 ddr 266 @ 333 fsb
geforce fx 5900xt @440/770
audigy 1 sound card
ibm hardrives 40 gig an 13 gig 7200rpm
samsung harddrive 160 gig 7200rpm
philips 52x cd writer
samsung 16x dvd drive
Thermaltake xaser v case http://www.thermaltake.com/xaserCase/WinGo/v7000d.htm