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 AMD K8 Family Overclocking (754/939/940/AM2/1207), General discussions and newbies' guide

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bem69
post Mar 23 2006, 05:49 PM

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I am just wondering, is it possible to overclock an AMD64 3700+ S754?

I am currently using an Asus K8N-E, with 1 Corsair PC3200 CL2.5 and 1 Corsair PC3200 CL2. Board is running at DDR333. PSU is Enermax 460W FMA.

1. Is the CPU multiplier unlocked?
2. What does it mean by DDR333? What I know is it runs at the same cpu speed??
3. Even if its a minor overclock, can I say, overclock the ram, but with a lower
multiplier, achieving result of around 2.4ghz as well? Does that increase
performance?
4. I might want to upgrade to 2GB memory, what kind of rams are good for an average
OCer (I know this cpu cant o/c much), and what's the average price for these rams?


Thanks in advance, sorry for the noobish questions. Its been awhile since I've used AMD, and that was a 1.4ghz Tbird.
bem69
post Mar 24 2006, 04:44 PM

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QUOTE(KilJim @ Mar 24 2006, 12:26 AM)
1. As e-jump said
2. Your rams should already be at DDR400 instead of 333 even at default. Did u check with CPU-Z?
3. Yes u can. You can lower the multi and raise the HTT so that your proc speed matches it's original speed, then your rams will be overclocked. Just make sure you've set your ram dividers to 200 or 1:1 or DDR400 (whichever your board calls it)
4. Try looking for Apacer value rams with Samsung UCCC chips. They're the best price/performance rams if u can find them. How to find them? Go to shops and check their rams  tongue.gif  yeah it sux
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  1. its athlon64, then its multi unlocked [only downward]
2. ?? care for a cpu-z screenshot? cpu htt at 200.. ram can go 200 too , 1:1 devider
3. for amd64, no matter at what devider and multiplier, higher speed is better. but at same cpu speed, tighter ram/faster ram is better
4. no comment... high performance 2gb kits priced at 800..

to overclock it, yes its possible.. provided u know what to tweak, n of coz some luck
Thanks for the reply. Well, I'm at work at the moment, see, it says DDR333 when I use my different corsairs together (in cpu-z it says PC2700 & PC3200). Motherboard is Asus K8N. Anyway I remember at CPU-Z at standard settings, the rams are running at 166Mhz. I managed to overclock the FSB to 220Mhz and get a speed of 2.64Ghz. Primed it about 2 hrs, and played CS a bit. Seems to run ok. What's bugging me is that the memory speed is at 17XMhz?

 

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