To overclock or not?

[bhxtyrant]

oops My mistake what i meant was origianly the setting for the RAM were set to auto.when i switched to manual setting they were all starting on 5 and i adjusted them to your suggestion

Memory set to below

CAS# latency= 2.5
RAS# to CAS# delay= 3
RAS# precharge= 3
cycle time= 11

Sorry for the confusion

Also i have a quesstion once again.when i go to settings for the CPU Frequency Multiple= it looks like this.
12.0x
13.0x
14.0x
7.0x/15.0x
7.5x
8.0x/10.0x
9.0x
9.5x
11.0x

why is 7.0 and 15.0 the same option? same for 8.0/10.0

[FastGame]

Also i have a quesstion once again.when i go to settings for the CPU Frequency Multiple= it looks like this.
12.0x
13.0x
14.0x
7.0x/15.0x
7.5x
8.0x/10.0x
9.0x
9.5x
11.0x

why is 7.0 and 15.0 the same option? same for 8.0/10.0

I have no clue, its been a long time since I had that board & I sure don't remember the setting being that. I have an ABIT Nforce2 and its not like that.

You better wait till phish gets home, he can look in his bios and tell you, maybe your CPU is locked ???

[bhxtyrant]

I dont know it lets me change all the setting but when i try to set the settings to 10.0x/200mhz it wont boot however 12x/166mhz seems to work fine.eh hopefullt very soon i'll grab an AMD mobile 2600+ that you guys recommended and maybe that new case that i posted the link to

[Dehcbad25]

you can set the board to let you up by 1 Mhz increment. Try using values between 166 and 200. You have 34 Mhz there (a lot) that you can play with.
I did have the same with my CPU. I never unlocked it, but it overclocked fine (Thoroughbred 2500+) and there were a couple of multipliers that were together. I believe the list is pretty much as you posted. I can check it up tonight when I go home

[bhxtyrant]

Indeed thats why i dont really like ebay.To tell the truth i hate ordering online period im the type of person that likes to see exactly what he's getting and not wait for 3 or so days for it to be shipped im not patient when it comes to waiting on things to arrive.

Eh but i'll probally end up ordering both the XP-M 2600+ and the ASPIRE case both off newegg.It seems impossible to get either especially the case anywhere in my area.

Thanks for all the help and info by the way i have a feeling newegg.com will be my new best freind they have any and everything.

[Nate89]

ya no prb dude lol looked for a case for myself ended up helpin another guy find the case and ya ur makin a good decision with newegg best site out there by far besides tigerdirect but they are a but more expensive and newegg will get ur order to u quite quickly im always tryin to help ppl and this time i did it without even tryin who woulda thought

[GimieGimieGimie]

I personally order everything pc related online, because you get the cheapest prices, and i can't find f**k all in the amature pc shops around here that are just here for a quick buck and don't know what they are f**king on about

The experts are the geeks online!

[Curio]

Not.

[santino]

gimie's got the right idea. online's the way to buy, you just gotta know where to look... i copy and pasted the below from another thread i posted...


has anyone suggested going to www.pricegrabber.com first to check out prices and vendors? i do just about all of my online buying there. i check out the vendor reviews, which are supposed to have been submitted by actual buyers, after i find the right price, and have not gotten burnt once. you can check on vendor info, product info, and possibly some product reviews, again, by the buyers. you can search using the filters to narrow down to exactly the product you want or leave the search wide open. you can also sort by popularity, lowest price, even insert your zip code and search for lowest price with the combined total of the product price, tax, and shipping charge. ~s


we need places like pricegrabber to help us make the most informed decisions. i do agree that newegg is a great place to buy but that there are other places, well-respected places, that one can get comparible prices from. pricegrabber gives them to you. ~s


Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it.
- Chinese Proverb

[GimieGimieGimie]

gimie's got the right idea. online's the way to buy, you just gotta know where to look... i copy and pasted the below from another thread i posted...

I buy everything PC hardware related from ebuyer.com and overclockers.co.uk

And before i decide to buy from those stores, i check out price runner and kelkoo for the best prices around too.

I've never had such good service in my life, ebuyer has the most amazing prices/range of products, i mean, where else in the UK can you buy a 128mb ATI RADEON 9200SE PCI graphics card for only £31?

I use to buy my products from a local computer fair, never ever bought from the shops, and now with these big online stores, i get the same cheap prices, delivered straight to my door

[PIPER]

I use to buy my products from a local computer fair, never ever bought from the shops, and now with these big online stores, i get the same cheap prices, delivered straight to my door

I agree Gimie....prices are good and who could ask for more as far as convenience goes...the only issue there is package safety if your not at home when the delivery is made.

[cash_site]

I agree Gimie....prices are good and who could ask for more as far as convenience goes...the only issue there is package safety if your not at home when the delivery is made.

Hehe.. good point... Hey Gimmie, what hours do you work, and when will you be ording that 9200SE ??

[Dehcbad25]

Just get it shipped to work, or to mom's house. If you cannot, just have it shipped to my work. I will take care of it

[phishhead]

set your mem timing to userdefined. and cpu to user defined. so this way you can play with it alittle better.

[FastGame]

@stone2

If your CPU is unlocked it should run @12x166, try that and see if it boots.

set your mem timing to userdefined. and cpu to user defined. so this way you can play with it alittle better.