Hi to everybody!
I'm overclocking my 8KHA+ mobo (KT266A). Currently I have a XP1700+, 512Mb Corsair PC3200 (1 stick), GF3Ti500.
I have bought the new memory to be sure it can support any frecuency I can set. I want to overclock as much as I can, but I have concerns of running PCI, AGP and HD out of spec. How can I mitigate the overclock?
I have ideas that I don't know if can help:
- <b>AGP</b>: instead of running AGP x4, running at AGP x2. That implies that I can overclock the bus up to x2 due it is running at half the teoretical speed? In other words:
bus x2 (due to overclocked bus) x 2 (AGP) = bus x1 (no overclock) x 4 (AGP)
Something is telling me it sound too good to be true ...
- <b>Hard Disc</b>: again, running with an ATA below its maximum could compensate the overclocking. I don't know the exact maths, but would be similar to the AGP case. Let's say running on ATA66 instead of ATA100 gives me a 33% of safe bus overclock.
Please tell me what is wrong on my ideas as well as any other ways to mitigate the overclock on the other components. Thanks a lot in advance!
Still looking for a <b>good online retailer</b> in Spain :frown:
I'm overclocking my 8KHA+ mobo (KT266A). Currently I have a XP1700+, 512Mb Corsair PC3200 (1 stick), GF3Ti500.
I have bought the new memory to be sure it can support any frecuency I can set. I want to overclock as much as I can, but I have concerns of running PCI, AGP and HD out of spec. How can I mitigate the overclock?
I have ideas that I don't know if can help:
- <b>AGP</b>: instead of running AGP x4, running at AGP x2. That implies that I can overclock the bus up to x2 due it is running at half the teoretical speed? In other words:
bus x2 (due to overclocked bus) x 2 (AGP) = bus x1 (no overclock) x 4 (AGP)
Something is telling me it sound too good to be true ...
- <b>Hard Disc</b>: again, running with an ATA below its maximum could compensate the overclocking. I don't know the exact maths, but would be similar to the AGP case. Let's say running on ATA66 instead of ATA100 gives me a 33% of safe bus overclock.
Please tell me what is wrong on my ideas as well as any other ways to mitigate the overclock on the other components. Thanks a lot in advance!
Still looking for a <b>good online retailer</b> in Spain :frown: