Overclocking Possibilities - I am a Newbie

[Rob]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd (More info?)

Greetings to everyone....this is my first time at overclocking. I have read
a great deal of documentation, NG discussions, manuals, etc. and at this
point the overclocking concept is let's say, "mentally abusing me", LOL. My
question is "does my equipment have decent possibilities of overclocking?" I
have provided a list of my equipment and I apoligize if I've over done it or
left something out.

These components are items I replaced/and, or installed:

1. Thermaltake Silent Boost K8 80x80x25 mm cooling fan and heatsink. I have
6 additional cooling fans that were included with the 420 watt power supply
and Raidmax case.
2. Turbo Case X-Pider TM2000 Thermal Monitor

MANY THANKS IN ADVANCE, Rob.

This list was compiled from SISoftware Sandra:

CPU Properties:
CPU Type AMD Athlon 64 3500+
CPU Alias Newcastle S939
CPU Stepping DH7-CG
CPUID CPU Name AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
CPUID Revision 00000FF0h

CPU Speed:
CPU Clock 2199.62 MHz
CPU Multiplier 11.0x
CPU FSB 199.97 MHz (original: 200
MHz)
Memory Bus 199.97 MHz

CPU Cache:
L1 Code Cache 64 KB (Parity)
L1 Data Cache 64 KB (ECC)
L2 Cache 512 KB (On-Die, ECC,
Full-Speed)

Motherboard Properties:
Motherboard ID Soltek -K8T800Pro-6A7L1SN9C-00

Chipset Properties:
Motherboard Chipset VIA K8T800Pro, AMD Hammer
Memory Timings 2-2-2-5 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)
Command Rate (CR) 1T

SPD Memory Modules:
DIMM1: Corsair CMX512-3200XL 512 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM
(2.0-2-2-5 @ 200 MHz)
DIMM2: Corsair CMX512-3200XL 512 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM
(2.0-2-2-5 @ 200 MHz)

BIOS Properties:
System BIOS Date 07/12/04
Video BIOS Date 03/10/23
Award BIOS Type Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Award BIOS Message REV W1
DMI BIOS Version 6.00 PG

Graphics Processor Properties:
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX
9.0c)
Video Adapter ATI Radeon 9800 XT (R360)
GPU Code Name R360 (AGP 8x 1002 / 4E4A, Rev 00)
GPU Clock 412 MHz (original: 412 MHz)
Memory Clock 364 MHz (original: 365 MHz)

Sensor Properties:
Tsystem 52 °C (126 °F)
Tcpu 25 °C (77 °F)
Taux 30 °C (86 °F)
Tgpu 48 °C (118 °F)
Fcpu 4750 RPM
Vcore 1.47 V
V2.5 2.58 V
Vio 3.18 V

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd (More info?)

Rob wrote:
> Greetings to everyone....this is my first time at overclocking. I have read
> a great deal of documentation, NG discussions, manuals, etc. and at this
> point the overclocking concept is let's say, "mentally abusing me", LOL. My
> question is "does my equipment have decent possibilities of overclocking?" I
> have provided a list of my equipment and I apoligize if I've over done it or
> left something out.
>
> SNIP SPECS <

No offense to the op, but, why are you not satisfied with your system?
It's seems pretty kick ass to someone like me with a cruddy sempron
2400+ (which btw is like a tank, no probs at all)...
Just being curious, maybe you're from quebec? The quebecers I know all
like to stick it to the man! lol

 

[Rob]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd (More info?)

LOL....I'm not dissatisfied with my system. It's just that I got to reading
about OCing and was interested in what it's all about and what would I be
able to do with this rig.

I don't get personal on the WWW, but you ask a straight forward question so
I have to give you a straight forward answer......I'm disabled and about the
only thing I can do is mess around on the computer a few hours a day (not
all days). So I do a heck of a lot of reading and experimenting... ie -
downloading different kinds of software and testing it out. LOL, you
wouldn't believe the number of times I've crashed out and had to start from
scratch with a fresh install of XP. My wife swears I tear it up so I can
have fun trying to fix it.

Anyway, that's pretty much why I'm interested. Out of all the material I've
read about OCing, I have yet to find something that says "here's how you
overclock, step 1... step 2... and so on.

Thanks for your response, Rob.

 

[Carl]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd (More info?)

Try www.custompc.co.uk for a guide. They printed a guide in the magazine a
while back.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd (More info?)

Rob wrote:
> LOL....I'm not dissatisfied with my system. It's just that I got to reading
> about OCing and was interested in what it's all about and what would I be
> able to do with this rig.
>
> I don't get personal on the WWW, but you ask a straight forward question so
> I have to give you a straight forward answer......I'm disabled and about the
> only thing I can do is mess around on the computer a few hours a day (not
> all days). So I do a heck of a lot of reading and experimenting... ie -
> downloading different kinds of software and testing it out. LOL, you
> wouldn't believe the number of times I've crashed out and had to start from
> scratch with a fresh install of XP. My wife swears I tear it up so I can
> have fun trying to fix it.
>
> Anyway, that's pretty much why I'm interested. Out of all the material I've
> read about OCing, I have yet to find something that says "here's how you
> overclock, step 1... step 2... and so on.
>
> Thanks for your response, Rob.

Try here (OverClockersForums) ... this my place for getting the latest &
greatest news and info.
I noticed they don't have a "soltec" forum though, but here it is...
http://www.ocforums.com/index.php?

Another great resource ... nforcers forums (they do have a Soltec forum) ...
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=39&sid=30c1ecfe19e229999914b4969c708c85

happy clockin'

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[rms]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd (More info?)

Check the forums on www.xtremesystems.org, and www.overclockers.com and
www.amdzone.com there should be plenty of things you can mess around with


rms