Issue: could it be cooling, power, RAM, mobo or what?
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This is where I'm at right now (this is the system I posted in the screwups thread as having a "missing" 512 DIMM after a gravity-assisted crash btw).
ASRock P4M800, Celeron D 330 2.66, 2x 512 DDR400 (2-2-2-5 I think).
CPU @ 2.94GHz, FSB @ 147MHz, RAM @ God knows what.
Cooling is provided by a ducted HSF and temps never go above 63 deg. celsius. Oh yeah, it crashes out and defaults at 148MHz...
I would like to make this system break 3GHz+ (150MHz+) without any changes to the hardware itself. Where it gets complex: the BIOS only allows me to muck about with the RAM timings (and is very obscure in what it calls them), RAM freq. and the CPU FSB itself - no voltages, nothing interesting. sigh. I've also got an odd RAM issue - it tells me I have the full 1GB, but only 'sees' one of the 2 512 DIMMs I've got in there. I'm thus hesitant to bugger about with the RAM more than necessary.
What I want to know - have I got it as far as it can go, am I missing something, can I get it further, or should I cut my losses and save my OCing for the 925 I'm looking at?
Thanks in advance...
ASRock P4M800, Celeron D 330 2.66, 2x 512 DDR400 (2-2-2-5 I think).
CPU @ 2.94GHz, FSB @ 147MHz, RAM @ God knows what.
Cooling is provided by a ducted HSF and temps never go above 63 deg. celsius. Oh yeah, it crashes out and defaults at 148MHz...
I would like to make this system break 3GHz+ (150MHz+) without any changes to the hardware itself. Where it gets complex: the BIOS only allows me to muck about with the RAM timings (and is very obscure in what it calls them), RAM freq. and the CPU FSB itself - no voltages, nothing interesting. sigh. I've also got an odd RAM issue - it tells me I have the full 1GB, but only 'sees' one of the 2 512 DIMMs I've got in there. I'm thus hesitant to bugger about with the RAM more than necessary.
What I want to know - have I got it as far as it can go, am I missing something, can I get it further, or should I cut my losses and save my OCing for the 925 I'm looking at?
Thanks in advance...
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yeah, OCing on that ____ ASRock board is akin to raping a porcupine without shaving it first. Actually, less pleasant. Problem is finding a better board (socket 478, aargh).
What the hell. I'm already 1/3 through designing a WC system for the thing, so may as well.
Who knows - right mobo and I could probably do 4GHz.
What the hell. I'm already 1/3 through designing a WC system for the thing, so may as well.
Who knows - right mobo and I could probably do 4GHz.
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