AMD 64 4000 Overclocked to 3.00Ghz but....

The problem is your at 12x250 and your ram uses the same bus speed so in thery if set to 400 you would have DDR500 wich is to high so 333+the extra 50 on the bus is actually still ddr 433 wich is still OC pretty good

You are running 3 sticks of memory, which means it is not running in dual channel mode. Pay up for another 1gb stick if you want to get the most out of your computer.

First figure out what the max speed of your memory is by lowering your multiplier and raising the fsb. Run prime95 and if it fails it's your memory, since your cpu will still be underclocked. If it doesn't fail after a couple hours then keep raising your fsb until it does fail, and that will tell you what your max memory speed is. I honestly suggest getting another 1 gig stick though, you will gain a huge performance boost if it's running in dual channel mode.

matched sets only so that might not work either I know that, but he was wondering if he should pay up for another of the same type, so I told him thats a good idea.

if you download and run that program I mentioned before, cpu-z (it's a small free program takes 10 seconds to download) it will tell you everything you need to know, including cpu voltage, fsb speeds, cpu speed, cache size and speed, core revision and name, memory timings and speed and channel, and more. it's a must have for any overclocker, get it!

Ok got cpuz and got my stats from it, take a look guys and tell me what u think. Also yeah i did manage to get 400 out of all 3 at stock untill i started overclocking past 233x12 then i wouldnt get further than the checking for ide drives screen etc. screen.

did as u suggested also i tried removing my kingston 1gb and putting the other 2 strips in dual channel mode since they were the same make and here are the results:



I ran 3dmark06 also and my score went up from 6600 to 6800 which is not half bad.

In regards to the memory ive ordered another piece of the kingston stuff i had already so i can have 2gb in dual channel but it will take a while to come.

Im curious however to what effect only having 1gb of ram has on gaming if any since its mainly a agming computer. Also by trying to push the timings further will that improve my gaming performance also?

Thanks guys

Meh turns out it wasnt stable, after 1 min of prime RAM intensive memory testing it failed and i had to drop it back down to 333. Will try again when the other slip of kingston comes in but untill then ill have to leave my overclocking conquest as it is heh.