I just put together my first computer a few weeks ago. Hit a few bumps along the way, had to send back a mobo do to incompatability issues with memory, but overall im VERY happy I decided to build my own and not buy prebuilt. Its been a fun learning experience.
I even have it over clocked...
Hmm, looking at the fan, it looks like its held on by 2 white plastic stub things with springs around them. The current stock heatsink on there uses the same type of attachment and is very loose, i can bend and push it up and down a bit due to the springs..
I know you can put it on the processor/video card, but does thermal grease go on the motherboard chipset too?
mobo: Chaintech vnf4 ultra (Nforce4).
edit: by the way the grease is AS5, if that makes a difference.
Just got through prime95-ing my first overclock :)
Not a huge OC but I got my 3500 to 2.575 ghz stable. Havent tweaked with memory timings yet, i left them loose just to see what my processor could do.
I'm a little dissappointed though, after reading everyone's 2.6-7 ghz resuslts with...
Just curious as to what people are getting for stable timings out of there Corsair Value Select.
I have mine currently set at: 2-3-3-8 | 1t, 5:6 @ 391 mhz but i havent run any tests yet. Someone said Value ram cant do 1t, is this true?
Well it sounds like a normal hardrive would sound, no weird clicking... but its just really loud.
It is for sure louder than a 74 GB raptor... And yeah its a Barracuda.
This thing is louder than my friends raptor
Im just trying to find out if this is normal or I should return it
- I can send still send it back to newegg for a replacement, i'vw only had it for 2 weeks
Seagate 7200.8 200 GB NCQ SATA
It could be just in my head but it seemed really quiet when I first got it less than two weeks ago. Now it's very loud. It grinds away like a 6 year old Dell when doing the slightest of operations and is pretty annoying. This is my first "new age" harddrive but...
Well damn I finally solved the problem.
After doing some research I found out that the Chaintech board cannot supply CPU voltages between 1.45 and 1.6 even though 1.5/1.55 are listed in the bios!! If anything between is chosen it just reverts to 1.45!
So I set the CPU voltage to 1.6 and...
So you think I've maxed out my processor?
I have it running at 2475 mhz right now at 23 degrees C.
Why would an extra 80 mhz max it out?
and is there any way around this?
Hmm... well, I was expecting quite a bit more out of a winchester 3500
For some reason I dont think its the chip because it boots fine until it tries to load windows. Then I get an IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL blue screen error which I'm pretty sure is memory. correct me if im wrong though
Ive read of others getting much better overclocks with this board though. Ive never heard of anyone being maxed out at 230 FSB like this, it doesnt make sense.
do you think it could be a faulty board?
I think im just going to return the RAM and get something that can actually perform
I already returned a DFI lanparty because it wasnt compatable with this memory... looks like I should have just returned the memory
I've been struggling with overclocking for the last two days and I've come to the conclusion that my Corsair Value Ram just wont cut it for overclocking on my chaintech VNF4 motherboard
Whatever I do I cannot get the FSB past 230. Lowered the HT to 4x, even 3x, and I get a blue...
tried already... I think Im going to return this value stuff get some performance memory.
Can someone confirm for me that the memory is the problem here?
I always thought blue screen resets were due to memory problems and I cant think of
anything else it would be, but I want to make...
damnit ive tried everything. Cant get the FSB above 230... this leaves my RAM at 383 mhz :(
maybe ill try a different bios version
edit: just tried lowering the ht to 3x with 5:6 and 335 fsb. Same thing, blue screen/restart.
I asked which one of the two was a better setup. The only reason im considering using the 1:1 ratio setting is because I can only get an extra 5 (from 225 to 230) on the FSB by dividing the memory to a 5:6 setting.
I didnt know if a few extra mhz was worth dividing the memory.
I expected...
So far these are my 2 maxed out configurations:
#1
FSB: 225
RAM: 1:1, 450 mhz 2.7v
CPU: 2475 mhz
HT: 4x
#2
FSB 230
RAM 5:6, 380 mhz 2.7v
CPU: 2530 mhz 1.5v
HT: 4x
Raising the FSB higher for any either of these configurations results in windows crashing upon startup...
So far these are my 2 maxed out configurations:
#1
FSB: 225
RAM: 1:1, 450 mhz
CPU: 2475 mhz
HT: 4x
#2
FSB 230
RAM 5:6, 380 mhz
CPU: 2530 mhz
HT: 4x
Raising the FSB higher for any either of these configurations results in windows crashing upon startup.
Which one should I use...
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