Ok, well I've spent the day learning everything I can about what BIOS is, how to flash it, how to modify it, etc. I've also spend the day learning the in's and out's of overclocking, which I think at this point I have the hang of it and I'm writing my own comprehensive guide which compiles 12 that I've found on the internet (including the one here), but I still have a few questions I'm not sure about and I know someone could help.
1. Where can I find out what the RAM timing's mean? I seem to understand that more aggressive means lower #'s, but exactly what does that mean "more aggressive"? Does it mean unstable, faster? Does it change the speed at all or the voltage? I can't seem to find info on this and every time I see a link it seems to be dead. So help would be appreciated.
-On the note of RAM and leading to my next question, now that I've learned this stuff I feel kind of stupid for jumping at the HP RAM deal that was out: http://www.costcentral.com/pro...ail/HP/PX976AT/L49299/ It was a great deal and I'm not complaining because I just can't beat that, but now after learning what I have I want to know something.
2. 1.8Volts is the MAX that RAM can run at or the standard that it's equipped to run at? I remember reading that all RAM had to be certified @ 1.8V but I don't know if it can go over. When you overclock you generally need to increase the voltage in the RAM as well (overclocking RAM) as I understand it...am I right? If so does anyone know how high this RAM can be clocked to? I've been going over mathmatical formulas that depict how to regulate clock speed and what have you (Mem speed = CPU speed/mem. divider) which @ 1:1 would imply that with a CPU speed in excess of 333 this RAM couldn't hold up, right?
-That last one is really what's getting me because I just read a thread over @ Tom's that explained the OC'ing ability of the 2180 and I couldn't believe it could outperform the 6750 that I planned on getting. Well, not really outperformed in a sense but @ 3.2 with air and no really technical issues, that seems incredible @ that price. So I think I'm gonna go with that chip so I can learn to OC without being scared of breaking my budget (blow 1 up and buy another = same price as the 6750 anyway only now I get to practice!!)
In a nutshell i'd love to have someone that I could talk to that perhaps could better explain some of these formulas that I've got because I get 99% of what's going on, but the variables like how to determine RAM capabilities leave me curious as to what I should be doing here; buying a 2180 and OC'ing the hell out of it, or a 6750 and being mild (which doesn't really suit my personality).
3. Last thing, I'm curious if there's a place I can find out how high the multipliers for the Intel chips are. I know most of them are locked limit but I don't know how high that limit is. Assuming for example I have a 6750 @ 2.66. That means 8x333FSB right? Well not really FSB, but Clock speed...anyway, so this means it's running about 2.66 right? that means my 667 HP memory is maxed out so I can either A) raise the voltage on the RAM and hope to increase clock speed right? or B) Increase the multiplier and maintain and/or lower the clock speed yielding a higher Max CPU speed, right? With a higher multiplier you don't get the benefit of a higher FSB speed though, right? Which in that 2180 could be a problem...you only get that if you raise clock speed, correct? In which case am I better giving my bro the HP and getting a few 800 sticks instead?
Tell me how close I am!!! LOL, like I said I started this stuff this afternoon and I love math so this has totally consumed my day! Even my wife got mad! Any info would be greatly appreciated.
1. Where can I find out what the RAM timing's mean? I seem to understand that more aggressive means lower #'s, but exactly what does that mean "more aggressive"? Does it mean unstable, faster? Does it change the speed at all or the voltage? I can't seem to find info on this and every time I see a link it seems to be dead. So help would be appreciated.
-On the note of RAM and leading to my next question, now that I've learned this stuff I feel kind of stupid for jumping at the HP RAM deal that was out: http://www.costcentral.com/pro...ail/HP/PX976AT/L49299/ It was a great deal and I'm not complaining because I just can't beat that, but now after learning what I have I want to know something.
2. 1.8Volts is the MAX that RAM can run at or the standard that it's equipped to run at? I remember reading that all RAM had to be certified @ 1.8V but I don't know if it can go over. When you overclock you generally need to increase the voltage in the RAM as well (overclocking RAM) as I understand it...am I right? If so does anyone know how high this RAM can be clocked to? I've been going over mathmatical formulas that depict how to regulate clock speed and what have you (Mem speed = CPU speed/mem. divider) which @ 1:1 would imply that with a CPU speed in excess of 333 this RAM couldn't hold up, right?
-That last one is really what's getting me because I just read a thread over @ Tom's that explained the OC'ing ability of the 2180 and I couldn't believe it could outperform the 6750 that I planned on getting. Well, not really outperformed in a sense but @ 3.2 with air and no really technical issues, that seems incredible @ that price. So I think I'm gonna go with that chip so I can learn to OC without being scared of breaking my budget (blow 1 up and buy another = same price as the 6750 anyway only now I get to practice!!)
In a nutshell i'd love to have someone that I could talk to that perhaps could better explain some of these formulas that I've got because I get 99% of what's going on, but the variables like how to determine RAM capabilities leave me curious as to what I should be doing here; buying a 2180 and OC'ing the hell out of it, or a 6750 and being mild (which doesn't really suit my personality).
3. Last thing, I'm curious if there's a place I can find out how high the multipliers for the Intel chips are. I know most of them are locked limit but I don't know how high that limit is. Assuming for example I have a 6750 @ 2.66. That means 8x333FSB right? Well not really FSB, but Clock speed...anyway, so this means it's running about 2.66 right? that means my 667 HP memory is maxed out so I can either A) raise the voltage on the RAM and hope to increase clock speed right? or B) Increase the multiplier and maintain and/or lower the clock speed yielding a higher Max CPU speed, right? With a higher multiplier you don't get the benefit of a higher FSB speed though, right? Which in that 2180 could be a problem...you only get that if you raise clock speed, correct? In which case am I better giving my bro the HP and getting a few 800 sticks instead?
Tell me how close I am!!! LOL, like I said I started this stuff this afternoon and I love math so this has totally consumed my day! Even my wife got mad! Any info would be greatly appreciated.