Originally posted by: AznKwaiJai
Oh, ummm... I made a screenshot of what I got. 2.6Ghz ish at 1.525V set in bios. So possibly it might go further.
You're complaining about a 45% stable overclock?
You should be impressed - not upset..
But if you want to go further, keep this in mind as I have the same board as you and I believe the memory divider is th same for your processor:
Divider 333:
Your memory speed will be equal to CPU divided by 11
eg. So if you want your memory to run at DDR400 (assuming your mem is DDR400), then you can push it to 2200 MHz safely. If you want to experiment with OC-ing the memory, you can keep pushing up the HTT (fsb)
eg. 2200 / 11 = 200 MHz (ddr400)
2200 = 244 fsb x 9 Multiplier
Divider 266:
Your memory speed will be equal to CPU divided by 14
eg. 2800 / 14 = 200 MHz (ddr400)
2800 = 311 fsb x 9 Multiplier
Divider 200:
Memory Speed = CPU/18
IMO, anything above 1.50V is pushing the CPU too hard; the temperature will go up. I always prefer temps to be lower, because I had to deal with SocketA Athlons that used to idle at 50C...
Try to push your memory to DDR450 which would be a 225 MHz speed, as per CPU-Z read out.
I'm pushing 2.60 GHz on an Opteron 144 (1.80 GHz stock) at 1.40 to 1.4125 v on air.
Lower your HT Link Multiplier to 4x for any HTT (FSB) settings 250 or below.
Anything above 250, lower the HT Link Multi to 3x.
Depending on what ram you have, you could OC both the CPU and RAM at the same time at respectable levels.
I'm running my DDR400 memory at DDR473, and I have the same board as you, Asus A8N-E.
Here's my settings which might help:
HTT (fsb) = 289
Multiplier = 9x
HT Link Multiplier = 3x
Memory Divider = 333 (1:0.83)
Memory Timings = 2.5-3-2-5 * 1T (these are tight timings - depending on your ram you might have to relax them)
DDR VCore = 2.80V
CPU VCore = 1.4125
PCI Clock Freq = 100 MHz
PCI Clock Sync = 33.33 MHz
My effective CPU Speed = 2.60 GHz
My effective DDR Speed = 473 (236.5 per CPU-Z readout)
Temperatures Idle/Load = 29/38