Looking for OC suggestions....

[Valnir]

About to start working on my new PC and got a few questions.

1st, I got a question about the A7N8X. If I OC the FSB to say 200 can I lock AGP/PCI bus so that they don't go any higher??

2nd, starting with an Athlon 2400 & am shooting for running it at the 400mhz (200 DDR) bus at 2.2ghz. Though if I can't get that stable then 2ghz w/400mhz will suffice. Anyways, I'm curious what I should set the voltage too?? I was thinking of starting at 1.65 & inch it up until I feel the system is running nicely.

3rd, I have 2 512mb sticks of Cosair XMS3200CPT PC3200 ram, what voltage should I run that at?? Does it need to be increased or will it be ok at the default setting??

Finally, say if I want to test the stability, is there any burn-in package and/or benchmark(s) that will stress the system & potentially show any instabilities or should I just do my normal routine and see how it behaves??

Thanks

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Valnir
About to start working on my new PC and got a few questions.

1st, I got a question about the A7N8X. If I OC the FSB to say 200 can I lock AGP/PCI bus so that they don't go any higher??

2nd, starting with an Athlon 2400 & am shooting for running it at the 400mhz (200 DDR) bus at 2.2ghz. Though if I can't get that stable then 2ghz w/400mhz will suffice. Anyways, I'm curious what I should set the voltage too?? I was thinking of starting at 1.65 & inch it up until I feel the system is running nicely.

3rd, I have 2 512mb sticks of Cosair XMS3200CPT PC3200 ram, what voltage should I run that at?? Does it need to be increased or will it be ok at the default setting??

Finally, say if I want to test the stability, is there any burn-in package and/or benchmark(s) that will stress the system & potentially show any instabilities or should I just do my normal routine and see how it behaves??

Thanks

1) Yes, just set the AGP speed to lock or something similiar in the BIOS
2) Thats the right approach to taking it up there
3) At first, relax your timings so that you can make sure you can get up to 200mhz FSB. Then, steadily decrease the timings ie. 2.5-4-4-8 to 2-2-2-3 gradually!

4) For stability testings, run Memtest86, Prime95, Hot CPU Tester, and 3DMark2001 (preferably Prime and 3dMark at the same time)

 

[Valnir]

Cool. Thanks.

I'll give a report in a couple of days after I've put this thing together.

 

[BigJ]

Oh, btw, if your memory doesn't like some of the timings, try increasing the Vdimm to 2.7v or 2.8v, this may cause some added stability.