Alright first of all I am pretty new to over clocking.
My goal is to overclock an Athlon 64 3200+ to 2.4 or 2.5 ghz.
I was hopping to get some help from you guys. This is what I know so far:
I am pretty out of the loop, back in the old days we used to OC Celerons with changing the mulitplier. Now it seems that everyone is messing with the FSB. Here is the link to the ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 bios screens. If you could use this to step me through the process I would greatly appreciate it.
Here is a link: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=355&num=4 Bios screens.
As I understand it I must first lock the PCI-e and AGP slots. I do this by selecting "CPU,PCI-E ASYNC" from this screen: http://www.phoronix.com/images/picture.php?id=355I=asrock_939dual_bios4_lrg and setting the PCI-E bus speeds to 100 mhz. Now no matter what I do to the FSB, the PCI-e and AGP speeds will be unchanged. Right?
Secondly, I up to the voltage to the max this mobo allows. Change it to 1.450 on the same screen as above. (this mobo only allows .05 voltage ramp) Right?
Now this is where my understanding of the concepts and the actually completing of the proccess diverge. If I want 2.40 ghz CPU clock, with a 10x multiplier (which is what I am locked to with the 3200+) then I want a FSB of 240. But I can't have my ram running at this speed correct? So I must use the memory divider? Set it to about (5/6) that should give me roughly 200 mhz ram speed which is perfect? (Similarly if I want do do 2.5ghz, at 10x multi, I would want 250 FSB and a divider of (4/5) correct?)
Where in the BIOS would I do this? What would it be labeled as and how will I imput the values that I want?
What about ram latancy? Is that called "CAS Latency" in the BIOS? If so,should I leave it at auto? If I change it, what do I change it to? I heard something about 1T, what is that? Where do I change that?
Lastly, Now I have to adjust the HTTlink so that its below 1 ghz right? Stock mulitplier is set at 5? If I want to run 2.4 ghz, FSB will be 240. So again I have to change it to 4x right and deal with a loss in speed of: 1000-940 = 60 mhz? Similarly if I wanted to go to 2.5 ghz CPU clock my FSB should be 250 and a mulitplier of 4x would be perfect ast 250x4 = 1 ghz right?
Where would this multiplier option be found? How do I change that? Will 1.45 volts be enough to sustain 2.5 ghz CPU clock? If not, where can I get the program needed to raise voltage?
Thanks for all your help in advance guys. I really appreciate it.
~Vu
My goal is to overclock an Athlon 64 3200+ to 2.4 or 2.5 ghz.
I was hopping to get some help from you guys. This is what I know so far:
I am pretty out of the loop, back in the old days we used to OC Celerons with changing the mulitplier. Now it seems that everyone is messing with the FSB. Here is the link to the ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 bios screens. If you could use this to step me through the process I would greatly appreciate it.
Here is a link: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=355&num=4 Bios screens.
As I understand it I must first lock the PCI-e and AGP slots. I do this by selecting "CPU,PCI-E ASYNC" from this screen: http://www.phoronix.com/images/picture.php?id=355I=asrock_939dual_bios4_lrg and setting the PCI-E bus speeds to 100 mhz. Now no matter what I do to the FSB, the PCI-e and AGP speeds will be unchanged. Right?
Secondly, I up to the voltage to the max this mobo allows. Change it to 1.450 on the same screen as above. (this mobo only allows .05 voltage ramp) Right?
Now this is where my understanding of the concepts and the actually completing of the proccess diverge. If I want 2.40 ghz CPU clock, with a 10x multiplier (which is what I am locked to with the 3200+) then I want a FSB of 240. But I can't have my ram running at this speed correct? So I must use the memory divider? Set it to about (5/6) that should give me roughly 200 mhz ram speed which is perfect? (Similarly if I want do do 2.5ghz, at 10x multi, I would want 250 FSB and a divider of (4/5) correct?)
Where in the BIOS would I do this? What would it be labeled as and how will I imput the values that I want?
What about ram latancy? Is that called "CAS Latency" in the BIOS? If so,should I leave it at auto? If I change it, what do I change it to? I heard something about 1T, what is that? Where do I change that?
Lastly, Now I have to adjust the HTTlink so that its below 1 ghz right? Stock mulitplier is set at 5? If I want to run 2.4 ghz, FSB will be 240. So again I have to change it to 4x right and deal with a loss in speed of: 1000-940 = 60 mhz? Similarly if I wanted to go to 2.5 ghz CPU clock my FSB should be 250 and a mulitplier of 4x would be perfect ast 250x4 = 1 ghz right?
Where would this multiplier option be found? How do I change that? Will 1.45 volts be enough to sustain 2.5 ghz CPU clock? If not, where can I get the program needed to raise voltage?
Thanks for all your help in advance guys. I really appreciate it.
~Vu