lytalbayre
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- Apr 28, 2005
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Originally posted by: lytalbayre
Here are my preliminary X3350 OC results.
1.2250vcore, 3.52Ghz at 440mhz bus x 8 mulitplier. Memory running at 880mhz, 5-5-5-15.
Cooling with a thermalright 120 extreme with a noctua fan. Have a rocket fish case with two Silenx 120x38mm fans.
Temps are about 30-40c idle, and 50-60c under load. Ambient temp is pretty low however, at around 65farenheit.
The memory is 1066 memory, would l be better off not running it in a 1 to 1 configuration and maxing out the memory speed??
So it looks like my NB is limiting any further OC here. 440mhz bus with memory running 1:1 at 5,5,5,15. If I speed up the memory with a 2.4 multi (even though it is within specs, and the voltage is correct) then the system boots, but application failure and instability ensue.
Also, if I up my bus by even 5mhz, same instability comes into play even though my memory and CPU still have headroom.
NB is at stock voltage.
So, I guess that I should accept this as the best OC with this set-up....
One question I have is that if I lower my bus to around 425-430mhz, I would be able to lower my memory timings to 4,4,4,12, but I would sacrifice 80-120mhz on the cpu... What is better, running the memory a little slower with better timings, or running the cpu and memory a little fast but the mem. will have slower timings???