A8N-SLI = Brickwall?

str · 20 May 2006 at 17:25

From all that tweaking it's looking like your CPU is unable to cope with 2.5Ghz even at 1.55v. Unlucky mate.

The San Diego 3700+ is on offer this week at only ~£110 if you fancy getting another CPU to try for ~2.7Ghz and you could sell your winnie in the MM.

Oberon · 20 May 2006 at 17:42

Thanks for the info, but im absoluteley skint as it is

Ive just rolled the processor back to 2.4Ghz and its very stable so it looks like its my cap.

Gashman · 20 May 2006 at 18:34

look at it this way, 3000+ running at 2.4Ghz, thats still a bargain thats same speed as the 4000 model for less than half the price, this is the reason im happy too, 2750mhz on 3200+ faster than FX-55 speeds for a sixth the price, memory always seems to be my main problem overclocking wise, so i bought mushkin redline runs at 500mhz stock, mines at CPU/10 or 275*2 at 2.8v timings still quite tight as well (CAS-3, RAS to CAS-3, RAS Pre-3, Tras-6)

im just trying to say 2.4Ghz isn't at all bad on a 3000+, just get the absolute most out of your setup, fine tune all your ram timings and it should still be a fast system

Mikebert4 · 22 May 2006 at 11:25

I'll second that. not all procesors go all the way, and it seems you've looked at upping all the voltages etc... if it's not stable, i'd run it at 2.4 and tighten up all the timings as best you can.

you can probally run your RAM as DDR333 at 2.5,3,3,7 1T and the HT at 3x

It's a shame the your processor won't top 2.5, but for a winnie i suspect there's not all that much overhead anyways...

I'd say tighten all your timings and tidy up after the inital overclocking goodness, get it stable and run it 24/7. you've still saved silly amounts of cash... i'd rather pay £80 and OC than pay £140