Hi,
I Own an NF7-S rev. 2 motherboard and a superlocked Barton (locked for sure but not certain on the superlock until I remove the heat sink etc.) and I have a few concerns and questions. Really I'd like someone to guide me with this as I test suggested settings to get the most I am going to get with little risk to harming anything or shortening the lifespan ..of any parts.
Since this CPU is likely Super-Locked. I am FSB overclocking.
I'm worreid that by doing this I could get non-standard PCI and AGP clocks that will be harmfull to my system or just cause general instability.
I'm familiar with some bios settings and still novice. I have seen my processor boot and run things smoothly but when I run a game such as GRAW or BF2 it'll either crash and enfd the game or I get a freeze and loud digital scrambled sounds!
I'm very reluctant to overvolt my chip sicne thats what does the damage when overclocking. Am I being to scrimpy on upping the voltage? I want the thing to last vs overclocking. At 218FSB (below)
My gear is this Abit NF7-S rev. 2 motherboard
An Athlon XP Barton 3200+ (I also own a 2800+ which is in the living room PC)
2x1GB sticks of Corsair XMS PC3500 (2-3-2-6)
Some Details:
DDR437
2-3-2-6
218 FSB
DDR438
2-3-2-6
1.675 core volts (upped, needed to boot proper minimum)
219 FSB
DDR441
2-3-2-6
1.675 core volts (too low?)
220 FSB
2425Mhz (crashes instability probably due to undervolt)
How do I make sure the rest of the system isnt getting overclocked? AGP, PCI .....I started to dabble in OCing back when the Pentium III was the best but not alot.
Noone needs to hold my hand but help appreciated.
Thank you
I Own an NF7-S rev. 2 motherboard and a superlocked Barton (locked for sure but not certain on the superlock until I remove the heat sink etc.) and I have a few concerns and questions. Really I'd like someone to guide me with this as I test suggested settings to get the most I am going to get with little risk to harming anything or shortening the lifespan ..of any parts.
Since this CPU is likely Super-Locked. I am FSB overclocking.
I'm worreid that by doing this I could get non-standard PCI and AGP clocks that will be harmfull to my system or just cause general instability.
I'm familiar with some bios settings and still novice. I have seen my processor boot and run things smoothly but when I run a game such as GRAW or BF2 it'll either crash and enfd the game or I get a freeze and loud digital scrambled sounds!
I'm very reluctant to overvolt my chip sicne thats what does the damage when overclocking. Am I being to scrimpy on upping the voltage? I want the thing to last vs overclocking. At 218FSB (below)
My gear is this Abit NF7-S rev. 2 motherboard
An Athlon XP Barton 3200+ (I also own a 2800+ which is in the living room PC)
2x1GB sticks of Corsair XMS PC3500 (2-3-2-6)
Some Details:
DDR437
2-3-2-6
218 FSB
DDR438
2-3-2-6
1.675 core volts (upped, needed to boot proper minimum)
219 FSB
DDR441
2-3-2-6
1.675 core volts (too low?)
220 FSB
2425Mhz (crashes instability probably due to undervolt)
How do I make sure the rest of the system isnt getting overclocked? AGP, PCI .....I started to dabble in OCing back when the Pentium III was the best but not alot.
Noone needs to hold my hand but help appreciated.
Thank you