Is my overclocking doing well?? Is it worth going furthur?

evo4ever

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Hi guys.

I have an ASRock939Dual, A64 3700+ SanDiego, and 2x512 Corsair XMS3200C2PT Platinum.

Im currently running at HTT237x11=2607mhz, and memory @ 186mhz 2-3-3-5 1T, divider @ 166. I cant go any higher than HTT255 (no matter what multiplier) cos my mobo doesnt like it lol. So ive bumped a multiplier and lowered HTT to get the cpu at higher speeds with the sacrifce of mem speed. Ive done numerous benchmarks on SANDRA (burnin) and PRIME95 and it seems very stable. Do you think I should furthur bump the HTT by 1mhz increments or is 2.6ghz about the limit for a 3700SD?

Temps:
38 idle
45 load

on coolermaster hyper48 w/ stock 92mm fan.

PS: What memory speed will I get if I use divider 200 when on HTT237? Im not sure what the math is when working out the mem speed :?
 
I have that memory. Try timings of 3-3-3-8 1T, and you should be able to run it at up to 250MHZ without a problem (I have it running at 2.85V instead of 2.75V, but that's a miniscule issue).

With that, you can probably go a bit higher, on the system clock without much of a problem. However, if you find a good, stable, and well performing overclock, there's no reason to push further.