First ever overclock

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lisa79

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Now i have my new motherboard ive got down to overclocking it, the most i could overclock by just changing the fsb was from my original clock of 3.0 to 3.1ghz which wernt really worth it, so i had to change the memory speed down for me to be able to up the fsb more, right now its running at 3.3ghz but the memory is only running at 2900 when before it was 3200, my question is was it better at 3.0 with memory running at 3200 or is it better at 3.3ghz with the memory just running at 2900, also why did i actually have to reduce the memory speed in the first place? is it cause i have crap memory (A-Data) 2x512mb DDR ram sticks. Ive read the 101 btw, im still confused though, is there anything else i can try instead of lowering the memory, my specs are below

asus p5gdc deluxe motherboard
pentium 4 530 3.0ghz lga775
2x512mb A-Data ddr ram
temps running at 38c idle
radeon x300e pci-ex 16 graphics card

Cheers :)
 
im not an expert on OCing either but i would say it was because you cant get the speed of your ram tooo high (the megahertz like 400, 533 etc...) by changing the mobo with multiplies with the ram you maybe were getting the ram to high so u had to take down the ram toget the mobo higher. yay speculation ;)
 
you shouldnt have to lower the memory speed, i got mine from 3.0 to a 3.6 fine. But i'd say your better off at 3Ghz and 3200.

and dan, hes talking about oc'in his cpu, not memory. He said that in order to oc he had to lower the memory speed.
 
If i leave the memory option in bios to auto, i get the message overclock failed, i have like 3 memory option its either auto,4xxx,3xxx (cant remember the exact numbers) but if i pick the 4xxx or auto the overclocking fails. why is it better to have 3.0 with 3200 than 3.3 with 2900? cheers
 
geoff5093 said:
you shouldnt have to lower the memory speed, i got mine from 3.0 to a 3.6 fine. But i'd say your better off at 3Ghz and 3200.

and dan, hes talking about oc'in his cpu, not memory. He said that in order to oc he had to lower the memory speed.
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okay i got confuesed when she was talking about her memory being 3200 i thought she ment PC3200
 
Your memory is probably low quality stuff that isn't able to run much faster than it is rated for, if you have the option you could try loosening the timings (if they aren't already) to give more slack for OCing.
 
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