Hi, Guest
01-26-2007, 08:18 AM
So I assembled all my stuff two nights ago and man does it run smooth. Ive started to mess around with the overclocking but I have a few questions I thought you guys would be able to answer.
First off ive used the automatic bios overclocking to boost my athlon x2 3800+ from 2.0ghz to 2.5ghz and it seems to run perfectly. The only manual settings I entered were to reduce the HTT to 800 and the ram to 166. My CPU does get up to an even 50C under full load but usually hovers around the 34-38C mark. Is this two hot? Should I upgrade from the stock amd heatsink & fan right away or can it wait?
Next question has to do with my RAM. I have 2gigs (4x512) of Hynix 3200 DDR400 (?) that came with my gateway. After overclocking I ran CPU-Z and it says my timing is 2.5-3-3-7 which means nothing to me. Ive done a bit of research but could use an explanation on what this means. Also is it really bad that my ram doesnt have a heatsink?.... I plan on upgrading in the future but would like to hold out if I can.
Lastly: Occasionally when I cold boot the computer (after say 5+ hours of being off) it will say Overclocking Failed.. Then prompt me to go to my bios. But if I just wait a minute or so (letting the PC warm up) then restart if boots up no problem in the overclocked state (and then gives me no problems subsequent boots/resets.... until the next time I leave it there for a few hours. What could this mean?
I Appreciate any help you guys can give... Thanks in advance!!!
-P@
First off ive used the automatic bios overclocking to boost my athlon x2 3800+ from 2.0ghz to 2.5ghz and it seems to run perfectly. The only manual settings I entered were to reduce the HTT to 800 and the ram to 166. My CPU does get up to an even 50C under full load but usually hovers around the 34-38C mark. Is this two hot? Should I upgrade from the stock amd heatsink & fan right away or can it wait?
Next question has to do with my RAM. I have 2gigs (4x512) of Hynix 3200 DDR400 (?) that came with my gateway. After overclocking I ran CPU-Z and it says my timing is 2.5-3-3-7 which means nothing to me. Ive done a bit of research but could use an explanation on what this means. Also is it really bad that my ram doesnt have a heatsink?.... I plan on upgrading in the future but would like to hold out if I can.
Lastly: Occasionally when I cold boot the computer (after say 5+ hours of being off) it will say Overclocking Failed.. Then prompt me to go to my bios. But if I just wait a minute or so (letting the PC warm up) then restart if boots up no problem in the overclocked state (and then gives me no problems subsequent boots/resets.... until the next time I leave it there for a few hours. What could this mean?
I Appreciate any help you guys can give... Thanks in advance!!!
-P@
I Vtec