overlcoking athlon 3800+

[Nick]

i overcloked my athlon 3800+ from 2.41GHZ to 2.58 but it gets slower the more you overclock it, have i done anything wrong???

 

[Nagasama]

um, probably.
what are the rest of your system specs?
how do you mean "slower", ie what are you measuring it against?

 

[cwiz]

um, probably.
what are the rest of your system specs?
how do you mean "slower", ie what are you measuring it against?

word. what kind of cooling u got? are u monitoring temps?

 

[Kangaroo]

Sometimes you must monitor your memory timing speeds, often they change automatically depending on how much you overclock your FSB.

For example:
2.5-4-4-7 might become 3-4-4-9 after overclocking.

Ultimately making your computer slower. You can either attempt to manually set your memory timings (only if you have good quality memory would I do this), or find a nice balance between FSB overclock and memory timings increase.

 

[Nick]

im not monitoring the temperatures,

my specs are,

amd athlon 3800+
1GB DDR RAM
256mb x550
sony dual layer dvd ram drive
winfast mobo

my cooling is just one heatsing and fan on the processor and four fans inside the case

 

[Camshaft]

you should always monitor the temps when you overclock

 

[Nick]

ok, how do you monitor the temps, should you use a fan controller or something like that??

 

[OatesyX]

no, theres software to do it,, pcwizard, speedfan, i think everest,,, they do it from within windows,, your bios also shows a few temps also

 

[cwiz]

everest is the best for temp monitoring. google everest utility (sp?)