3800+ OC results so far...

[Smitty090]

Well I am running my FSB at 2.5GHz which calculating puts me in the 4750+ range give or take I think.

Anyway I had to put my RAM bus speed at 5/6 (FSB x .8333..) so my RAM is only running 208 MHz = DDR416.

Anything higher than that and I have a hard time getting it to boot.

One thing though, I have my RAM timings hard set to 2-3-2-5 for the OCZ EL Platinum.

If I loosened up the timing on the ram you think I could get it to take a FSB of 225MHz (the 9/10 setting) or even higher?

Oh my voltages are 1.375-1.4 on CPU and 2.8 on RAM

Any input would be great.

 

[Smitty090]

Few changes now
Started running Prime95, IE, and PC Wizard 2005 and it reset when PCwizard got in.
Backed FSB to 240MHz and RAM at 9/10 (218.2MHz according to CPU-Z)
Running Prime95 again. Opened all same programs and no problems yet. CPU Temp is at 38C with all these running.

Would still appreciate any suggestions for CPU/RAM/Timings/Voltages etc.

Thanks,
Smitty

 

[Nubius]

Well I am running my FSB at 2.5GHz which calculating puts me in the 4750+ range give or take I think

Run Central Brain Identifier and it'll tell you what your CPU is equivelant to, meaning 4000+ or whatever

You need to loosen your RAM's timings. Of course you aren't going to go very far keeping it at stock timings.

2.8-2.9v for RAM is fine, try your timings at 2.5-3-3-7 and I'm sure it'll go further....hitting upwards of 2.9v I'd put a fan blowing on the RAM though

CPU voltages are really low, if you want to go further keep pushing the vcore....I wouldn't go beyond 1.65v your first time through

 

[Nitestick]

i read that you have to be careful oc'in all E die processors because if you increment the voltage too much and don't have the cpu voltage pushed far enough it can feed back and fry the memory controller. i don't know really but it scared me.

 

[PP Mguire]

Just got a 3800+. Ill oc it in about a week and ill tell you what i did.

 

[Nitestick]

wow we could turn this into a community thread for all with x2 3800+'s . by the way smitty in your sig it says "athlon xp" it's x2. anyway i'm running 2.2ghz on mine at the moment having a few stability issues but nothing i shouldn't be able to solve. BH-5 should help i love ocz gold.

edit: found the linkage to what i mentioned before: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=79509

 

[Smitty090]

Update:
Ram Prime95 all night. Nothing at all for errors, no problems at all. CPU never got hotter than 32C which I was impressed by.

I will loosen my Ram timings to 2.5-3-3-7 and see from there.

Central Brain ID puts me at 4600+ which I am pretty happy with so far.

EDIT------ None of this worked.. so far above is highest I can go-------
Ok ---- Upped my voltage on CPU only to 1.45V
RAM timings now @ 2.5-3-3-7 and RAM bus at 225MHz(9/10 ratio to CPU FSB)
CPU running 250MHz Central Brain ID showing 4802+
End EDIT-------------------

Going to parents since it's Xmas and all and work after.. oh the joys of a 24/7 365/year work environment! lol

Will post results after 12.5 hours of testing.

Thanks for the help once again all.
Happy Holidays!
Smitty