overclocking an amd athlon 64 3500+

[Norcent]

that 45c is the loading temp.

 

[Norcent]

should i overclock higher?

 

[Norcent]

its at 2.53GHz now with 53ºC.

 

[AMDSCOrPiO]

i can get mine to 250mhz fsb (2.75GHz) without a problem..

 

[Norcent]

really? with the stock fan?

 

[AMDSCOrPiO]

yup, stock everything

 

[tommy8748]

I got my 3700+ to 2.8ghz no problem with stock cooling and it idles at 35C.

 

[slvrstang]

don't forget to lower your hyper transport to 4

What exactly does doing that do?

(I assume you mean from 800mhz to 400mhz)

 

[Norcent]

no from 8x to 4x is what he means.

 

[slvrstang]

no from 8x to 4x is what he means.

My mobo (k8v-se deluxe) has a HyperTransport setting but ranges from 100,200,400, or 800. This could just be a naming difference. My real question is, what does lowering it to 400 (or 4x) do? Does it hinder data transfer from the CPU to AGP/PCI?