I read the stickies, did all the research, and finally did my first overclock last night. Everything went fine as far as I can tell. I ran Prime 95 for 13.5 hours and had 0 errors and 0 warnings, but there's a couple things I could use some clarifying on. I got my 3000+ up to 2.25Ghz. (250Mhz x 9) I let Prime 95 run overnight last night for 8 hours, and when I checked it this morning, my CPU temp was at 40, but after the 13.5 hours, the temp was only 36. My RAM is now also running at 250Mhz (DDR500). The VCore is at ~1.58 volts, and the Vdimm is at ~2.7 volts. The VCore I had to set myself, but the Vdimm is on auto. In my BIOS, I had the RAM timings set to auto, and after the overclock, they went from 2.5-3-3-6 2T, to 3-4-4-7 2T. Is this good or bad? Lower is better, right? And if lower is better like I'm assuming, would there be any bad effects if I just manually lowered the timings myself instead of letting the BIOS automatically configure them, or is my RAM not going to hold up? One of the guys that reviewed the RAM on Newegg said he got his RAM stable at 250Mhz 2-3-3-6 1T.
Motherboard: EPoX 9NPA+ Ultra
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813123236
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103537
RAM: OCZ Performance Series
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227031
If you need any more info, let me know.
Motherboard: EPoX 9NPA+ Ultra
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813123236
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103537
RAM: OCZ Performance Series
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227031
If you need any more info, let me know.