help pushing the 3 Ghz mark

procupine14 · Sep 30, 2007, 06:12 PM

so i got my 5200+ up to 2.989 Ghz and i can't get it up any higher stable my system is listed in the left. Any suggestions? I'm wondering if my RAM needs to be OCed to get a higher operating frequency or what i need to change to get it there.

**ChaosMinionX** · Sep 30, 2007, 06:52 PM

Wish I could help, but alas its been forever since I did AMD OCing.

procupine14 · Sep 30, 2007, 11:45 PM

its all good thanks though

josh2thad · Oct 1, 2007, 01:47 AM

throw up some stats and cpu-z shots.

procupine14 · Oct 1, 2007, 12:19 PM

maybe thats a little easier to see lol

also CPU voltage is at 1.375v
and "CPU / chipset HT voltage" is @ 1.35v <-- i have no idea what that is but its in BIOS with the advanced voltage options
and Chipset Core volts is 1.5v

procupine14 · Oct 2, 2007, 10:58 AM

also, could my instability be caused by a PSU that can't handle the extra voltage required to push this rig?

EDIT: so now I've clocked down to about 10% over stock speeds (sitting at a flat 2.9Ghz) and I'm having some problems.....when my system gets up to ner peak load with stress testing or with 3d mark i get random restarting.....i know it isn't a temp issue so that is definitely not the issue

so any thoughts?

josh2thad · Oct 2, 2007, 02:08 PM

Try setting your hypertransport multiplyer to x4. Hypertransport needs to stay around 1000Mhz *2000Mhz effective* to maintain stability.

procupine14 · Oct 2, 2007, 06:00 PM

so you mean that i need to take down my multiplier and then push the Bus speed through the roof?

honestly, i haven't ever really pushed my rig far enough to really get to know the whole OCing business and there are a lot of settings in my mother board that I am really unfamiliar with so i need some definite help

josh2thad · Oct 5, 2007, 05:08 AM

no, what i mean is drop your Hyper transport multiplier to about x4 so its around 960

Then your FSB @ 232*13= 3.016GHz

You may want to run your ram a tad loose and undercloked till you get the speed you want then tighten it up and crank the speed up, only way to do this is trial and error, i think your problem is your HT speed tho.

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