Oc Newbie.. Some Advice Please...

[snakefactory]

Subject: OC Newbie

From: Snake Factory

Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware.overclocking

 

Hello everyone,

 

I have been working with computers and gaming for a long time, but have

always thrown money at getting better performance out of my computer, but

that's not really all that interesting. Anyway, I've decided to jump

into the OC arena, but I need a little advice.

 

I know that there are a couple of things that any OCer needs

 

1. Cooling

- I have purchased a couple of new casefans, a ThermalTake CrystalOrb

and a ThermalTake Volcano 7+.

2. A decent case

- Got myself a Nikao X-Jazz

 

This is the setup of the system (please note, all settings stock):

 

Intel P4 2.26GHz 533FSB Northwood

Asus P4S533

256MB PC2700 DDR by SyncMAX

MSI GF3Ti200

Maxtor 40gig ATA133

LG 24x10x40 CD-RW

Win2k SP3

 

So, here's what I DO know about OCing. (it mostly has to do with OCing

the CPU)

 

Increase FSB until it stops booting. Try increasing voltage to get it to

boot?

 

I have no idea about the different GPU clock settings (Core Clock vs.

Memory Clock??)

 

I also don't know about memory timing settings as well. From what I have

heard, memory timing can be almost more important than the FSB and CPU

speed. What are those numbers that keep showing up after people's RAM

settings? (eg: 2-2-5-2 Corsair 3000 CAS 2... uhm.. gibberish to me and

I'v ehad a real tough time finding a definition of the numbers)

 

Anyway, any help with this would be greatly appreciated, and I'm sure

that I'm not the only person taht has these questions. Post here or send

me an email (minus the SPAMBLOCK)

 

Thank you very much,

 

snakefactory

[Stiq]

well try softfsb and/or cpufsb its a software fsb changer or if your bios supports it change the fsb.. and thats all i know about overclocking pentiums.....

[scenar]

Hiya,

 

the RAM timings u mention refer to the LATENCIES of the modules.

 

there's a brief description here http://www.ocarena.com/ocbasics4.htm

along with some other bits of ocing info

 

faster modules such as those by corsair have lower latencies, ie 2-2-2-5

generally this is faster. Your RAM module however may not be able to perform stably at these speeds hence the need to RAISE the latency to say 2.5-3-3-7.

 

Hope this helps!