phongtruong12

well i decided to take on the quest of overclocking my fsb . i overclocked from 133 mhz to 145 mhz. the cpu multiplier is at 18x and can be set in the bios, but it always defaults back to 18. well i was wondering if the new fsb speed would ruin my ram. my ram is rated at pc2100 at 266 mhz. the new o/c would make it run at 290 mhz. i plan on getting 1 gig of pc2700 ram, but that's nearly $200 and i cant afford that right now. any tips?

my current voltages are:

vcore: 1.51V
+12: 12.01V
+3.3: 3.31V
+5: 4.95V

my current temps are:

motherboard: 47C
hard drive: 44C
cpu: 36C
case: 37C

* i have stock cooling on the cpu and bad case cooling. i only have the power supply, vga silencer, and top grill exhausting air and two front grills intaking air passively.

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Sony VAIO RX860
2.4 @2.6 Ghz, 533 @580 Mhz
PQI 1 GB PC2700
80 GB Hard Drive 5400 RPM
Thermaltake 480W PSU
X800XL 256 MB VIVO
Soundblaster Live! 5.1
Logitech X530 Speakers

Judas

i recommend you download a Memory tester and run it when you overclock.. see if it see any errors (let it run a good 30minutes to an hour or more... this will gaurantee a good result of stress testing.....)... also... overclocking anything will effect it negatively.... it just depends on how, or how much... Usually overclocking anything within a safe area will just decrease the lifespan of the hardware.. (say from 10 years to 5? ).... it's hard to say... but there are those times when someone really pushes it... say setting the voltage to 3.0 and 33-66mhz over the default..... that could really kill one quick.... All you have to do is pay attention to your ambient case temperature.... cpu temp.... if you can... keep an eye on everything....and throughly stress test your machine after an overclock change has been made... And move up in increments of 5mhz (ON ONLY ONE THING, BE IT CPU OR MEMORY OR what have you)... this will prevent getting confused when something crashes... and it will be easier to diagnos and fix quickly... making overclocking easier.... after you hit a point when 5mhz+ ends up being to much...back it down to the last setting that worked and start moving it up 1mhz at a time till you hit a point were it crashes.. back it down one.. than really push the machine to the max.... if it's stable.. move onto the next thing you may want to overclock... remember, voltage can kill... but it can also make things work.... example... overclocking a barton to say 3200 on some won't work at the default 1.65 volts..... however, in some cases... simply uping the voltage to 1.70 can produce good results.... even possibly allow even higher overclocks beyond 3200....con of this? produces alot of heat....

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