Hello first post, and a newbie to OCing

As the title, have I hit the wall with the current hardware? (I'm thinking it's my ram holding me back? If it is which type of ram should I get for ocing?)
Or
Any other settings in BIOS I should try?



My specs:
Antec Sonata (came with 380W Truepower, exhaust fan & added 120mm intake/side panel)
Abit IC7 (latest BIOS version 2.8 and Intel drivers)
P4 2.4C (THERMALRIGHT XP-90 with PANAFLO 92MM 56.8CFM, Thermaltake Extreme Spirit NB cooler/blower fan)
Corsair Value Select Dual Chan. 1024MB PC3200 DDR Cas2.5 2X512MB (2.5 3,3,8)
XFX GeForce 6600GT AGP (ZALMAN VF700-CU)
2X Seagate Barracuda ATA 80GIG Harddrive
DVD-writer & CD-writer
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Network Card
WinXP Pro SP2

Prod Code: BX80532PG2400DSL6WF
FPO/Batch#: 3312A630
MM#: 852314
Version #: C30333-003


Thanks ahead

Try relaxing your ram timings to 2.5-7-3-3

Originally Posted by legacy

Try relaxing your ram timings to 2.5-7-3-3

Thx leg that helped to raise FSB to 288. Anymore windows locks during Prime95 torture test. Not to bad since it's Corsair Value Select, happy with it so far.

Do you know if it's my RAM or CPU holding me back? I would like to know for sure because then there would be no need to throw down $200-$400 for better RAM.

CPU temp. isn't a factor YET, running 49-50'C 1.575vcore on Prime95 torture test. Satisfied with THERMALRIGHT XP-90, got it yesterday. My old heatsink Vantec Aeroflow ran 61-62'C.

288 FSB is near the limit for your CPU. Unless you have sub-zero cooling.

But getting better ram would allow you to run at 1:1 instead of 3:2.

Thanks leggy for your help

Originally Posted by legacy

288 FSB is near the limit for your CPU. Unless you have sub-zero cooling.

But getting better ram would allow you to run at 1:1 instead of 3:2.

Awwwwwww feeling sorta disappointed, thought at this speed I would be happy lol. Enough is never enough, I'm officially addicted :happy:

Well I learned ALOT over the last few days lurking here, skimming over how to overclock and all. Awsome site, everything I was looking for. Going to try for world record with my next rig, give me few months to research/build :shoot11: :happy:

[lennardseah]

Originally Posted by coffeetime

Thanks leggy for your help



Awwwwwww feeling sorta disappointed, thought at this speed I would be happy lol. Enough is never enough, I'm officially addicted :happy:

Well I learned ALOT over the last few days lurking here, skimming over how to overclock and all. Awsome site, everything I was looking for. Going to try for world record with my next rig, give me few months to research/build :shoot11: :happy:

the strange things about records is that they are brokened nearly everyday, either by other overclockers or by stock processors ..