A64 X2 5400+ Black Edition Overclocking with odd DDR2 speeds.

  • Hi all :)

    Niels and I have built a fun OC system which contains the following parts:

    AMD Athlon64-X2 5400+ Black Edition AM2 2800Mhz @ 3100Mhz
    MSI K9A Platinum AMD 580X Chipset / RD580 NorthBridge / SB600 South Bridge
    2x 1GB PC-6400 DDR2-800 4-5-4-11
    ATi Radeon HD 2900 XTX Rev.A1 0705 [Year 2007 Week 05] Prototype

    Win XP Pro + SP3 NL
    ATi Cat 9.2 for XP32 WHQL
    DX9.0c Feb 2009.

    Our problem goes as follows, which is the strange speed of the ram:

    What he did was that he OC'ed the CPU to 3100 Mhz but the ram should run @ 400 aka 800Mhz DDR , the thing is the ram is running @ 195Mhz aka 390 DDR, why isn't that ram running @ 400 instead of 195 we have it now?

    What could be our problem, as we can't find a proper way to get the ram to run 400 Mhz aka 800 DDR.

    We'd also want to know what's the easiest way to volt mod the HD 2900 XTX 8) I myself have no idea how to volt mod something but Niels seems to have some feel for it :)

    Update on the ram heh

    Niels went to the bios and placed the speed setting to 800Mhz and now with the CPU @ 3100 Mhz the ram is 390Mhz aka 780 DDR , probably more normal still no 400Mhz 800Mhz DDR but it's in the better direction, might it be that the CPU speed also decides the somewhat lower ram speeds?

    The ram timings is 4-5-11-4 and the voltage is 2.1 volts as Mushkin has specified,

    3 Mal editiert, zuletzt von Obi-Wan Kenobi (22. Februar 2009 um 14:58)

  • yes we did use half multi's he's using 15.5 now, Niels is gonna push it back to 15 :) thx for the tip Turrican :thumbup:
    CPU voltage has been set to +6.6%

    update for the muli for the CPU

    we ran it @ 15 and the CPU ran 3000Mhz and ram @ 800Mhz DDR with Multi of 15.5 which we have it running now the CPU runs stable @ 3100Mhz and ram @ 780Mhz DDR.

    here some pics, nevermind the bad quality , they have been made with a blackberry heh, we had nothing else to make the pics hehe, at least they show some evidence, I hope you like our Case xDxDxD
    [Blockierte Grafik: http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/34718-1/R600+XTX+in+action.jpg]
    [Blockierte Grafik: http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/34723-1/R600+XTX.jpg]

    Airfow? what that needed for ? xD
    [Blockierte Grafik: http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/34721-1/R600+XTX+OC+testbed.jpg]

    4 Mal editiert, zuletzt von Obi-Wan Kenobi (22. Februar 2009 um 14:50)