I got me an A64 combo , now what ?

nitro237 · Post by **nitro237** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:01 am

I just traded for a A64 3200 Venice with a Chaintech VNF4/Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra mobo . I see everybody is OC'ing them like crazy . I get to looking at how they do it and man , I feel like a total noob to computers . I understand multipliers , FSB , but that's about it . I don't understand HTT and LL and that mumbo jumbo stuffs .

What happen to the good old days of cranking up the FSB or changing the multipliers ? I even understood the pencil trick

Anybody know of an easy guide ? (aka OC'ing guide for total dipsticks

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eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:59 am

I never really found any easy guides, I just muddled my way through it. Your HTT has a multi of 1-5 (Maybe even some .5 multis) and when you go over 200FSB you should set that to 4 or 4.5 (I'd stick with whole numbers) then as long as your FSBx4 = no more than 1000 you should be ok.

Once your FSBx4 is more than 1000 drop the HTT multi to 3 and so on.

Call me if you need more help..

eGo

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 11:13 am

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview ... erthread=y

nitro237 · Post by **nitro237** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 11:49 am

Originally posted by wvjohn
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview ... erthread=y

That kinda looked like english

eGo , I'll probably give you a call in a couple of days . I'm waiting on my PCI-E vid card , should be here Friday . I can't do anything til I get that .

Thanks guys . Any input is appreciated .

Key Keeper · Post by **Key Keeper** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:59 pm

The HTT if im not mistaken, is the determining factor in the pci bus speed and mem timings. I had major issues overclocking my asus till I reallized I could run my HTT over 1000 as long as I set the "max mem" clock speed to "ddr 333". It declocked the mem so fsb could be raised and keep the mem speed in a stable range. I was able to keep good timings and run my fsb over 280 with an HTT of 4. Ended up with somwhere around, ddr435 and 465(been a while), with tight timings, depending on the cpu fsb of course. HTT=general system clock. Whats nice is the locked sata ports and locked pci-e bus features. Eliminates all the road blocks.

blade · Post by **blade** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:29 pm

I'm in a similar boat with a socket 754. Waiting on a cooler from thermaltake and maybe a case from antec. Nothing so far. If nothing soon I'll go ahead in another case here and use a venus 12 for cooling.

What cooling you using Phil? I wanted the xp90 but it was sold out, and haven't heard back from thermalright. So I got the venus 12 on sale. It's a good cooler and I like the fan controllers.

As you I have no idear how to o/c a amd 64. Reckon we'll learn soon enough eh.

nitro237 · Post by **nitro237** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:51 pm

I am using ZALMAN CNPS7000B-CU 92mm 2 Ball Cooling Fan/Heatsink - Retail .

I got pretty lucky . I traded for Venice 3200 , mobo , and hs/fan . The only thing I am having to buy is the PCI-E video card . I spent $95 for a refurb X700 at Newegg .

Key Keeper · Post by **Key Keeper** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:40 pm

sink or swim, A 64 will go way farther than a Barton ever dreamed of.

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:37 am

gee mike and phil im also jumping into the same waters !and waiting on more parts to !
got all this so far .
AMD 64-3400 /Asus K8V Deluxe
Nemesis Elite Case
sunbeam 20 in 1 superior panel
ultra xconnect 500 watt ps -pull from my amd xp rig maybe undecided yet or dropping in a Antec True Power 480 got from FP
lite on 16 x dual burn dvd
waiting on my fx 5500 256 video card i just orded today
and still need to get ram , maybe a hd - got 2 small ones

blade · Post by **blade** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 4:17 am

I'd use that Antec over that x connect Mike. I know they look cool but they are made by powmax. Not the best psu maker. It's power output is probably closer to 350w and I doubt a powerful amd 64 setup would be as stable. Plus powmax psu's have been known to last about a year, then usually blow up. Sounds like a shotgun going off. I've had 2 do that (non-xconnect). Or maybe they have improved since I last had one.

Everything else looks cool. :chug

Can't wait to get it set up. Heard these amd 64 setups are much faster than the barton line. My mobo is only nforce 3, not nforce 4.

blade · Post by **blade** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:19 am

One thing I keep forgetting, and don't remember seeing. Do we need to have a fresh install when going to amd 64? I had my system in a nforce 2 mobo but it bugged out so I placed everything on a cheapy dfi kt600 mobo, and all went well. Can't o/c in it though. Just had to install the different drivers and a few reboots.

May do a fresh install anyway. But it'd be interesting to know.

thanks

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 7:46 am

blade - as long as you have the mobo chipset drivers, etc., you shouldn't need a fresh install - sp2 picks up most of them - you may just need to install anything left over from the mobo disc or download 'em...and make sure you don't end up with any microsoft default drivers

blade · Post by **blade** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 2:44 am

Thank you John.

Case should be in today. Then sometimes when I get the chance I'll begin. I am really loooking foward to it.

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renovation · Post by **renovation** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:08 am

just got the ram in yesterday for the system - all that im waiting on is a heat sink !
but im looking at modding the sunbeam 20-1 control panel in with my Nemesis Elite Case wiring .so this may slow me down in getting my rig up and running all the leds and cable modding im looking at doing ! not sure if its worth it in the long run !