demonbrawn said:
This is all great stuff! How did you keep your HTT lower than your CPU speed? I don't seem to have a HTT multiplier in my BIOS so it always keeps up with my CPU speed when I overclock, which I heard is not a good thing. I was told to keep the HTT as close to its default speed as possible to run stable. So, how were you able to do it?
Whoosh - I'll be darned if I know!
* It was a few hours of "hit & miss" testing yesterday evening really... I just kept "trying & trying" via 'Trial & Error' attempts really...
(There are TRUCKLOADS of possible mixes/permutations/possibles in CPU clocks, the formula of CPU Mhz Rate x multiplier is the KEY one to get imo, coupled with "weaker/looser" memory timings!)
From there, you do what Ketxxx & KYJ9 up there helped me go thru, in "re-tightening" the memory timings chain!
APK
P.S.=> The HASSLE of it was going @ it @ the BIOS level imo, trying to beat the ASUS A8N-SLI BIOS' in-built "wizards" for it (AI OverClock, or AI N.O.S. stuff, gives you 3-5-8-10% options)...
They DID help, but I just knew that folks "into this" would have guides for my mobo type & I followed them from online elsewhere!
Next step is tightening the memtimings & I am on my way on that too, but NO losing settings anymore @ BIOS level...
E.G.-> FIRST, I test/prototype using A64 Tweaker for the memtimings, & if I lockup @ Windows boot?
Like I said above - SAFEMODE only works to remove them via A64 Tweaker & then reboot & try again (not losing a single BIOS setting, which is a PAIN!).
Once they prove stable via this tool reparming drivers or using Frank Delattre (CPU-z author)'s drivers (they share them, this I found out already) & reparming them?
I commit them to BIOS & all is permanent then, & no added layered filtering interrupt intercepting drivers required anymore...
Once proven & stable?
Then, I then stop using A64 Tweaker @ boot & set the settings PERMANENTLY in the BIOS (especially in this heatwave)!
Hey, I figure it like this:
If they stay stable now? They will certainly in colder weather w/ lower ambient temps (92F here today: HOT!)
This set of tools is MUCH like how ASUS AI NOS tool works:
Good prototyper, BUT not one I will keep around once I get some settings right & mobo BIOS commit them as permanent!
(As it adds another driver program in memory & is another layer over what your BIOS can do natively once you get it right... hardware ALWAYS beats software imo!)... apk