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Targa · 10-29-2005, 09:49 PM

Thanks Joe. That's a relief. :) I checked Corsair's website and the sticks I'm getting are listed for this motherboard (Corsair TWINX2048-3200 - 2 1Gig modules made for dual channel memory). Unfortunately it didn't even cross my mind that Corsair would have such a detailed list. Mine are neither the "most popular", "best for overclocking", nor "lowest latency", lol.

Is there a good OC'ing guide or rule of thumb that you guys use? I thought I saw one here somewhere that simply said to keep bumping up the frequency until you get instability, then bump up the voltage, keeping CPU/RAM at 1:1. The listed latency on my sticks is 3-3-3-8, but then when I click on Corsair's link for the "detailed view", it says 3-4-4-8. Weird.

At any rate, I haven't had an opportunity to look into OC'ing yet, but from what I recall (last OC was so long ago it was a P3 450, hehe), I'm going to want to let my CPU burn in for a few hundred hours before doing that, yes?

As always, thanks for the tips, help, and valuable info. :)

-T

Just for the record, I ordered:

Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste
Zalman CNPS7000B-CU
ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe
Intel P4 3.0E Prescott
Corsair XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM, DDR 400 (PC 3200)

Belatedly I heard that the Prescott's run hotter than their counterpart. Ah well, can't have everything.... the price was right at least. Between the case I have with front/side/back vents/fans, 550w PSU, and the Zalman, I don't anticipate any cooling problems unless I get crazy with the overclocking. As you can probably tell, I'm not a "hard core OC'er" - just looking to squeeze out a few "freebie" Ghz from my CPU. No water cooling or anything fancy like that. :)

10-29-2005, 09:49 PM	#7 (permalink)
Targa Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4 OS: Win98SE/WinXP	Thanks Joe. That's a relief. :) I checked Corsair's website and the sticks I'm getting are listed for this motherboard (Corsair TWINX2048-3200 - 2 1Gig modules made for dual channel memory). Unfortunately it didn't even cross my mind that Corsair would have such a detailed list. Mine are neither the "most popular", "best for overclocking", nor "lowest latency", lol. Is there a good OC'ing guide or rule of thumb that you guys use? I thought I saw one here somewhere that simply said to keep bumping up the frequency until you get instability, then bump up the voltage, keeping CPU/RAM at 1:1. The listed latency on my sticks is 3-3-3-8, but then when I click on Corsair's link for the "detailed view", it says 3-4-4-8. Weird. At any rate, I haven't had an opportunity to look into OC'ing yet, but from what I recall (last OC was so long ago it was a P3 450, hehe), I'm going to want to let my CPU burn in for a few hundred hours before doing that, yes? As always, thanks for the tips, help, and valuable info. :) -T Just for the record, I ordered: Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste Zalman CNPS7000B-CU ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe Intel P4 3.0E Prescott Corsair XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM, DDR 400 (PC 3200) Belatedly I heard that the Prescott's run hotter than their counterpart. Ah well, can't have everything.... the price was right at least. Between the case I have with front/side/back vents/fans, 550w PSU, and the Zalman, I don't anticipate any cooling problems unless I get crazy with the overclocking. As you can probably tell, I'm not a "hard core OC'er" - just looking to squeeze out a few "freebie" Ghz from my CPU. No water cooling or anything fancy like that. :)