Cant OC past 2.2 with 3800 AM2

OK I have a question..I recently built a new comp and have been trying to get the most out of it..my setup is a X2 3800 AM2 with the M2N-E MOB..One gig of Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 cas 4 mem..Antec smartpower 500w PSU..Samsung 300 gig sata2 HD..Now here is the problem..I cant seem to get this comp past 2.2.. if I try it wont boot into windows and just restart..So what should i do with this setup?Any ideas as to what kind of clock speeds i can reach with a max 1.95v for mem?the cpu goes all the way to 1.56 or so...thanks for your help.

CPU idles at 40c the MOB at 36c...so its not to hot..The MOB is suppose to be a good Ocer so i dunno..Im going to RMA the MOB and get a epox or dfi

Check your DDR2 speed and HTT to make sure those are not holding you back. I bet your HTT multi is still at 5X, you should lower it to 3X or 4X.

You should always underclock your mem and HTT when trying to find max CPU overclock because they can hold you back if they are getting to high.

Yeah your post was not helpful at all, people dont post on these forums to get flamed, they are looking for advice. Honestly hes making a good decision, if he wants to overclock he needs a more overclocker friendly board. I have an AM2 3800X2 overclocked to 2.2 on the stock heatsink and fan. He is definatly not hitting the cap of his overclocking ability with that cpu, unless he just got a bad apple out of the bunch. When my Zalman fan gets here in the next 2 days im going to take my 3800 to 2.4 ghz. Thats what these forums are all about, taking your computer to the limits and getting the best performance out of it, and as forum posters we should be giving the best advice we can to help the guy out.

Hey mrebytch "READ HERE"

http://vip.asus.com/forum/topic.as [...] uage=en-us

This is why I RMAed it..plus asus is no help..All people that have this mob have the same problems crappy bios no sound it wont boot no support same email replys to all that need help from asus! would you keep a mob that does that?I didnt think so!!! oh buy the way i did use the recomended memory and such so dont try it partner..The only asus mob i would buy would be the m2n32 sli delux..Hey thanks Brock for the back up..This Bytch is insulting alot of people that are using the x2 3800... Most get speeds up 2.8 with no problems with differant MOBs..

Until he checks his HTT and Memory speeds he does not need to RMA that board. I just dont think he realizes that those can be limiting factors in your overclock.

You should always lower your ram and HTT settings when finding max OC on cpu to eliminate those factors holding you back!I have already done that..I even put HTT. 1x mem to 533 and adjusted the vdimm and vcore..It just wont work dunno if its the CPU or what but i know one thing..this mob doesnt support OCing very well since the bios has very little mem adjustment..cant do much with max 1.95v for dimm..

WHat MOB are you using for the X2?Is it AM2?Im looking for a good MOB and i was recomended the Epox 570 sli..

the board doest like anything over 220..

WHat motherboard are you using with your new x2?

You wanna know something really crazy? I have crucial ddr 400 value mem in my system and not too long ago I put some memory heat sinks on them just for kicks.

Well believe it or not but I have them mem running at 494mhz with no errors according to mem test.

Timings are 3 3 3 5 and voltage is 2.9v.

How bout posting something helpful that might help him OC higher instead of being the bitch that applies to your user name

You probably dont have a clue either.

well this is one time rare that it may be that i have to agree 100% with mrsbythch and as far as being helpful why would people want to help someone like that for?

Hi, DET.

I find that people trying to tell him "you should've gotten a faster processor" is total BS. Of course all processors do not OC the same, but this particular chip is known to get very high speeds and it is odd why he is getting such a low OC. He wants help to get higher, not someone telling him to return it. Jeez. Now that that is out of the way:

Have you updated the BIOS? I hear that doing that can cure some problems...

Your temperature is rather high for idle. 40C? That is a load temp for some people on air. What cooler? I'd reseat the CPU w/cooler. Make sure to get the thermal paste nice and thin.

The DFI Infinity AM2 board hits 400+HTT if you have already RMA'ed the board. Proven chipset, amazing manufacturer, and some of the best support of mobos.

Good luck!

~Ibrahim~

P.S. No need to apologize. THEY should be apologizing, not you, mate.

This post only further proves what a bitch ass asshole you really are. You are not interested in helping anyone and your attitude sucks ass. I agree with the guy that his chip should have been able to overclock a little further than what he got out of it.

You just rolled snake-eyes on the OC crapshoot. My Opty 170 won't OC for crap either. It's not my board or my ram. Not all cpus overclock well.
Them's the breaks.
Sorry.

Wow thanks alot..the best part is its really cheap too...maybe i will pick this up.. the only reason i asked that is because i want the best performance from a motherboard as possable...As for my temps they were pretty bad then huh?Is it because i used the paste that was on the heat sink?ALso should i buy a chipset cooler if i go with this MOB?

That should work great. Looking at the parts, everything should work!

Now, are you sure about this? I don't want you to rush into this quickly and get buyers remorse or anything. DFI is releasing nForce 500 chipsets within weeks, their 590 SLi board has debut, the lower end models shouldn't be far behind. DFI is a great brand for overclocking.

~Ibrahim~

Do you know when the 570sli MOB is suppose to come out?

Ya thats 590sli is awsome...I wish i could afford that MOB..man i dont want to buy the infinity if a new lanparty 570 sli is going to come out in a week or two...But then i dont want to wait for a long time either..

It is lol..They are saying come on..Just get the DFI infinity..you know you cant wait for the new 570 SLIs..Its diving crazy..I know i will be happy with the infinity but i know i will regret it if the board comes out a couple days later..SO im trying to find out the relese date and price..do you think it will be in the 130 range?

So nforce 4 isnt differant than the 5 series chipset in performance?

Performance-wise, they may be slightly faster, I don't have any direct apples-to-apples compairison, but the difference, if any, would be small, i.e. <7%.

They only appear faster because they are using newer and faster hardware on the motherboard. Chipset upgrades almost always just mean more features, like 6 USB ports over 4 or GBe LAN over 10/100. A few software things such as LinkBoost are present, but they aren't huge. They can hardly be called icing on the cake. More features is it.

~Ibrahim~

It is fine and now you have an entire forum of DFI users to help you with any problems you have. (Don't take that the wrong way. I'm still going to help you, just saying if we guys at TG can't do it, DFI has some real gurus.)

Well, the second and the last ones you mentioned are actually GPU chipset coolers. Otherwise, they rest all look good to me. That Cooler-Master looks great, but I don't have any performance benches on it. The Vantec Iceberg is good.

I know for a fact, though, that the Thermalright HR-05 cooler fits and works great. I'm slightly short on time...Look through this thread for some chipset cooler recommendations:

DFI Infinity Ultra II-M2 Discussion Thread

I give my nod to the Thermalright, but Google Reviews for each of the coolers. You could also post in the above-mentioned thread, if needed.

~Ibrahim~

as someone how has a 3800 X2 albeit a 939socket, i have had two overclocks on it, on the DFI board i previously had i was able to push it to 2.5ghz for about 10mins then it crapped so i backed down to 2.4ghz and it ran rock solid. Well i was running an X700 from abit and well the card shorted out and friend the PCI-e lane to where it won't reconize vid cards. Fortunately i had a back up board in the form of a BFG board which is also a Chaintech VNF series, which board is rock solid from the get go, but i am not able to OC beyond 2.1ghz on this board. So in my experience yes this 3800 can push beyond 2.4ghz, and yes it might be the mobo.

For the record, i am using a stock heatsink on all my OCs

Hey guys i wanted to ask another question..Can or should I apply Zalman paste to the chipset or do i just leave that with no paste?