Posts by boldhound8

Tyler Lee57 said:Sorry if this isn't really the right spot to ask this question here

how high can I push my memory and CPU voltage? thinking about tweaking it in the BIOS

Yeah, you're definitely in the right place.🙂

Look, my advice? Don't touch that CPU voltage past 1.8V. Seriously. If you're sitting at 1.8V and your temps are still totally fine, you might be able to squeeze out 2.0V, but don't go any higher unless you've got some insane liquid nitrogen setup or something crazy...

As for your RAM... you can safely bump it up to 2.77V. You can even push it to 2.9V if you absolutely need it for a higher FBI clock or tighter latencies.🙂

kinfa said:Anyone got a decent overclocking tutorial?

Check out PC Gamer. They've got stuff on
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Raymond Rodriguez40 said:So, how high can you actually push the FBI clocking!?

Look, I’ve said this a hundred times already—I hit a wall at 250 MHz! Seriously, how the hell are you getting any higher than that...!?

I think it's 300, but honestly, I'm not even sure.🙂

frozenotter6 said:I'm still just wondering about the 😁

revision 3.2🙂

frozenotter6 said:8RDA3+ 😲 258 FSB 😲

AWESOME.... what kind of cooler are you running on the laptop - that blue Corsair or something similar???

Do you need passive heatsinks on the MOSFET or nah?

Give me the details, man - I need details! 😁

FYI - my old 8RDA+ was already dying at 230 FSB 🙄 . It wasn't even the RAM - I was using Corsair Vengeance LPX. It just wouldn't budge, regardless of the voltage. 👎

Looks like I actually scored a killer board👍

On the laptop there's a blue Corsair, and for the CPU I've got a Cooler Master Hyper 212. Case temps are sitting between 28-35 C or whatever.🙂

Raymond Rodriguez40 said:But how the hell did you hit 258 FSB? I can't get anywhere near that—it won't even give me the option to go past 250!?😕

I'm running revision 3.2 with the latest BIOS... and I'm hard-capped at 250!!!

How are you getting higher... are there different versions of these boards floating around or what!?

Who knows, man.😕 I managed to push it to 258 once, and I think I even tried 259, but that was a total bust... (can't quite remember if I went any higher than that..)

Raymond Rodriguez40 said:How the hell did you even get it up to 258!?😕

Borrowed some RAM from a buddy...

Raymond Rodriguez40 said:which version are you running?

Also🙂

Raymond Rodriguez40 said:Look, I’m absolutely not pushing it past 1.8V...
It runs fine at 1.75V at the same clock speed, but that's basically my ceiling for a sane overclock.
If I crank it any higher? Total waste of time. It just runs hotter for maybe a pathetic 1% gain... seriously, what's the point?
Right now I'm seeing 32 MBO, 40 CPU IDLE, and under LOAD... it's sitting around 50 (on the diode, obviously!)
This is the 2400+... the budget version... and honestly, for the price, it's a killer deal compared to a standard desktop Bart 2500+... totally worth it.

Still though... man, this Epox RDA3+ board isn't even close to being decent for overclocking (the FSB is a total disaster!!!) when you compare it to DFI or even a Soltek RL. It barely hits 235 MHz before hitting the memory wall. Right now I'm running CL2,5-3-3-7... I can push it to CL2, but it's not 100% stable at 2.77 V, and at 2.93 it’s acting completely wonky!?.. which honestly trips me out a bit.

I really should have grabbed some A-DATA, but they were out of stock... but hey, this works well enough.

Bandwidth at 225 FSB is roughly 3450/1350 and everything is running smooth.

Have you seen those overpriced monsters with the A64 xxxx+ and 6800 Ultra combo? They only score about 30% better in Mark... and the damn thing costs twice as much....

I'm telling you, I still stand by my word: the NF2 has peaked and it's rock solid. It's a way better investment than that shaky A64 stuff.... people are gonna come for me for saying this, but the truth is my buddies running A64 with the same software are dealing with constant crashes!!!! It's that 754 chipset, and frankly, it's not ready for serious users yet...

The 939 might be where the action is eventually, but it's too new... and you have to ask if it's actually worth the cash...
Intel🙂, they've got nothing to offer once you look at the price tag...

Exactly. I keep mine right around 2300 MHz at 1.750 V... my absolute max was about 2685 MHz (but that required 2.0V😲)

Epox won't go any further.🙄 It's crazy... I have an 8RDA3+ and it can hit 258 FSB, but since my RAM is the bottleneck, I'm keeping it at 228...

Honestly, I think Socket A and NF2 are still slightly better than Socket 754 and NF3, but that won't last long...

And don't even get me started on the 939, it's basically a myth at this point.🙂

Raymond Rodriguez40 said:When it comes to actual expertise... the mods here are basically just amateur hour.

This place clearly has some real pros... or maybe just a bunch of kids, judging by the ages they're posting.

You won't believe this crap...😕

Man, you really blew it with that mobile phone comment.🙂

What's actually killing you?🤔 Is it the motherboard or the RAM?😁

James Roberts87 said:Just please, NOT FOX. Seriously, where are they going with this? I’d much rather have someone else handling the broadcast.😁

Totally agree.😁

Jose Miller3 said:both of them...

Figure I’d chime in too... personally, I’m feeling better than before, but let's be real, there's no debating personal taste.🙂

BTW, since we're talking about people getting gendered wrong, I gotta say—so many women on this forum use masculine handles, and then they lose their minds when you address them as a guy.🙄
Is it actually that hard to just pick a female username?🙂

driftingnomad68 said:Look, I run an adblocker through my provider too, but that just stops the traffic going to their site and coming back. It doesn't stop the browser from trying to ping them first. So, you're basically stuck waiting for this guy to respond before you can even move on...

My adblock is built right into the browser, man.🙂

Michael Cox40 said:I really hope Mr. X actually sees this. He was being "intense" about defending his point that this isn't even what we're talking about. 😁

Look, I wasn't "defending" anything...

I was just stating facts:

1. I’ve been running an adblocker for ages and it usually kills everything... but even after trying again yesterday, absolutely nothing changed.
2. I even went as far as editing my hosts file and still, zilch.

Bottom line? I did everything humanly possible on my end.🙂

Jose Miller3 said:Man, you are such a pain in the neck...
Look, just do it. Seriously, try it. It’ll be a favor to me if you just give this a shot: open Firefox, go into your adblocker preferences, and add a custom filter with http://ads.monitor.com/*. Just do that one thing and let me know how it goes in a minute.
I’ve had the ads from Monitor blocked for months now, but I actually had to tweak this specifically to get everything running smoothly today.

Or, if you don't feel like messing with settings, just hit up your hosts file (it's in macOS/system32/drivers/etc) and add 127.0.0.1 ads.monitor.com...

1. Yeah, I'm a pain. Deal with it.🙂
2. Maybe try reading for once?😵 I already did all that stuff.🙂
3. And the other thing is already handled.🙂

And yeah, everything's working fine now... (maybe they finally killed the ads😁😁😁 )

Michael Cox40 said:I'm totally with Jose Miller3 on this one. Seriously, just look at what’s hanging your browser for so long. In Google, it clearly shows it's trying to connect to adblocker.com and it just sits there forever. Once I tossed that domain into my adblocker, everything started running smooth as silk.

Look, that ad server has been there forever and we were all browsing lightning fast... then suddenly this morning, everyone’s having a meltdown over it...

Jose Miller3 said:Man, I feel you. I went through the exact same thing—honestly, probably even longer than you did—until I finally just nuked every single ad on my system using adblocker.com. Once I got that set up, everything started running smooth as silk, both on my laptop and my main monitor. Total game changer.

And get this—here’s more proof for you losers. When I switch the settings from "remove ads" to just "hide ads"—you know, where it actually strips them out instead of just making them invisible—the whole damn thing slows down to a crawl again! It's absolutely insane how much it drags.

Look, there's no point in even arguing... because this thing is way bigger than we ever imagined.

Oh, and I almost forgot... I’ve had those damn ads blocked for eight months straight now.🙂

Holy crap, it's taking me a full three minutes just to load a single page on this 384 kbps connection!😲 I’m seriously losing my patience for spamming here (and trust me, that’s never a good sign)

BTW, this is some other kind of bullshit entirely—it’s got nothing to do with any adblockers🙂

rustyrider40 said:Internet Explorer is dead. Microsoft Outlook? Sure. But that’s not what we’re talking about. 😁 You need something specific. Like how Equifax used to have those special features in AOL Mail—man, that stuff used to drive me crazy. I can't remember exactly what it was, maybe some annoying pop-ups or random ads, but this was way back, like four or five years ago.

I mean, who even needs that crap anyway...

If you're running Outlook, you get that little icon popping up by the clock in the taskbar, and then you hear that stupid *beep*... which, by the way, you can actually swap out for a different sound if you want.🙂

urbanmoose3 said:I think Damson was just trying to say that Villeneuve isn't actually that far behind Alonso..

The real issue is that Alonso is dropping back like ten spots, and then you've got Vill lagging even further behind him!😁