RE: [OT] any overclocking experts around?

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Simon,

I already have an Abit IC7 Max3 with P4 3.0GHz o/c to 3.4 on water
cooling :) Works well (in most places)

I wanted another system based on a different m/b as I have had some
weird problems with Premiere Pro and a matrox RTx100 edit card that I
and tech support haven't been able to solve - apart from getting another
power PC, the hope was to solve the problem along the way.

I've just ordered the following:

Chieftec DA-01SLD Silver Dragon
2 x Seagate SERIAL SATA Barracuda 7200.7 200Gb
Asus P4C800-E Deluxe Intel 875P Canterwood Motherboard
OCZ PC4400 Performance Dual Channel 2 x 512MB Memory
Asetek Waterchill Antarctica CPU/VGA/Chipset POWER KIT ! KT12A-L30
(220V) 10mm
Intel Pentium 4 Northwood 3.4C Ghz 800Mhz Retail Boxed
Antec True Control 550W ATX PSU inc. 5.25 Control Panel (ORANGE BOX)
Mitsumi 7 in 1 Internal Media and Floppy Drive (Silver)
Papst 8412N/2GME Sleeve Bearing 3 pin 80mm Fan

I went for the PC4400 memory as you can see - after reading a few
reviews that ran it on the P4C800-E. I'm a bit confused why you said not
to go for it, given I'm getting this m/b??? I also just realized that
this was the performance range and not the EL gold series :( (which
overclock.co.uk) don't do. Is there likely to be a big difference -
should I return it and go for the EL gold (from overclockers.co.uk)???

I guess my main confusion was over all the talk of PC3500/3700 memory vs
PC4000/4200/4400 and ram timings etc - couldn't find an answer as to
which was better.

Thanks,

Paul


-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Rafferty [mailto:simonr@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 11 June 2004 23:33
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] any overclocking experts around?

The P4 CPU on 800MHz FSB, Intel 875P chipset and ASUS' motherboard
expertise are exactly what you need if you are looking for extreme
performance. The P4C800 has all of the above plus dual-channel ECC DDR
400 memory, Hyper-Threading Technology support and a whole bunch of
advanced innovations for an expert like you. P4C800 also integrates
artificial intelligent features such as net-diagnosing utility,
audio-jack sensing technology, auto-adjusting CPU Fan and more. The
P4C800 simply out-performs, out-smarts and out-shines all competition.

So I guess to answer the question  DDR400 ECC would be optimum

therefore

OCZ 1GB (2x512MB) PC4000 Dual Channel Gold Series EL-DDR (MY-015-OC)
CZ Gold Edition PC-4000 memory using state of the art HyperSpeed(r)
technology is capable of achieving outrageous speeds of up to 500 MHz at
CL 2.5-4-4-7*. OCZ Gold Edition PC4000 Dual Channel features OCZ EVP(r)
Extended Voltage Protection**, a circuit protection feature designed to
allow performance enthusiasts to tweak their systems without the worry
of invalidating the warranty. OCZ Gold modules have been designed and
optimized for use with the Intel i865/i875 chipsets and work best on
these platforms. If you are using a non-i875 based mainboard, we suggest
purchasing either OCZ Platinum Edition or OCZ EL DDR modules.

available at

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Enhanced_Latency_Series.html


NB do not buy the OCZ 1GB (2x512MB) PC4400 Dual Channel Gold Series
Limited Edition EL-DDR CAS3.0
as ***Currently, only the Asus P4C800 Deluxe and P4C800-E Deluxe are
qualified for use with PC-4400 Gold Edition memory due to high FSB
requirements not achievable by other boards.


Simon


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 12:41 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] any overclocking experts around?


> I'm just specing up a new PC (water cooled like my other) and I've
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> a bit unstuck at the memory specifying bit - whether to go for OCZ
> PC4400 or PC3700 etc - I don't have a clue! Money not too much of a
> problem, so best performing is what I want (running on an Asus P4C800
> with P4 3.4C). Will either be used for vid/audio editing, multimedia
> production etc OR as my general/games PC (vid edit and general apps
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