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    Need help with Overclocking Athlon 64 X2 3800+ on GA-M56S-S3

    This is my first post so I most warmly welcome everybody. I did my first OC just a couple of days ago so I'm not even a newbie yet just an aspirant to become one. There still are many confusing aspects of the whole game for me and I don't quite grasp all the interdependencies yet. Forgive me that please as well as my possibly inadequate usage of English - it's not my mother tongue. My specs and state of OC are as follows:
    Cpu: Athlon 64 X2 3800+@2.54GHz (ADA3800IAA5CU - F2 89W)
    CPU Alias: Windsor-512
    Revision/Stepping : 4B / 2
    Stepping Mask : BH-F2
    CPUID Revision: 00040FB2h
    CPU voltage: 1.425V
    CPU Clock: 2555.8 MHz (original: 2000 MHz, overclock: 28%)
    CPU Multiplier: 10x
    CPU FSB: 255.6 MHz (original: 200 MHz, overclock: 28%)
    HyperTransport Clock: 766.7 MHz
    Memory Bus: 319.5 MHz
    DRAM:FSB Ratio CPU/8

    CPU Cache:
    L1 Code Cache 64 KB per core (Parity)
    L1 Data Cache 64 KB per core (ECC)
    L2 Cache 512 KB per core (On-Die, ECC, Full-Speed)

    Mobo: Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3
    Mobo ID: 08/20/2010-NF-MCP65-6A61LG01C-00
    Chipset: nVIDIA nForce 560, AMD Hammer
    Memory Timings: 5-5-5-18 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) @ 1.8V
    Command Rate (CR): 2T
    DIMM1: A-Data DQVE1A16: 1 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz)
    (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)
    DIMM2: A-Data DQVE1A16: 1 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz)
    (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)

    Award BIOS Type Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
    Award BIOS Message GA-M56S-S3 F6h
    DMI BIOS Version F6h

    OS: 7 32-bit

    Video: EVGA e-GeForce GT 610
    GPU Code Name: GF119 (PCI Express 2.0 x16 10DE / 104A, Rev A1)
    GPU Clock (Geometric Domain): 270 MHz (original: 810 MHz)
    GPU Clock (Shader Domain): 540 MHz (original: 1620 MHz)
    Memory Clock: 324 MHz (original: 500 MHz)
    No aftermarket cooling, just what came in the box.

    What I would like to know is how to push it up higher, say up to 2.6 or maybe even 2.7 without an aftermarket cooling - an upgrade is not an option now I'm flat broke. At 2.58 IntelBurnTest froze the system so I came back to 2.56, run it again on max, got an OK congrats, then run Prime95 on Torture Test for 4hrs and passed (load temps fluctuated around 53 - 56 deg Celsius while running the test). I know some guys on this forum made it up to 2.8 so obviously something can be done here but I'm not an expert. This is where you come in and my kind request for help. I'd also like to ask somebody to explain to me what is my CPU CLOCK RATIO (now set on Auto), by which coefficients it is determined and is there any benefit from setting it manually:
    x5, x5.5, x6, x6.5, x7, x7.5, x8, x8.5, x9, x9.5, x10?
    I know ADATA mem modules do not OC well but can't I do something with timings? I will be insanely grateful for your help.

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    Those cpus varied a lot in how far each could be overclocked. Best that I remember.

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    Hi to all,
    Can anybody give me some feedback on this, pleeeeeaaaaaaase...
    Here's the link to some detailed readouts as well as new screens. All were taken while Prime was running in Blend for 45 min - 1hr. I've done total re-clocking from scratch today, no clear CMOS though. The weird thing is I've never managed to pushed it up so high on so low voltage before and get such temps. Gives me an incentive to go higher. I'm very curious what would be your feedback.
    Now CPU Freq is 256 at CPU Voltage Control 1.375V. There were discrepancies among these values set in BIOS and Windows & sys info tools readings. I know voltage can fluctuate but CPU Freq from mid 2-forties to 254 were always 1 lower in OS than in BIOS, 248 was 247, 250 was 249 etc. Only Sandra got it always right. Now it's OK everywhere.
    Cool N Quiet: Disabled
    Smart CPU Fan Control: Disabled
    PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
    SATA Spread Spectrum: Disabled
    HT Spread Spectrum: Disabled
    and then: K8<->NB HT Speed: 3x
    K8<->NB HT Width: Auto
    CR: 1T
    Win on performance mode
    I don't think I have C1/E and C6 options in my Bios.

    https://drive.google.com/folderview?...VE&usp=sharing

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