InsaneTek

• AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice
• DFI LANParty UT nF4 Ultra-D
• 2 x 1GB Centon Advanced PC3200 2GB
• ATI Radeon X800XT
• Arctic Cooling Freezer 64
• Thermaltake PurePower 680W
• BIOS 623-3 and orange slots

Overclocking:

Keep in mind that during overclocking, the latencies are as follows:  CAS-TRCD-TRP-TRAS

I began the overclocking process by making sure the memory can run at the rated speeds and timings.  All memory should be able to run the rated speeds and timings if your system hardware is capable.  At 200MHz and latencies of 2-3-2-5, the memory was rock solid at a voltage of 2.7v.  Bumping up the HTT megahertz, the memory halted at 205MHz.  It was not all that impressive for the first run, but that is understandable given the tight timings.  I loosened TRP to 3 and managed to squeeze an extra 5MHz out of the memory, to 210MHz.  With average latencies of 2.5-3-3-7, the memory skipped along well to 225MHz.  I was a little disappointed since the Patriot PC3200LLK 2GB with the same Infineon BE-5 chips was able to hit 255MHz.  But as I mentioned before, overclocking results with the Infineon BE-5 chips are inconsistent.  The majority of them will top out at 220MHz-230MHz with average timings.  I then tried timings of 3-3-3-8 and 3-4-3-8 and both provided no help.  It was only with 3-4-4-8 that I was able to max out the memory at 230MHz.  All of this was done with just 2.7v.  Increased voltage did not help and in some cases even caused unnecessary errors.  The overclocking results were not all that exciting.

Overclocking Results: