My PC Specs
GIGABYTE GA-X48-DS4 LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Pentium E2180 2.0GHz LGA 775 65W Processor
Kingston HyperX 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066
ATI AIW X1900 256 DDR3
ZALMAN VF900 - CU 2 Ball VGA Cooler
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s
Antec earthwatts EA430 430W Power Supply


Am new at Over clocking, i have the motherboard manual but i don't understand it.
my memory now reads at DDR2 800

i would like to know how to have my memory read at either
1066 at timings 5-5-5-15
or
800 at timings 4-4-4-12

and also i would like to overclock my CPU to 2.5Ghz air cool (am using the fan that came with the CPU)

thanks alot guys

google "bsel mod 1" I did it to my e2140 and it works great!


As you see here got 430 more mhz off my 2140 from a mobo that doesn't allow overclocking...

am still confused, i need bios settings

Well, if you want to OC it, sure. I'd start with the CPU myself.


That CPU can do lots more than that. I have the model underneath that, the E2160 (same FSB, just a 1-lower multiplier), and it runs fine at 3.4GHz on air cooling and all (85% overclock). Yours might not quite reach 3.4 as each chip OC'es differently, but it should easily go up to at least 3.

RAM frequency wise, you just need to change the multiplier. If you want to change the timings, then you need to disable "configure using SPD" or such, and then setting it by hand.

There's millions of how-to's and such on the web. They explain everything you need to know in great detail. There's even entire websites dedicated just to that. I suggest you do some reading before you try anything.

what is so confusing is the settings in the motherboard bios, i do not know how to configure these settings and i don't know what these settings mean, furthermore i have never overclocked a pc before. but if you could point me to the right website, i would be most happy.

i've searched yet found nothing for this motherboard