Hi, Cleaned out the closet and found an old (i think the first) Atlon 500 processor on a MSI 6167 board. Can't find any OC features in the bios. Somebody know if its possible to OC this old man ? Thanks, Peter

I am new to all this and haven't tried any overclocking yet but am looking too, I am currently using an AMD XP2600+ with the stock heatsink, the temp idle middles at about 45 C it does reach peaks of 55 - 58 C just wondering are these high peaks in the mid to late 50's normal or is it a bit hot? I...

Is there a difference ,overclocking wise, between the Newcastle and Clawhammer? Does one overclock better then the other? Does Clawhammer have better performance? What's the scoop on the differences between these two CPU's? Clawhammer: AMD Part number: ADA3400BOX Co Clawhammer

I'm thinking of building a new high-end system (not bleading edge, no overclocking). The primary justification is Photoshop CS. Pricewatch shows 11 different Athlon64 models ($126-$739) differing in clock speed, cache size, and bus speed. I believe the FX models are now "history" so we are...

Hello, I am putting together a new system comprising of an Asus A8V motherboard and an Athlon 64 3500+ CPU (939pin). I already have these items and SATA hard drives, however, I am not sure what would be a good graphics card to get. There are so many options on the market. As the Asus A8V has an...

Reality in : There is 1500 (2200+) and a 2000 (2800+) in the Sempron model 8 range. There is 1500 (2200+) and a 2000 (2800+) in the Sempron model 10 range. looks like overlap model nos, but possilby no overlap in...

Overclocking Noob Requires Advise on overclocking-unlocking -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- as the title suggests i would appreciate any advise regarding reliable sources for overclocking settings for this particular setup. i have searched but i have...

I rebuilt a system on a new FIC AU-13 motherboard, reusing my older Athalon 1.33 CPU. I purchased this OEM chip 3 years ago along with an AMD - recommended Coolermaster heat-sink & fan. When I did the rebuild, I lapped the large aluminum heat-sink to a fine finish, using 2000-grit sandpaper...

could i get a lower CPU temp if i got a different fan/heatsink? if so any reccomendations?

Hi, have an XP2800+(Barton) on an Asus A7N8X DLX board. Ram is 2X512 sticks of PC2700 I have not changed any setting in the bios that might overclock but regardless of what software I use to show speed, ram, other they all show it as being overclocked. CPU-Z shows core speed as 2088 MHZ Multiplier...

I've been thinking of replacing my VA503+ based system w/my formerly overclocked Barton 2800+ and underclocking the Barton to acheive a hopefully silent system. If I went low enough, would it be possible to undervolt the Barton and maybe get a way w/just a bare heatsink (say a Thermalright...

And I hope this is the right forum... I have a dual AMD MP-1800 machine on a Tyan S2460 board. Well, it quit working a few months ago and I finally got the time to have a look at it. The symptom has been that it quit giving me any video, not even a post screen. I did all the normal stuff -...

Setting up a system to use a 2500+ what I want to push the FSB to take the cpu to 3200+. Any issues/thoughts/comments about using the MSI K7N2 Delta-L Socket A mobo for this?

What are the pros and cons for the BIOS setting Plug & Play O/S Yes/No ? Just ordered an Asus A7V880. Yeh! -- Ed Light Smiley :-/ MS Smiley :-\

Hi All, I have a problem that appears to be overheating related in as much that for a while now when anything like an "aquarium" type screensaver is running the screen freezes but if I removed side cover and directed a desk fan into unit it worked fine. I fitted two case fans, graphics card...

Sorry it's a 2000 -- +++ Groeten uit Amersfoort en omgeving.

Some strange thing happened today with my Barton 2500+. I tested some AMD procs. in various FSB's to compare results. When I put back my B2500+, on boot MB by default set it to lowest FSB, 100 MHz. I entered BIOS to change it to it's working freq. 166 FSB and then I saw temperature was about 50C...

so far ive tried: 13x183 v1.975 YES 15x166 v 1.975 NO 13x185 v1.975 NO am i safe to raise the vcore higher? should i select "benchmarking" in my bios? my temps are 55c in bios for core after playing gta3 for about 15 min. but winbond was giving my temps of 42cpu and 42 system.

I saw some Doom3 benchmarks that showed the low end Sempron as superior to any of the Bartons out. Are there two types of Semprons or only one? -Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)

Would this be able to go much higher or would getting a mobile cpu be the better way to go ? I have 2600+ locked now, but I want at least 2.5ghz speeds. So I was thinking about getting a 2400+ mobile. But Ive seen a 3000+ unlocked non-mobile cpu for sale on another message board and was...