Overclocking an older CPU

I have an Asus A7V333 mobo (revision 1.xx - cough cough). I've got an AMD
Athlon XP 2400+. I have 768MB of RAM - (one being PC-3000 (512) and the
other being PC-2700 (256)). How much overclocking can I do? I've got it
overclocked right now to 2.2GHz, but the only thing I did was bring up the
multiplier, so basically the only difference it made was its ability to
benchmark at higher scores. (I'm a novice at overclocking if you can't
tell.) Where do you recommend I actually start out? I'll drop the
multiplier to make something else faster if I can. I have not increased the
VCORE yet.
Multiplier X FSB = clock speed.

Thanks.

Travis King wrote:
I have an Asus A7V333 mobo (revision 1.xx - cough cough). I've got
an AMD Athlon XP 2400+. I have 768MB of RAM - (one being PC-3000
(512) and the other being PC-2700 (256)). How much overclocking can
I do? I've got it overclocked right now to 2.2GHz, but the only
thing I did was bring up the multiplier, so basically the only
difference it made was its ability to benchmark at higher scores. (I'm a
novice at overclocking if you can't tell.) Where do you
recommend I actually start out? I'll drop the multiplier to make
something else faster if I can. I have not increased the VCORE yet.
Multiplier X FSB = clock speed.

Thanks.

Changing the multiplier doesn't affect your PCI/ISA slots but if you want to
experiment with everything, apparently you can adjust your FSB in 1-MHz
steps in the BIOS. Check your manual.

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardwar...703_1367631__4

"mdp" wrote in message
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Travis King wrote:
I have an Asus A7V333 mobo (revision 1.xx - cough cough). I've got
an AMD Athlon XP 2400+. I have 768MB of RAM - (one being PC-3000
(512) and the other being PC-2700 (256)). How much overclocking can
I do? I've got it overclocked right now to 2.2GHz, but the only
thing I did was bring up the multiplier, so basically the only
difference it made was its ability to benchmark at higher scores. (I'm a
novice at overclocking if you can't tell.) Where do you
recommend I actually start out? I'll drop the multiplier to make
something else faster if I can. I have not increased the VCORE yet.
Multiplier X FSB = clock speed.

Thanks.

Changing the multiplier doesn't affect your PCI/ISA slots but if you want
to experiment with everything, apparently you can adjust your FSB in 1-MHz
steps in the BIOS. Check your manual.

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardwar...703_1367631__4



Do you think I should bring my multiplier back down to normal when I begin
to bring up the FSB one by one? Thanks.

Travis King wrote:
"mdp" wrote in message
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Travis King wrote:
I have an Asus A7V333 mobo (revision 1.xx - cough cough). I've got
an AMD Athlon XP 2400+. I have 768MB of RAM - (one being PC-3000
(512) and the other being PC-2700 (256)). How much overclocking can
I do? I've got it overclocked right now to 2.2GHz, but the only
thing I did was bring up the multiplier, so basically the only
difference it made was its ability to benchmark at higher scores.
(I'm a novice at overclocking if you can't tell.) Where do you
recommend I actually start out? I'll drop the multiplier to make
something else faster if I can. I have not increased the VCORE yet.
Multiplier X FSB = clock speed.

Thanks.

Changing the multiplier doesn't affect your PCI/ISA slots but if you
want to experiment with everything, apparently you can adjust your
FSB in 1-MHz steps in the BIOS. Check your manual.

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardwar...703_1367631__4



Do you think I should bring my multiplier back down to normal when I
begin to bring up the FSB one by one? Thanks.

Sorry but I don't overclock so I don't have any recommendations. My
knowledge is limited to knowing how to overclock.

"Travis King" wrote in message
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"mdp" wrote in message
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Travis King wrote:
I have an Asus A7V333 mobo (revision 1.xx - cough cough). I've got
an AMD Athlon XP 2400+. I have 768MB of RAM - (one being PC-3000
(512) and the other being PC-2700 (256)). How much overclocking can
I do? I've got it overclocked right now to 2.2GHz, but the only
thing I did was bring up the multiplier, so basically the only
difference it made was its ability to benchmark at higher scores. (I'm a
novice at overclocking if you can't tell.) Where do you
recommend I actually start out? I'll drop the multiplier to make
something else faster if I can. I have not increased the VCORE yet.
Multiplier X FSB = clock speed.

Thanks.

Changing the multiplier doesn't affect your PCI/ISA slots but if you want
to experiment with everything, apparently you can adjust your FSB in
1-MHz steps in the BIOS. Check your manual.

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardwar...703_1367631__4



Do you think I should bring my multiplier back down to normal when I begin
to bring up the FSB one by one? Thanks.
I would leave your multiplier where you have it and increase the fsb first,
then try it at the stock multiplier and see where the best performance and
stability is. I always look at stability first and speed second. I have seen
performance actually drop when you go too far, even when very stable. The
best overclock is usually not the "fastest" speed, but somewhere in between
where there is a "sweet-spot". Good luck.

Ed

I've upped the FSB to 140 and left the CPU usage at 100% for a half hour and
no restarts and still running cool, so I'll probably go up some more.
"Ed Medlin" wrote in message
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"Travis King" wrote in message
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"mdp" wrote in message
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Travis King wrote:
I have an Asus A7V333 mobo (revision 1.xx - cough cough). I've got
an AMD Athlon XP 2400+. I have 768MB of RAM - (one being PC-3000
(512) and the other being PC-2700 (256)). How much overclocking can
I do? I've got it overclocked right now to 2.2GHz, but the only
thing I did was bring up the multiplier, so basically the only
difference it made was its ability to benchmark at higher scores. (I'm
a novice at overclocking if you can't tell.) Where do you
recommend I actually start out? I'll drop the multiplier to make
something else faster if I can. I have not increased the VCORE yet.
Multiplier X FSB = clock speed.

Thanks.

Changing the multiplier doesn't affect your PCI/ISA slots but if you
want to experiment with everything, apparently you can adjust your FSB
in 1-MHz steps in the BIOS. Check your manual.

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardwar...703_1367631__4



Do you think I should bring my multiplier back down to normal when I
begin to bring up the FSB one by one? Thanks.
I would leave your multiplier where you have it and increase the fsb
first, then try it at the stock multiplier and see where the best
performance and stability is. I always look at stability first and speed
second. I have seen performance actually drop when you go too far, even
when very stable. The best overclock is usually not the "fastest" speed,
but somewhere in between where there is a "sweet-spot". Good luck.

Ed

I'm now trying it out at 145 and will again max out the CPU for a half hour
and see if it restarts.
"Travis King" wrote in message
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I've upped the FSB to 140 and left the CPU usage at 100% for a half hour
and no restarts and still running cool, so I'll probably go up some more.
"Ed Medlin" wrote in message
. net...

"Travis King" wrote in message
news:Gs0Zf.909981$xm3.715508@attbi_s21...
"mdp" wrote in message
...
Travis King wrote:
I have an Asus A7V333 mobo (revision 1.xx - cough cough). I've got
an AMD Athlon XP 2400+. I have 768MB of RAM - (one being PC-3000
(512) and the other being PC-2700 (256)). How much overclocking can
I do? I've got it overclocked right now to 2.2GHz, but the only
thing I did was bring up the multiplier, so basically the only
difference it made was its ability to benchmark at higher scores. (I'm
a novice at overclocking if you can't tell.) Where do you
recommend I actually start out? I'll drop the multiplier to make
something else faster if I can. I have not increased the VCORE yet.
Multiplier X FSB = clock speed.

Thanks.

Changing the multiplier doesn't affect your PCI/ISA slots but if you
want to experiment with everything, apparently you can adjust your FSB
in 1-MHz steps in the BIOS. Check your manual.

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardwar...703_1367631__4



Do you think I should bring my multiplier back down to normal when I
begin to bring up the FSB one by one? Thanks.
I would leave your multiplier where you have it and increase the fsb
first, then try it at the stock multiplier and see where the best
performance and stability is. I always look at stability first and speed
second. I have seen performance actually drop when you go too far, even
when very stable. The best overclock is usually not the "fastest" speed,
but somewhere in between where there is a "sweet-spot". Good luck.

Ed

We've made it up to 160 now... Still going... I'm stopping at 166 if it
doesn't restart yet.
"Travis King" wrote in message
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I'm now trying it out at 145 and will again max out the CPU for a half
hour and see if it restarts.
"Travis King" wrote in message
news:5UTZf.885205$x96.531317@attbi_s72...
I've upped the FSB to 140 and left the CPU usage at 100% for a half hour
and no restarts and still running cool, so I'll probably go up some more.
"Ed Medlin" wrote in message
. net...

"Travis King" wrote in message
news:Gs0Zf.909981$xm3.715508@attbi_s21...
"mdp" wrote in message
...
Travis King wrote:
I have an Asus A7V333 mobo (revision 1.xx - cough cough). I've got
an AMD Athlon XP 2400+. I have 768MB of RAM - (one being PC-3000
(512) and the other being PC-2700 (256)). How much overclocking can
I do? I've got it overclocked right now to 2.2GHz, but the only
thing I did was bring up the multiplier, so basically the only
difference it made was its ability to benchmark at higher scores.
(I'm a novice at overclocking if you can't tell.) Where do you
recommend I actually start out? I'll drop the multiplier to make
something else faster if I can. I have not increased the VCORE yet.
Multiplier X FSB = clock speed.

Thanks.

Changing the multiplier doesn't affect your PCI/ISA slots but if you
want to experiment with everything, apparently you can adjust your FSB
in 1-MHz steps in the BIOS. Check your manual.

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardwar...703_1367631__4



Do you think I should bring my multiplier back down to normal when I
begin to bring up the FSB one by one? Thanks.
I would leave your multiplier where you have it and increase the fsb
first, then try it at the stock multiplier and see where the best
performance and stability is. I always look at stability first and speed
second. I have seen performance actually drop when you go too far, even
when very stable. The best overclock is usually not the "fastest" speed,
but somewhere in between where there is a "sweet-spot". Good luck.

Ed

Well, 160 seems to be where I should keep it at the moment. I went up to
166 and it wouldn't even make it to the XP startup screen. (Even when I
increased the VCORE.) I'll have to be a little rough on it at 160 to make
certain it won't be a stability issue.
"Travis King" wrote in message
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We've made it up to 160 now... Still going... I'm stopping at 166 if it
doesn't restart yet.
"Travis King" wrote in message
news:gXTZf.914478$xm3.334610@attbi_s21...
I'm now trying it out at 145 and will again max out the CPU for a half
hour and see if it restarts.
"Travis King" wrote in message
news:5UTZf.885205$x96.531317@attbi_s72...
I've upped the FSB to 140 and left the CPU usage at 100% for a half hour
and no restarts and still running cool, so I'll probably go up some
more.
"Ed Medlin" wrote in message
. net...

"Travis King" wrote in message
news:Gs0Zf.909981$xm3.715508@attbi_s21...
"mdp" wrote in message
...
Travis King wrote:
I have an Asus A7V333 mobo (revision 1.xx - cough cough). I've got
an AMD Athlon XP 2400+. I have 768MB of RAM - (one being PC-3000
(512) and the other being PC-2700 (256)). How much overclocking can
I do? I've got it overclocked right now to 2.2GHz, but the only
thing I did was bring up the multiplier, so basically the only
difference it made was its ability to benchmark at higher scores.
(I'm a novice at overclocking if you can't tell.) Where do you
recommend I actually start out? I'll drop the multiplier to make
something else faster if I can. I have not increased the VCORE yet.
Multiplier X FSB = clock speed.

Thanks.

Changing the multiplier doesn't affect your PCI/ISA slots but if you
want to experiment with everything, apparently you can adjust your
FSB in 1-MHz steps in the BIOS. Check your manual.

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardwar...703_1367631__4



Do you think I should bring my multiplier back down to normal when I
begin to bring up the FSB one by one? Thanks.
I would leave your multiplier where you have it and increase the fsb
first, then try it at the stock multiplier and see where the best
performance and stability is. I always look at stability first and
speed second. I have seen performance actually drop when you go too
far, even when very stable. The best overclock is usually not the
"fastest" speed, but somewhere in between where there is a
"sweet-spot". Good luck.

Ed

Yeah, 160 caused the computer to freeze up in games, even Quake III, so I
dropped it down to 155. Quake III works now, but I haven't tried Doom3 Demo
yet.
"Travis King" wrote in message
news:bKWZf.914664$xm3.581478@attbi_s21...
Well, 160 seems to be where I should keep it at the moment. I went up to
166 and it wouldn't even make it to the XP startup screen. (Even when I
increased the VCORE.) I'll have to be a little rough on it at 160 to make
certain it won't be a stability issue.
"Travis King" wrote in message
news:WDVZf.88219$oL.82372@attbi_s71...
We've made it up to 160 now... Still going... I'm stopping at 166 if it
doesn't restart yet.
"Travis King" wrote in message
news:gXTZf.914478$xm3.334610@attbi_s21...
I'm now trying it out at 145 and will again max out the CPU for a half
hour and see if it restarts.
"Travis King" wrote in message
news:5UTZf.885205$x96.531317@attbi_s72...
I've upped the FSB to 140 and left the CPU usage at 100% for a half
hour and no restarts and still running cool, so I'll probably go up
some more.
"Ed Medlin" wrote in message
. net...

"Travis King" wrote in message
news:Gs0Zf.909981$xm3.715508@attbi_s21...
"mdp" wrote in message
...
Travis King wrote:
I have an Asus A7V333 mobo (revision 1.xx - cough cough). I've got
an AMD Athlon XP 2400+. I have 768MB of RAM - (one being PC-3000
(512) and the other being PC-2700 (256)). How much overclocking
can
I do? I've got it overclocked right now to 2.2GHz, but the only
thing I did was bring up the multiplier, so basically the only
difference it made was its ability to benchmark at higher scores.
(I'm a novice at overclocking if you can't tell.) Where do you
recommend I actually start out? I'll drop the multiplier to make
something else faster if I can. I have not increased the VCORE
yet.
Multiplier X FSB = clock speed.

Thanks.

Changing the multiplier doesn't affect your PCI/ISA slots but if you
want to experiment with everything, apparently you can adjust your
FSB in 1-MHz steps in the BIOS. Check your manual.

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardwar...703_1367631__4



Do you think I should bring my multiplier back down to normal when I
begin to bring up the FSB one by one? Thanks.
I would leave your multiplier where you have it and increase the fsb
first, then try it at the stock multiplier and see where the best
performance and stability is. I always look at stability first and
speed second. I have seen performance actually drop when you go too
far, even when very stable. The best overclock is usually not the
"fastest" speed, but somewhere in between where there is a
"sweet-spot". Good luck.

Ed