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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. |
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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 |
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"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. |
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Travis King wrote:
"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. Sorry but I don't overclock so I don't have any recommendations. My knowledge is limited to knowing how to overclock. |
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"Travis King" wrote in message news:Gs0Zf.909981$xm3.715508@attbi_s21... "mdp" wrote in message ... Travis King wrote: I have an Asus A7V333 mobo (revision 1.xx - cough cough). I've got an AMD Athlon XP 2400+. I have 768MB of RAM - (one being PC-3000 (512) and the other being PC-2700 (256)). How much overclocking can I do? I've got it overclocked right now to 2.2GHz, but the only thing I did was bring up the multiplier, so basically the only difference it made was its ability to benchmark at higher scores. (I'm a novice at overclocking if you can't tell.) Where do you recommend I actually start out? I'll drop the multiplier to make something else faster if I can. I have not increased the VCORE yet. Multiplier X FSB = clock speed. Thanks. Changing the multiplier doesn't affect your PCI/ISA slots but if you want to experiment with everything, apparently you can adjust your FSB in 1-MHz steps in the BIOS. Check your manual. http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardwar...703_1367631__4 Do you think I should bring my multiplier back down to normal when I begin to bring up the FSB one by one? Thanks. I would leave your multiplier where you have it and increase the fsb first, then try it at the stock multiplier and see where the best performance and stability is. I always look at stability first and speed second. I have seen performance actually drop when you go too far, even when very stable. The best overclock is usually not the "fastest" speed, but somewhere in between where there is a "sweet-spot". Good luck. Ed |
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I've upped the FSB to 140 and left the CPU usage at 100% for a half hour and
no restarts and still running cool, so I'll probably go up some more. "Ed Medlin" wrote in message . net... "Travis King" wrote in message news:Gs0Zf.909981$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 |
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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 |
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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$xm3.715508@attbi_s21... "mdp" wrote in message ... Travis King wrote: I have an Asus A7V333 mobo (revision 1.xx - cough cough). I've got an AMD Athlon XP 2400+. I have 768MB of RAM - (one being PC-3000 (512) and the other being PC-2700 (256)). How much overclocking can I do? I've got it overclocked right now to 2.2GHz, but the only thing I did was bring up the multiplier, so basically the only difference it made was its ability to benchmark at higher scores. (I'm a novice at overclocking if you can't tell.) Where do you recommend I actually start out? I'll drop the multiplier to make something else faster if I can. I have not increased the VCORE yet. Multiplier X FSB = clock speed. Thanks. Changing the multiplier doesn't affect your PCI/ISA slots but if you want to experiment with everything, apparently you can adjust your FSB in 1-MHz steps in the BIOS. Check your manual. http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardwar...703_1367631__4 Do you think I should bring my multiplier back down to normal when I begin to bring up the FSB one by one? Thanks. I would leave your multiplier where you have it and increase the fsb first, then try it at the stock multiplier and see where the best performance and stability is. I always look at stability first and speed second. I have seen performance actually drop when you go too far, even when very stable. The best overclock is usually not the "fastest" speed, but somewhere in between where there is a "sweet-spot". Good luck. Ed |
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Well, 160 seems to be where I should keep it at the moment. I went up to
166 and it wouldn't even make it to the XP startup screen. (Even when I increased the VCORE.) I'll have to be a little rough on it at 160 to make certain it won't be a stability issue. "Travis King" wrote in message news:WDVZf.88219$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$xm3.715508@attbi_s21... "mdp" wrote in message ... Travis King wrote: I have an Asus A7V333 mobo (revision 1.xx - cough cough). I've got an AMD Athlon XP 2400+. I have 768MB of RAM - (one being PC-3000 (512) and the other being PC-2700 (256)). How much overclocking can I do? I've got it overclocked right now to 2.2GHz, but the only thing I did was bring up the multiplier, so basically the only difference it made was its ability to benchmark at higher scores. (I'm a novice at overclocking if you can't tell.) Where do you recommend I actually start out? I'll drop the multiplier to make something else faster if I can. I have not increased the VCORE yet. Multiplier X FSB = clock speed. Thanks. Changing the multiplier doesn't affect your PCI/ISA slots but if you want to experiment with everything, apparently you can adjust your FSB in 1-MHz steps in the BIOS. Check your manual. http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardwar...703_1367631__4 Do you think I should bring my multiplier back down to normal when I begin to bring up the FSB one by one? Thanks. I would leave your multiplier where you have it and increase the fsb first, then try it at the stock multiplier and see where the best performance and stability is. I always look at stability first and speed second. I have seen performance actually drop when you go too far, even when very stable. The best overclock is usually not the "fastest" speed, but somewhere in between where there is a "sweet-spot". Good luck. Ed |
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Yeah, 160 caused the computer to freeze up in games, even Quake III, so I
dropped it down to 155. Quake III works now, but I haven't tried Doom3 Demo yet. "Travis King" wrote in message news:bKWZf.914664$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 |
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