overclocking my Athlon Xp 2800+

Richard_UK · Post by **Richard_UK** » Sat Aug 30, 2003 3:22 pm

ok guys ive been thinking about overclocking my AMD AthlonXp 2800+ cpu for a while now so im looking for as much advice on this as you can give, i wanna push it to the extreme! but where do i start? how do i go about doing it? these are a few of many questions that i need help with.

need lots of advice regarding cooling etc etc

anyone help plz

WinXp Pro
AMD AthlonXp 2800+
GlobalWIN CAK 488T Heatsink and fan
AOpen AK79D-1394 Motherboard
6x (3000rpm) fans..3 intake-3 out
512 mbram (DDR) CORSAIR. platinum, CMX512-3200C2PT 400MHZ
Nvidia Gforce 4 MX 440 (64Mb)

SYSTEM IDLE TEMP AS FOLLOWS

Cpu 40c/104 F

sys 34c/93 F

info below supplied by sisoft sandra 2003 Pro
cpu speed 2.23ghz
Front Bus Speed 2x178mhz (356mhz data rate)

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sat Aug 30, 2003 3:25 pm

start by posting what kind of equipment you have to work with, motherboard, ram, heatsink, current temps, etc.

Richard_UK · Post by **Richard_UK** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 8:34 am

mmm no advice then ? anyone help ??????

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 8:55 am

start by upping ur fsb little at a time.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 8:55 am

start by raiseing the fsb some and keep the memory in sync if you have that option, also lock down the AGP bus to 66.

watch the temps and run prime 95 and memtest to look for errors, when you get errors raise the v-core 1 notch and try again.

Richard_UK · Post by **Richard_UK** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 12:23 pm

hi hi

now you have me baffled! ok im a newbie here so you need to explian a little more.. what is fsb?? V-core???

and how do i do it??

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 1:10 pm

front side bus

fsb x the multiplyer = total cpu speed

hardnut · Post by **hardnut** » Thu Sep 11, 2003 9:43 pm

vcore is the core voltage of the cpu, you can usually up the voltage by 0.05V at a time.

don't just put it all the way up in one jump though; maximum stability using the lowest voltage you can get away with.

extra volts means hotter cpu!

caveman · Post by **caveman** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 5:16 am

And a hotter CPU will require a bigger, fatter more efficient HSF in which to lose those extra degrees!

SICMF · Post by **SICMF** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 9:34 am

Originally posted by Mark
start by posting what kind of equipment you have to work with, motherboard, ram, heatsink, current temps, etc.

Originally posted by Richard(UK)
mmm no advice then ? anyone help ??????

That is the start of advice, There is no possible way for anyone to help you unless we know what you are OC'ing. We can all spew OC'ing lingo at you all day but if your Motherboard does not have the enabled features in the Bios then it is a lost cause. Also what level of computer knowledge do you have? Do you know what the Bios is and how to access it? Plus is this a Maufactured PC or was it built(By you or someone else). If it is a OEM PC then don't bother with OC'ing, The adjustments in the Bios will not be there. That is the these are the first questions you should be answering.

Richard_UK · Post by **Richard_UK** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 1:31 pm

FULL spec posted at TOP of this page!!!!!!

it is alao a home built pc, built by myself, i have a good knowledge of basic pc but im no expert.