oc'n an athlon

[jollygrinch]

hi. as soon as i can muster the cash i'm going to ug to a t-bird. just 'cuz it's sort of the ultimate in tweeking i'm planning on overclocking my old athlon (550 --right when they came out) using tom's original guid (without the prefab goldfinger) i was just wondering if anyone had any tips or suggestions? other than "don't do it you fool!!!".

 

[kangaroo]

Get a good heat sink fan...

 

[jollygrinch]

hehe, thanks

 

[Guest]

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[Apollo]

I overclocked my Athlon (Slot A) 500 MHz successfull to 700 MHz without any problems. Just needed a good heatsink with two fans attached. Then I overclocked 2 other Athlon 500 to 700 without a Problem. But I didn't use the goldfinger but replaced the SMD-resitors on the cpu-board.
All the 3x 500 Athlons I opened were indeed 650 MHz orginal, so overclocking to 700 was not a big task
Nevertheless, be carefull when opening the cpu case! I sometimes thougt I will break it up coz it needed a good pint of muscle power to open it. But just be carefull and cool. Keep relaxed otherwise you will damage some SMD inside or worser.

Good luck!

Frank

 

[Hasse]

Ok.. he he Well I gotta tell that the first Athlon cpu's that hit the street were runnin some pretty high temperatures. My Athlon 550 gets so hot, even when using a fan ( hmm medicore fan that is) I cannot touch it. Damn I wonder what my T-bird 1200 will be like.. I need a good fan tho.. been wondering about Thermal Takes Orb fans, but I don't know.. looks cool, but hey.. I want it cooling my cpu, not my image..

 

[Guest]

Hey,

Good luck with the oc'n. As mentioned before be VERY careful. For once it doesn't pay to be the incredible hulk. Anyways, I have a decent silver dual Athlon fan for the original Slot A. It cools very nicley, and I even got greedy and slapped a 3rd fan in their, so no cooling problems here. Try to overclock at maybe 50mhz increments. I usually try to be as safe as possible, but then again my friend always says "Your a damn fool, you can't be safe" But then again i suppose he's jealous cause I got a 1ghz out of my 850....

Good Luck

Timothy Stankus
One of the First AMD Athlon Users =)

 

[Guest]

Give up the Nick you thieving, lying, obnoxious little prick

 

[jollygrinch]

alright, well thanks to everyone. i'll give it a try.

 

[Guest]

Keep us posted, I have a Classic 700 that I will want to bump a little next month. I have only considered GFDs premade, as I don't feel comfortable with an iron in there<g>.Good Luck!

 

[Guest]

Appolo,

I oc my Athlon 500 (core 650).
Why don't you oc them to 850? I did it and it runs fine!
And it doesn't runs real hot.
Just tweek the voltage a bit.

Greetinx joris

 

[jollygrinch]

did you use a goldfinger? how long have you left it running at one time? what's your average temp? sorry for the third degree but i'm curious.

 

[Guest]

what kind of fan should I use ? I have a heat sink with 2 fans (the one that came with the CPU itself ...)

thanks

Simon Ethier
ICQ 2165570

 

[Guest]

>>>Keep us posted, I have a Classic 700 that I will want to bump a little next month. I have only considered GFDs premade, as I don't feel comfortable with an iron in there<g>.Good Luck!<<<


Yeah, me too. i ordered the prefab board from these guys:

http://www.ninjamicros.com/index.html

They seemed to be the best quality. Oh, and I bought one of those Globalwin VOS32. God that thing is huge compared to what I have on my 700 now, guess I'll need it!! Can't wait to see how many MHz I can get out of this thing!!!

Good Luck everybody!!

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