Overclocking PII's & the L2 Cache

[Guest]

Hi guys ,
I'm currently running a PII 400Mhz @ 496Mhz/124MhzFSB.

I'm extremely tempted to increase FSB to 133Mhz but that would mean that my L2 cache will not function reliably , So
what I plan on doing is to disable the L2 cache and then try for this higher speed hence my question........

would I see any significant increase in performance or is this a bad tradeoff.

thanks :0

Wild~fire

 

[Abitols]

Don't disable your L2 cache, it has a major impact on CPU performance.

 

[camieabz]

Nope. Not a good idea at all. You would lose a lot of performance this way.

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[Unolocogringo]

First are you actively cooling the L2 cache chips? Most Heat spreaders(intels term) on the p2 did not touch the l2 cache chips, only the cpu die.I use a copper plate between the chips and spreader. or break it down so it looks like a celeron by removing the plastic casing and heat spreader.Then mount your heatsink directly on the chips.
You can also increase the latency timings with a program from<A HREF="http://www.h-oda.com" target="_new">http://www.h-oda.com</A>called wcpul2.Kind of like setting your memory timings.

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