Should I Bother

[srg]

I'm currently using a 1.33GHz Athlon T-Bird @ 46-50 degrees C (not using termal paste, altough i do have some, just the pad on an aluminium heatsync at the moment). Would it be worth me OC'ing it to 1.4GHz (or even a little better) with my current HC and using thermal paste. Or, would the speed increase not be worth it.

Steven Graham

 

[slickstaa]

It depends what you use your computer for. Lots of people around here will overclock their systems to the max just to get some more points in 3dmark2001se. Does it really make sense for surfing the web and playing an occasional game? not really, you arent going to notice a huge performance gain.
If you are a big gamer, it might be worth it to get a few extra fps, but it wont be huge between 1.33 and 1.4.

However, even though the benefits are minimal, its fun and something to do.

 

[Guest]

don't bother with a cpu 66Mhz increase.


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[srg]

What about the risk of frying my CPU

BTW This is not my first look at overclocking and heat. I ran my K6-166 at 200MHz and my K62-400 at 500. In fact, I even tried a different K62-400 at 500 with no heatsync under heavy load, it lasted 4 minutes, got to 104 degrees C and BSODded in NT4. I then let it cool down and then ran it, it worked. I then did the no heatsync thing again......dead

Here I'm just a bit jittery at frying my best CPU.

Steven Graham

 

[nja469]

"I just don't want to risk frying my best cpu"

Well don't be cute and remove the HSF and you'll be fine! You can jack that 1.33 to 1.45 (145MHz FSB, 10x multiplier). Anything higher than 145 will start to stress the AGP/PCI bus, etc unless you unlock the multiplier and do it that way. I had my Athlon 1.4 (133FSB/10.5) running at 1600Mhz (139FSB/11.5) with no problems. It could safely go higher, but I kept it at a comfortable 200MHz OC. Just keep it below 65C under load.

 

[slickstaa]

Usually with overclocking, there isnt too much risk of "frying" your cpu; if it is getting too hot it will usually just crash. Just monitor your temps and you should be okay. Most of the time when cpus are actually toast it is because the heatsink wasn't mounted properly or the fan wasnt plugged in.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by slickstaa on 07/01/02 09:24 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[baldurga]

I think it's not worth, but I would, in case you haven't, unlock the CPU and use termal paste. You CPU will run at lower temps and, I you ever want, your CPU is ready for an overclock.

I have done it with my computer. It's an Atlhon 1.2 unlocked, I tried and I konw can go to 1330Mhz safely, but for now 1200Mhz it's ok. Maybe in the future I will need that 10% boost.

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[rcf84]

No, wait for a Faster Chip for cheap. Like when you see 1800+ XP's hit $50.

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[srg]

Afraid my Motherboard Revision doesn't support Athlon XP

I have FIC AD11 Rev. 1.2

I need Rev. 1.2A

I have flashed my BIOS with latest version though. I did this before I found out about the revision :-(

 

[Quetzacoatl]

really??? that's odd, because my old computer uses an FIC AD-11, and I tested my "new" AXP 1800+ in it and it works fine with the BIOS flash. It says on their website it can support the older models and newer ones.

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