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Doomhammer
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Wed Sep 08, 2004 2:52 pm Post subject: With 5 fans, how high could a 2500+ go? |
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If I had 5 80mm fans (not including the PSU fans) and a stock fan/heatsink, how much could I overclock an Athalon XP 2500+? |
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skildude
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Wed Sep 08, 2004 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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its not about the amount of fans persay its more about the Heatsink/fan combo as well as the heat transferrablility of the putty.
Then you need to have a MoBo that will allow you to tweak it. preferrably with a windows program so you dont have t restart it everytime you tweak it.
then theirs the stability of the AMD 2500xp which isn't as stable as the amd 2400 mobile which several people here overclocked to a 3200.
So to answer your question . It depends. |
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tom
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Wed Sep 08, 2004 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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3200+ is easily obtainable, due to the way that the Barton chips are manufactured. |
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Doomhammer
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Wed Sep 08, 2004 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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A copper hsf or a water cooling system would be better than the stock hsf. |
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tom
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Wed Sep 08, 2004 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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Yep, the stock AMD ones are a bit feeble. Also, bear in mind that you'll need decent RAM for OCing. |
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Doomhammer
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Wed Sep 08, 2004 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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If I had optimal cooling (excluding the world of water cooling), how high could it go? What's the maximum OC level for a 2500+ in a computer cooled by fans? |
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Lycander wrote:
see, the typical responses I see from Doomy follow a vein of: "wtf d00d, why are you doing it like that? do it like ME, because I'm ultimate roxxor LOLBBQ"
'Tis true LOL !
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hummer010
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Wed Sep 08, 2004 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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Try this. No one can tell you how high your CPU can go. Every chip is different. Some are great overclockers, and some aren't. If you look at the database entries for the 2500 XP at overclockers.com, anywhere from 1,833 to 3,200MHz. Generally with the 2500, 2.2GHz is a reasonable target. Many will run higher.
You should probably look to a better heatsink if you really want to overclock. The stock one is pretty crappy. Also, if you want to up the fsb, you will need RAM capable of the speed you are looking to run. Your motherboard is a good start. The A7N8X is a good overclocking board. |
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Wed Sep 08, 2004 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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Doomhammer wrote:If I had optimal cooling (excluding the world of water cooling), how high could it go? What's the maximum OC level for a 2500+ in a computer cooled by fans?
In theory, there is a direct correlation between temperature decrease and maximum OC increase. The only limiting factor is the quality of that individual CPU. |
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Doomhammer
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Thu Sep 09, 2004 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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So in order to overclock it with a noticable performance increase, I'd have to get new RAM and a new heatsink/CPU fan?
Hmm... Starting to cost money.
What FSB would/should I use if I decided to do this? Do any of you have an overclocked 2500+ Barton? What FSB do you have it at? |
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Q: If a tree falls when nobody can hear it, does it make a sound?
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Lycander wrote:
see, the typical responses I see from Doomy follow a vein of: "wtf d00d, why are you doing it like that? do it like ME, because I'm ultimate roxxor LOLBBQ"
'Tis true LOL !
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Thu Sep 09, 2004 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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Doomhammer wrote:Do any of you have an overclocked 2500+ Barton? What FSB do you have it at?
Yes...I run my FSB at 200MHz... 
My mobile is gonna get overclocked to something close to 2.5GHz...  |
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I got a barton 3000+ to run at 2.8ghz...I could've probably went higher with the volcano 12 but I couldn't figure it out  |
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tom
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Fri Sep 10, 2004 4:40 am Post subject: |
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Doomhammer wrote:So in order to overclock it with a noticable performance increase, I'd have to get new RAM and a new heatsink/CPU fan?
Hmm... Starting to cost money.
What FSB would/should I use if I decided to do this? Do any of you have an overclocked 2500+ Barton? What FSB do you have it at?
What RAM do you have? If it's DDR400, then you're fine. |
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Doomhammer
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Thu Sep 16, 2004 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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tom wrote:Doomhammer wrote:So in order to overclock it with a noticable performance increase, I'd have to get new RAM and a new heatsink/CPU fan?
Hmm... Starting to cost money.
What FSB would/should I use if I decided to do this? Do any of you have an overclocked 2500+ Barton? What FSB do you have it at?
What RAM do you have? If it's DDR400, then you're fine.
Not sure...
/me looks at mobo box...
Box for the mobo says "Dual DDR400" so I'm assuming that's what I have. |
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"Spare monies for a noob? Heal plz? How I mine for fish?" - Leo - VGCats # 160
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Q: If a tree falls when nobody can hear it, does it make a sound?
A: Chuck Norris can hear it.
Lycander wrote:
see, the typical responses I see from Doomy follow a vein of: "wtf d00d, why are you doing it like that? do it like ME, because I'm ultimate roxxor LOLBBQ"
'Tis true LOL !
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hummer010
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Thu Sep 16, 2004 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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Doomhammer wrote:tom wrote:Doomhammer wrote:So in order to overclock it with a noticable performance increase, I'd have to get new RAM and a new heatsink/CPU fan?
Hmm... Starting to cost money.
What FSB would/should I use if I decided to do this? Do any of you have an overclocked 2500+ Barton? What FSB do you have it at?
What RAM do you have? If it's DDR400, then you're fine.
Not sure...
/me looks at mobo box...
Box for the mobo says "Dual DDR400" so I'm assuming that's what I have.
RAM and motherboard are two separate things. Just because the mobo is capable of running Dual DDR400 doesn't mean the RAM is 400. Chances are good, if you didn't specify 400 when you ordered, and you have a 2500XP (333 fsb), then you got DDR333 RAM. |
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