Help in the future?

[Fat_Bob]

Im thinking of buying a new computer some time around X-mas bacasue my 1700XP feels a little bit slow now.. i was thinking if anyone one here is good with how to overclock CPUs? if i would by a 3k+ or a 2500+, would anyone here be able to help me say how i would do to overclock it... and i will make sure that i order some extra fans to cool down the computer..

Thanks...

 

[dawdler]

Around christmas I would advise a 3ghz (or 3000+). However, I doubt they overclock very good. If you want a good overclocker, get the 2.4c, can apparently easily go 3ghz... The 2500+ is not so good.

And the 1700 is not really slow... I had a 700mhz a while ago. When 2ghzers where common

 

[SidewinderX]

by christmas the AMD64 mainsteam should be apearing....you might want to look into those.

 

[Tork]

Originally posted by Fat_Bob
Im thinking of buying a new computer some time around X-mas bacasue my 1700XP feels a little bit slow now.. i was thinking if anyone one here is good with how to overclock CPUs? if i would by a 3k+ or a 2500+, would anyone here be able to help me say how i would do to overclock it... and i will make sure that i order some extra fans to cool down the computer..

Thanks...

2500+ overclock well and they're cheap in price. Ive seen people overclock to 2.5 GHz with a 2500 with only 1.7 Volts. For heatsink get a SLK800 with a Vantec tornado fan for the cpu(veryloud) or something quieter. Just make sure your motherboard can unlock the cpu multiplier, if it does then you're set.. Its simple to overclock , you take your multiplier for example 13 or whatever you want and you multiply it with your FSB , so if your FSB is 166 (PC2700) 13x166 = 2158MHz. slowly up your voltage from 1.65 and up till its perfect. just dont go any higher then 1.85Volts

 

[dawdler]

Re: Re: Help in the future?

Originally posted by Tork
2500+ overclock well and they're cheap in price. Ive seen people overclock to 2.5 GHz with a 2500 with only 1.7 Volts. For heatsink get a SLK800 with a Vantec tornado fan for the cpu(veryloud) or something quieter. Just make sure your motherboard can unlock the cpu multiplier, if it does then you're set.. Its simple to overclock , you take your multiplier for example 13 or whatever you want and you multiply it with your FSB , so if your FSB is 166 (PC2700) 13x166 = 2158MHz. slowly up your voltage from 1.65 and up till its perfect. just dont go any higher then 1.85Volts

I've only seen bad things mentioned about the 2500+. But then again, "bad" is defined as "it wont overclock 1ghz?! SUXXORZ!!!"

 

[Tork]

Re: Re: Re: Help in the future?

Originally posted by dawdler
I've only seen bad things mentioned about the 2500+. But then again, "bad" is defined as "it wont overclock 1ghz?! SUXXORZ!!!"

hah yes exactly. sometimes its not enough for them or they get a bad stepping cpu that doesnt go high enough without upping the voltage too much.

 

[Steven Q Urkle]

look into a P4 2.4c, of if you just want to get new CPU and your motherboard supports it, the 2500+.
you will want to get a new fan for it, id recommend a vantec aeroflow.

a64 would make you need new expensive cpu, motherboard, ram, windows 64bit(for 64bit preformance), and it would all cost a fortune because its brand new technololgy.

if your buying a whole new rig, you can just get a 2.4c or 2500+ and bring them up to 3000, saving a few hundred for other things. Make sure you get some nice 3200 ram for the 2500route and some pc3700 or higher for the P4, they love the higher ram.

 

[Fat_Bob]

What if my mobo cant unlock the CPU multiplier? i have experienced that my computer has been clocked down.. so i went in to the Setup in the beginning and increased the volt or something so it went back to its original speed (1700XP)