Newbie Question
Hello all,
I'm thinking of building a new PC with the AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Barton and overclocking it to a 3200+. It's the first time I will have built an overclocked PC and I am buying this processor becuase I don't see the point in paying £150 when you can just pay £50 and get the same speeds. That gives me an extra £100 to get a cool graphics card :p. Anyway, all of the forum threads and stuff I have read about overclocking the 2500+ have been written in 2002 and 2003 and I am wondering if AMD have got wise about people having 3200+ speeds without them having an extra £100 in their bank account and locked the FSB of the processor somehow or dicreased it's ability to overclock. I just want to do a simple FSB overclock to 200mhz. The computer will have this hardwa Athlon XP 2500+ Barton Asus A7N8X Deluxe v2.0 A single stick of Samsung 512 Pc3200 RAM Seagate Barracuda SATA 80gb Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb For cooling I am thinking about 2xAntec Double Ball Bearing 8mm Fans, Thermaltake Volcano 12 HSF and Coolermaster Premium Thermal Compound. I just want an overclocker's opinion on what I have planned and if I have enough cooling and if my first overclocking attempt will work :p. Can I plz have a quick answer to my question a bit up the page about AMD locking the FSB (if that is actually possible) sneaked in too :D. Thanks a bunch, Luke |
fsb is not locked, but multiplier is...i have same board and same locked
cpu, and i clocked it @200fsb to reach 3200 with no vcore increase. depending, you might have to increase vcore slightly for it to become stable. as for cooling, the loud volcano 12 will do the trick, though mite irritate your eardrums good luck and post your results -- My wish list...be free to email me and send me these parts courteously: AMD 64 FX, Radeon 9800xt, 2x1gig OCZ low latency pc4000, premade water cooling kit Thanks in advance!!! "Luke P" wrote in message om... Hello all, I'm thinking of building a new PC with the AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Barton and overclocking it to a 3200+. It's the first time I will have built an overclocked PC and I am buying this processor becuase I don't see the point in paying £150 when you can just pay £50 and get the same speeds. That gives me an extra £100 to get a cool graphics card :p. Anyway, all of the forum threads and stuff I have read about overclocking the 2500+ have been written in 2002 and 2003 and I am wondering if AMD have got wise about people having 3200+ speeds without them having an extra £100 in their bank account and locked the FSB of the processor somehow or dicreased it's ability to overclock. I just want to do a simple FSB overclock to 200mhz. The computer will have this hardwa Athlon XP 2500+ Barton Asus A7N8X Deluxe v2.0 A single stick of Samsung 512 Pc3200 RAM Seagate Barracuda SATA 80gb Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb For cooling I am thinking about 2xAntec Double Ball Bearing 8mm Fans, Thermaltake Volcano 12 HSF and Coolermaster Premium Thermal Compound. I just want an overclocker's opinion on what I have planned and if I have enough cooling and if my first overclocking attempt will work :p. Can I plz have a quick answer to my question a bit up the page about AMD locking the FSB (if that is actually possible) sneaked in too :D. Thanks a bunch, Luke |
yes AMD has started making locked barton cores but they can be simply
unlocked according to this method given in the link http://www17.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030210/ i would suggest that you get 2 sticks of 256 mb or better 2 of 512 mb pc 3200 ddr ram if you want to turn ur 2500+ into a 3200+ . you would have to go up on the core voltage as well ......... ummm say about 1.85 V ........ thats just a speculation , it actually differs from processor to processor. one more thing ........ i would recommend in investing in some good quality ddr ram as they go a long way in overclocking. get arctic silver 5 ...... way better than coolermaster ....... as for the hsf ...... if you want the pc to look good ....... not be too loud and still have good cooling ........ invest in about a couple of more low volume case fans ( thermaltake makes some of the best ones) and go for a swiftech heat sink ........ the new one http://www.swiftnets.com/products/mcx462-V.asp coupled with a thermaltake smart fan http://www.thermaltake.com/products/...an2coolMod.htm if you want it to look cool or http://www.thermaltake.com/products/dcfan/a1214.htm if you want functionality. the volcano is going to be too loud . it really rivals vantec's tornado in sound and the cooling is alright ...... its around the same as volcano 11+ ( which i have ) . also getting a decently powerful PSU is very important in o/c ( anything over 400 watts if good enough if made by a good company ) also get a thermaltake heatpipe vga cooler for ur radeon 9800 pro and o/c that baby too ............. i think these should help u make a very good rig as well as running it cool enough ........... always remember there should be enough air circulation in your case ......... like i have five fans right now ......... 3 blowing out ( 80 mm) and 2 blowing in ( 80mm and 120mm ) none of them are those loud variety types. lemme know if you need anymore help. [D.A.]!@#Bourne Athlon XP 2700+ ~ 2.4 ghz MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR mobo Geil Dragon pc3200 1gb ddr ram ( 512 X 2 ) Sapphire Radeon 9800 pro @ 410/740 |
Thanks alot for your excellent advice.
At the moment I can only get 2x256mb Geil Pc3200 RAM. Is this enough for overclocking? And I've also found some Geil Copper Thermal Compound which may last longer than Arctic Silver? Thanks for that advice on HSFs too, I'm looking for those models now. Thanks a lot, Luke |
Thanks! I'll order the fan and give it a try!!
"Robert Jackson Marley" wrote in message . .. fsb is not locked, but multiplier is...i have same board and same locked cpu, and i clocked it @200fsb to reach 3200 with no vcore increase. depending, you might have to increase vcore slightly for it to become stable. as for cooling, the loud volcano 12 will do the trick, though mite irritate your eardrums good luck and post your results -- My wish list...be free to email me and send me these parts courteously: AMD 64 FX, Radeon 9800xt, 2x1gig OCZ low latency pc4000, premade water cooling kit Thanks in advance!!! "Luke P" wrote in message om... Hello all, I'm thinking of building a new PC with the AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Barton and overclocking it to a 3200+. It's the first time I will have built an overclocked PC and I am buying this processor becuase I don't see the point in paying £150 when you can just pay £50 and get the same speeds. That gives me an extra £100 to get a cool graphics card :p. Anyway, all of the forum threads and stuff I have read about overclocking the 2500+ have been written in 2002 and 2003 and I am wondering if AMD have got wise about people having 3200+ speeds without them having an extra £100 in their bank account and locked the FSB of the processor somehow or dicreased it's ability to overclock. I just want to do a simple FSB overclock to 200mhz. The computer will have this hardwa Athlon XP 2500+ Barton Asus A7N8X Deluxe v2.0 A single stick of Samsung 512 Pc3200 RAM Seagate Barracuda SATA 80gb Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb For cooling I am thinking about 2xAntec Double Ball Bearing 8mm Fans, Thermaltake Volcano 12 HSF and Coolermaster Premium Thermal Compound. I just want an overclocker's opinion on what I have planned and if I have enough cooling and if my first overclocking attempt will work :p. Can I plz have a quick answer to my question a bit up the page about AMD locking the FSB (if that is actually possible) sneaked in too :D. Thanks a bunch, Luke |
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"Matt" wrote in message ... Thanks! I'll order the fan and give it a try!! "Robert Jackson Marley" wrote in message . .. fsb is not locked, but multiplier is...i have same board and same locked cpu, and i clocked it @200fsb to reach 3200 with no vcore increase. depending, you might have to increase vcore slightly for it to become stable. as for cooling, the loud volcano 12 will do the trick, though mite irritate your eardrums good luck and post your results -- My wish list...be free to email me and send me these parts courteously: AMD 64 FX, Radeon 9800xt, 2x1gig OCZ low latency pc4000, premade water cooling kit Thanks in advance!!! "Luke P" wrote in message om... Hello all, I'm thinking of building a new PC with the AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Barton and overclocking it to a 3200+. It's the first time I will have built an overclocked PC and I am buying this processor becuase I don't see the point in paying £150 when you can just pay £50 and get the same speeds. That gives me an extra £100 to get a cool graphics card :p. Anyway, all of the forum threads and stuff I have read about overclocking the 2500+ have been written in 2002 and 2003 and I am wondering if AMD have got wise about people having 3200+ speeds without them having an extra £100 in their bank account and locked the FSB of the processor somehow or dicreased it's ability to overclock. I just want to do a simple FSB overclock to 200mhz. The computer will have this hardwa Athlon XP 2500+ Barton Asus A7N8X Deluxe v2.0 A single stick of Samsung 512 Pc3200 RAM Seagate Barracuda SATA 80gb Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb For cooling I am thinking about 2xAntec Double Ball Bearing 8mm Fans, Thermaltake Volcano 12 HSF and Coolermaster Premium Thermal Compound. I just want an overclocker's opinion on what I have planned and if I have enough cooling and if my first overclocking attempt will work :p. Can I plz have a quick answer to my question a bit up the page about AMD locking the FSB (if that is actually possible) sneaked in too :D. Thanks a bunch, Luke |
[D.A.]!@#Bourne wrote:
yes AMD has started making locked barton cores but they can be simply unlocked according to this method given in the link http://www17.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030210/ The locked Bartons cannot be unlocked using that method. For a start, that is not a method for "unlocking" the multipliers, merely changing them... Your information is outdated and misguided. Ben -- A7N8X FAQ: www.ben.pope.name/a7n8x_faq.html Questions by email will likely be ignored, please use the newsgroups. I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String... |
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