My overclock was lame...

[TimJBart]

I thought I'd give overclocking my first go with my Barton xp2500+

I only have PC2700 DDR333 Corsair Ram but I thought it be able to handle a bit of an overclock.

The multiplier on my AMD is locked so I was uppin the FSB speeds from 166.

I managed to get up to 176 without the PC going loony, anything above that just doesnt work!!!
:nuts:

Isn't this a completely lame overclock or am I doing something wrong?

[subdude2k]

Try upping the latency of the RAM and try slightly increasing the
voltage driven to the CPU.

If the RAM is the limit, then upping the latency may give a little
more headroom. If it's the CPU, then a little more voltage may
help stablise it.

HTH

Sub

[target]

I achieved the same. I think it's cause my board doesn't lock the speeds of the pci and agp buses. So all the cards are getting upset.

[pompeyfan]

I've had the 2500+ CPU at 3200+ (upped FSB to 200MHz), while keeping the PC2700 RAM @ 166MHz, but tbh the PC didn't feel any faster in actual use so I put it back (left it a week)

[Bellmeister]

Originally posted by TimJBart


The multiplier on my AMD is locked so I was uppin the FSB speeds from 166.



I unlocked my barton 2500+ and it now shows(and runs) as a 2800+ with no extra cooling and 100% stability.

Upping your multiplier instead of the FSB is always the most reliable way of doing it, I think it's a 12.5x multiplier for the 2800+.

:thumbs: