jaceman Posted July 3, 2003 Posted July 3, 2003 I decided to take the components I have now and start my building... heck I can always switch out other components as my checking account affords, but I just couldn't wait any longer so I did my first overclocking. Here's How I'm sitting now. Asus A7N8X Deluxe AMD Athlon XP 2500+ OC'd to 2185 Aero 7+ 1024 MB of MBX pc3200 DDR Ram LG DVD/Cdrw combo 40 gig hard drive 30 gig hard drive floppy Geforce MX440 Not too bad for my first OC (in my own humble opinion anyway). I plan on adding another stick of 512MB DDR memory, a dvd burner, switching my hard disks for dual 120 gig drives, and picking up an ATI all in wonder 9700 pro... for now what I have will have to do. By the way my temps are 45 idle and 48 load, think I can squeeze enough out of the cpu to break the 2.2 ghz range without heat problems? Thanks again... faithfully now... an OVERCLOCKER! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overclocker16 Posted July 3, 2003 Posted July 3, 2003 Well, do you do a lot of video editing or photoshopping? I think 1.5GB let alone 1GB is kind of overkill if your not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaceman Posted July 3, 2003 Posted July 3, 2003 Let's put it this way... my digital camcorder gets more use than my computer and my wife claims I never get off of the computer... So with all of my video work... I don't think I can have too much RAM. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overclocker16 Posted July 3, 2003 Posted July 3, 2003 hehehe, OK, that makes more sence having 1.5GB RAM. Looks good, but you can get more juice out of the 2500+ with a better heatsink/fan. Otherwise upgrade the vid card asap and your good to go B) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey6915 Posted July 4, 2003 Posted July 4, 2003 Oh yeah just like i have told alot of people lately plus weirdly its been the xp2500+ lol um a slk900 with a TT SmartFan II will do nice and not be as loud as a tornado. Plus That is a sweet system and a fairly nice overclock. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrusk Posted July 4, 2003 Posted July 4, 2003 That should be an awesome system once you get it all tweaked out and get the new vid card in there. but a gig and a half of ram. Overkill? Maybe. SWEET bragging rights? HELL yeah! Let us know how it goes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMF_VIRUS Posted July 4, 2003 Posted July 4, 2003 (edited) Here is my first Overclock , tell me if i am a noob Also does anyone know when i can go to the 1:1 divider and what will i expect to see in performance Also if anyone can help on getting anymore outa this let me know mem is @2-5-2-2 and 2.80 memvoltage Let me kow what yall think of the OC _____________________________ P4 3.00 Gig 800fsb @ 3.71 1.725cv FSB 247.60 MHz 990.40 Buss Spd Abit IC7-G MAX2/Antec 550w Variable 2x512 OCZ Platnimun pc3200EL 2-5-2-2 CL2 Radeon 9700Pro @ 350/340 5/4 Divider with setting to be worked lata Swiftteck Watercooled H20-8500 CPU & VID Blocks 42c idle / 50c 100% Load Windows XP SP1 Edited July 4, 2003 by EMF_VIRUS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFire Posted July 5, 2003 Posted July 5, 2003 Hmm nice =D A guy in my Unreal Tournament team got his 3ghz to 3.8. He tried booting @ 3.9 but was unstable :/ Also for the guy who wants to get 512mb more ram, remember to have ramsinks Good luck in the overclocking ;] If i was air cooling I would get an SLK 900, and a fan that lets you sleep, tornados are every bit as loud as they sound. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepybp Posted July 5, 2003 Posted July 5, 2003 In the beginning of this post this guy stated that he was using an aero 7+ . I have read several reviews and that thing absolutely kicks .! So i was wondering why several of u mentioned that he should try a better heatsink and maybe get more from his barton. I honestly dont think that the slk 900 is worth whatever the hell it costs if he has a 45 dollar aero7 +. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecartoon22 Posted July 6, 2003 Posted July 6, 2003 hey virus thats a nice OC. i got mine running at 3.6 but im a bit nervous running it at 3.7. i had it running there bit it got unstable when i was running prime. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaceman Posted July 7, 2003 Posted July 7, 2003 In the beginning of this post this guy stated that he was using an aero 7+ . Thanks for paying attention. I've been wondering why people have been telling me to get a better heatsink and fan when I thought the one I got was pretty good. Not only that but a couple have people have told me not to use tornado fans... to which I've thought... 'Eh, I'm not.' Again noise isn't a big concern of mine as long as the thing stays cool, but I don't notice much noise from my Aero 7+... in fact I can't tell much of a difference between the Aero 7+ and the stock fan that was in there when I put the side of the case on. Seems to be keeping things cool, and I'm thinking I might give it a try to squeeze out another 15+mhz (even though it won't be significant enough for performance gains) I can still brag that I'm over the 2.2 ghz clock speed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMF_VIRUS Posted July 7, 2003 Posted July 7, 2003 hey virus thats a nice OC. i got mine running at 3.6 but im a bit nervous running it at 3.7. i had it running there bit it got unstable when i was running prime. after i messed with the timings things got a bit more stable Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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