Discharger
01-17-01, 02:58 PM
Ok, for those of you who don't know my situation, here's what I'm dealing with:
I've got a Duron 700mhz, a GA-7ZM mainboard and a Thermaltake Chromeorb heatsink/fan.
My Gigabyte board does not support changing the voltage or multiplier (these settings are handled automatically), so the only way I could do this is with the procedure described on Tom's Hardware and Anandtech.
http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/00q3/000711/index.html
and
http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.html?i=1282
I want to get more performance out of my Duron 700, but I don't want to crater the chip (it'd be hard for me to get a new one, and I already sold my old computer) like someone else on the Sharkyextreme forums already did:
Nova: "Be SUPER ULTRA CAREFUL when you break and connect bridges to overclock. I toasted a 600 duron doing that. Didn't quite get some of the bridges broken. I was going for a modest overclock to 800. The problem was that the 600 settings + the 800 settings = the 1200 settings. I popped my stock heatsink on there for a sec and turned it on to make sure it would post before I put my real heatsink on it and it fried in about 3 seconds. :( Youre best bet is to get a board with multiplier control. I had to go back to a k6-2 450@525. Now the tbird 800 is on the way so it is better. It still kind hurts to know I toasted a cpu I paid $100 for."
The first question is: is it safe to try this procedure? If it can be done w/o any real risk of me losing the chip, I want to do it. If I was to unlock the Duron and set the voltage and multiplier settings, I'd need a cooler. I've asked around for what people think are good coolers, and I've come down to a few choices:
-the Globalwin FOP32-1 with Arctic Silver compound
-the Alpha PAL6035 (with any compound, preferably Arctic Silver)
The Globalwin is cheaper, and from what I've heard, with the addition of Arctic Silver compound (or even radio shack brand, one person claimed) should be sufficient for what I want to do (push the Duron from 700 to 1ghz).
I'm not going to be able to order anything until a little before my birthday on April 14th, so I've got time to make my decision. Any comments? Suggestions? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks :)
I've got a Duron 700mhz, a GA-7ZM mainboard and a Thermaltake Chromeorb heatsink/fan.
My Gigabyte board does not support changing the voltage or multiplier (these settings are handled automatically), so the only way I could do this is with the procedure described on Tom's Hardware and Anandtech.
http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/00q3/000711/index.html
and
http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.html?i=1282
I want to get more performance out of my Duron 700, but I don't want to crater the chip (it'd be hard for me to get a new one, and I already sold my old computer) like someone else on the Sharkyextreme forums already did:
Nova: "Be SUPER ULTRA CAREFUL when you break and connect bridges to overclock. I toasted a 600 duron doing that. Didn't quite get some of the bridges broken. I was going for a modest overclock to 800. The problem was that the 600 settings + the 800 settings = the 1200 settings. I popped my stock heatsink on there for a sec and turned it on to make sure it would post before I put my real heatsink on it and it fried in about 3 seconds. :( Youre best bet is to get a board with multiplier control. I had to go back to a k6-2 450@525. Now the tbird 800 is on the way so it is better. It still kind hurts to know I toasted a cpu I paid $100 for."
The first question is: is it safe to try this procedure? If it can be done w/o any real risk of me losing the chip, I want to do it. If I was to unlock the Duron and set the voltage and multiplier settings, I'd need a cooler. I've asked around for what people think are good coolers, and I've come down to a few choices:
-the Globalwin FOP32-1 with Arctic Silver compound
-the Alpha PAL6035 (with any compound, preferably Arctic Silver)
The Globalwin is cheaper, and from what I've heard, with the addition of Arctic Silver compound (or even radio shack brand, one person claimed) should be sufficient for what I want to do (push the Duron from 700 to 1ghz).
I'm not going to be able to order anything until a little before my birthday on April 14th, so I've got time to make my decision. Any comments? Suggestions? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks :)