Joined club AXIA - now can I join Club 1.5 GHZ...hehe

[Big Mike]

Well my order from newegg.com showed up today, and I got a 1ghz 266 FSB retail athlon AXIA week 10 with a Y starting the second line...this is supposed to be the overclocking champ model...More results when I get it and the new A7V-133 installed tonight.

[Big Mike]

Well I'm almost there, 140x10 works real nice at 113 degrees, its getting a little warm, but being that im 500 mhz faster and only 2-4 degrees warmer <im running at default voltage instead of 1.90>...i'm aiming for 143x10.5 to get 1.5 GHZ my mushkin ram losses a bank of 64 megs above about 146 FSB
-Mike

[PAUL001]

let me know how you get on i have a 1ghz axia chip and have overclocked at 10*145
will run sissoft burn in test but crashers half way through 3dmark2001 back to desk top.
have tryed increasing fsb above 145 but does not boot up at all.
so i run at 10*140 no problem but like everbody else would like more speed.temp 47c at load

athlon 1ghz axia
abit kt7a-raid
geforce 2 ultra
s/b 5.1
2*ibm 30.7gb raid

[Hoot]

I have the same mobo and exact cpu. I have it running solid a 10x145 (1.85vcore 3.57vi/o)and almost solid at 10x150 (1.89vcore 3.57vi/o). The difference between us is the cpu temp. Mine runs at 37C using Prime95 Torture. If you can get your temps down I bet you can get that setup stable at 10x145. The price for that accomplishment is a top notch HSF. I use the Swiftech MC-462A. Not a cheap HSF, but a good investment that will outlive your cpu and mobo. I have a simple two case fan setup on my mid-tower. Low front in, High rear out.

Hoot

[Big Mike]

Well I now am at 140x10.5=1470 mhz but at 50 C with my FOP38 I can't hardly get it to post much higher and I cant keep windows running at 1500, i tried lower FSB/higher multiplier and higher FSB, it doesnt seem to want to POST at higher multipliers and it just locks up at different points at higher FSBs, perhaps its time for watercooling...i guess a 47% overclock is nothing to sneeze at though, lol

[Hoot]

Keep this in mind Mike. For every 10C you can lower your CPU temperature, you gain approximately 3-5% improvement in functionality. That can translate to more stable, needing less voltage to reach a certain speed, etc.

Hoot

[Rob Cork]

Like Hoot says, try and cool it down some. Of course, the cooler it is, the more voltage you can run through it (to a certain extent) - I don't know how AXIAs respond to 2V+, but it'd sure be interesting to try a voltage mod. I'd love to see what an AXIA cooled with an MC462 or water could do with the 2.27V my duron has! :-D