2100+ Palomino core totally useless or oc'ing?

[matrixzen]

I have a AMD Athlon XP 2100+ 1.74Ghz (Palomino Core). These cores suck because I can't get past 1.87Ghz. Is this the max overclock anyone has gotten on this exact same chip model? Is it useless for when it come to overclocking?

[Mustanley]

That's about the norm for the pally chips. I have one and doesn't oc worth a flip.

[JDXNC]

Some of these chips can run higher but you need good cooling and a lot of voltage to hit or go past 2Ghz. I would sell that chip on ebay and you'd have more than enough( I sold my XP1600 on ebay for $60!) to get a nice Tbred, 1700 or 2100. Both of those will OC around 2.3-2.5Ghz. They also run much cooler than the Pallies.

[matrixzen]

Cool. I just might do that.

[Constantinos]

I had a 2100+ pally and it sucked for OCing. I couldnt get ti higher than 1807 mhz and it ran hot as hell. It never ran below 45 C.

[matrixzen]

Yea mine runs pretty hot. I count the lower 40c's as it running cool and I count it running at lower 60c's as it running hot. I ussualy got 47c idle and 53c load.

[Janissary]

You would definately need some extreme cooling to go beyond 2.1 Ghz, it is not worth the money. I changed my pally 2.0 because of this heat prob. I suggest you to go for a 1700 b stepping or a barton 2500 :)