Need K6-2 450Mhz to hit 500Mhz

[Pitspawn]

Here is the system spec...

K6-2 450 @ 472 (105x4.5) (Coolermaster cpu fan)
Gigabyte GA-5AA Mobo
Creative GeForce 32Mb Annihilator Pro (6.31 drivers)
128Mb PC133 Generic SDRAM
17Gb 5,200rpm Fijitsu HDD
52x Creative CD-ROM
Creative AWE64 Gold
3Com 10/100 Network Card
230w generic power supply
System fan, open case

The system hits 472Mhz (105x4.5) and is very stable. The system is not so stable at 475Mhz (95x5.0) and not stable at all at 500Mhz (100x5.0). If I bought a really heavy duty socket7 fan, would I be able to hit 500? If so what make of fan should I purchase and from where (In UK preferably).

[Fiz]

have you upped the Vcore on it? K6-2's love Vcore and lots of it :). It took 2.5V to get my old 500 to 600.


Fiz

[Pitspawn]

Erm, i've tried beefing the VCore up to like 2.6v & 2.7v and it just makes cpu hotter and more unstable.

I think my system is too hot. The heatsink is prolly 40-50°C and the case is fairly hot. I dont have a thermometre so I dont know if this is true.

1. Is the GA-5AA Mobo the cause of the instability of my mobo?
2. Is the cooler master socket7 cpu fan ok?
3. Where can I get a better socket7 fan?
4. Is K6-3 a lot faster than K6-2, because the fps in Q3 are very low for a geforce system.

[-=UR=- Ranger]

A very good heatsink could perhaps provide enough cooling to get you to 500. But it won´t work very good in a very hot ambient..like a case without any cooling.
I would go for the newer socket A heatsinks...like Alpha or Global Win
You can use this if you should upgrade to an Duron or T-Bird later.
The K6 III is faster then the K6 II but not so much

[Executor]

I did have a K6-2 450 @ 500. 100*5 and i needed 2.8V to get it stabile

[SickBoy]

I also had a K6-2 500 and it took 2.8 volts core to get it to 560. I used a stock cooler from a cCO P3. FOP32's are cheap and will fit the K6-2's perfectly. Another trick might be to remove the aluminum plate and put the HSF directly on the core.

On a different note, I had the same problems with framerates on my Geforce 2 MX - try running driver version 5.22. Apparently, that driver works a lot better on socket 7 systems for some reason.

SickBoy

[!-=sky=-!]

i had a 450 go up to 500.......with a cheap fan and default voltage.......
running at 50 under load.......