K-6 2 500 w/ gigabyte mb

[capt]

ive tried to overclock my processor but i cant get any more out of it im seriously thinking about upgradeing to a duron 800 anyone think it will b better

[fireball****aka fireball_87]

yah, k6-2's didnt o/c well. your almost garentied a GHz off a duron 800. make sure ya' get an iwill/epox/abit mobo though so you know you'll get a good o/c out a 'er.

[Pitspawn]

Yeah, my second system is virtually identical to yours. I replaced the old K6-2 hsf with a much chunkier coolermaster one. That allowed me to overclock the fsb to 105 but i'm definately gonna have to get an alpha or some homemade **** to get to 110.

K6-2's do overclock but the increase in speed is hardly worth it for the amount of effort you have to put in to cool your cpu. I would agree with the other guy and say put up with it or go for a duron system.

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 (1x128Mb 2-3-3)
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
Temperature is very hot after an hour or so of Quake3

[SickBoy]

You're never going to get wallshaking performance or overclockability on a K6-2.... I had a 500 on a Epox MVP3G2 for a few months and it took enormous amounts of voltage through the core to get it to 560. A duron system is what I upgraded to (D700 on a KT7A-R, oc'ed as high as 954). I am certainly pleased, but as we sit poised on the brink of Palomino and DDR, I can't help but think what could have been if I had been able to stretch my old system out a little longer. For now, I would say do everything you can to get that K6-2 performing good (PC100 memory is dang cheap anyway... just get some good generic stuff and hop it up to 256+ MB of memory). OC it as far as you can, and save your $$$ for Palo. That's my advice.

SickBoy