Barton 2500+ first overclock

I just picked up a barton 2500+ with an GA 7N400 Pro 2 board and 2 512 sticks of generic ddr 400. I'm running at 2.2 ghz with 400fsb 11x200 right now. As I'm writing this I'm about to go to bed and I have prime 95 running, I hope it lasts overnight. I'm using a Volcano 11+ and I have load temps right now of 56-57 while running prime 95. I usually have an idle temp of 49-51. I'm at 1.74 Volts and running stable for about 4 days now so I decided to give prime 95 a go. its the first time I've tried prime 95 and I'm wondering how good is it. If it passes 12 hours would that be considered 100% stable? I know this gigabyte board dont overclock the best but I believe I've reached my goal I bout this board mostly for features and some minor overclocking.

Barton [email protected] 1.74 volts (Volcano 11+) hsf
2 512 sticks of generic ddr 400
450watt psu with 4 case fans (antec case)
all below voltages are at 100% CPU load so are these good?
3.3 line is at 3.2
5.0 volt is at 5.020
12 ivolt is at 11.79
Asus Geforce 4 Ti4800se @300/600
Wd 120gig 8mb cache + 40 gig maxtor

Prime 95 is an excellent stability test and if you pass 12 hours of prime95 thats about as much as you need to test it using prime95. I like to test with multiple methods. I mainly use prime95 but if it can get past that then I also make sure my sytsem is 3dmark stable by looping that alot. Since all of my rigs end up folding in addition to their other duties that is a sort of ongoing stability test

What else do you think

Do you think my voltages and CPU temp is in the acceptable range? oh yes one thing I for got to mention is my motherboard temp which is 31. All advice is welcome

Hey Kev, nice O/C! I personally don't like temps that high, but i guess it's the price i'll pay to get past 2.5 Ghz (which i hope i can do with this new 2500+ barton).
I still haven't posted the different CPU in the sig yet since i just put it in today, and am just getting ready to burn it in at stock speeds, but i have my phase change setup ready to go once it's done cooking for a while.
Phase-change system kept the last CPU at around 29ºC idle and 34ºC load, but the block needed work since the C/W was at about .29-.30, and the coolant temp was around 2ºC.

not a bad oc.. now see how far it'll really go =p

what setting is the fan?those idle temps are high.my xp2500
is set to 11x200 with 1.8 volts.with my window a/c off(avg 75F) my temps were 42C idle and 51C folding using a slk800a with a smartfan2 at 4700rpm.

Temp seems to be on the high side... My Barton seems to act up around 60°C. My load temp is around 40°C when I'm running it under 2.4 GHz w/ 1.77 V when my ambient is 26°C... Maybe some lapping and AS3?

The GA-7N400Pro2 seems to read temps from the CPU diode (or at least compensates to make it appear so), so naturally it would be higher than what we all expect. I'm running my 2500+ on the same board at 2.23 GHz (11x203) and my load temp is 57C as read by the mobo, 43C as read by a probe on the bottom of the heatsink (which on my old motherboard, a GA-7VAXP, was very close to the BIOS reported temp). I've been unable to get this processor over 2231 MHz, and I'm not sure if it's the processor or the FSB. I used to run it at 2250 (12.5x180) and couldn't get it any higher, so that might be my cap for now.

my 2500+ runs on 11x200 v1.7 2x512 DDR400 abit nf7-s without any problems
temp range is 47-54 (heating it with compiling kernel + running glxgears)
i upped the multiplier to 11.5, but had to raise voltage to 1.825, and temps were going to 59, seemed too much to swallow for an 100mhz overclock
when i upped the multiplier to 12, it crashed after bootloader, so I increased the voltage to 1.85, and then it wouldn't post, had to clear cmos
using crapola dr thermal TI-7725N cooler (3800rpm)
maybe i should have increased memory timings instead of vcore voltage while o/c-ing...

Raised the Multipler again

Ok I'm back after being happy at 2200mhz but now I'm seeing what this processor can do. I just uped the multipler to 11.5 for 2300mhz and I'm about to run Prime 95 for 12 hours to see if it passses @1.74 volts. I'd like to get 2400mhz that would be super cool


Barton 2500+ @2.3ghz 1.74vcore (Volcano 11+ HSF)
Gigabyte 7N400 Pro2
2x 512mb ddr 400 (Generic stuff)
Antec case w 4 fans + 450wat psu
WD 120gig 8mb cache + maxtor 40gig
Asus Geforce 4 ti4800se @300/600
KDS 19 Flat CRT

Whats your temps like while you were priming @ 1.75? with that Volcano 11+? (just got one too)

2300mhz stable

I just got up after running prime 95 overnight and its still going strong at 11.5x 200 @1.74 volts. Temp is 49-50 idle but I know there is a problem with these GA 7N400 pro 2 boards reading temps a little higer than what they actualy are. Load temp is 57-58. I'm not having any stability issues. I only have generic ddr 400 so going much above 400 fsb wont be good. What is the pr rating at 2300mhz ?