Is this realistic?

[Random Nonsense]

Hi my 1st post! i know nothing about overclocking yet :( so am asking you guys for advice. I was wondering whether its possible to get an athlon to about 2ghz, I already figured how i would cool it and its a little over the top.

Also does anyone know anything about the new palomino athlon's? as i heard they will run on lower voltages, and therefore run cooler?

Thanks guys

[sfa ok]

Welcome to the forums! It is possible, but very unrealistic. 1.6 is realistic with a 1.33 or 1.4 ghz cpu with good air cooling, perhaps 1.7 with water cooling. It also depends on how lucky you are with the chip you get. Someone got 2 ghz, this is the first time I've heard of an Athlon at 2 ghz without liquid nitrogen. http://forums.overclockers.ws/forums/UltraBoard.cgi?action=Read&BID=2&TID=26736&SID=83535

[Random Nonsense]

i was planning on 1 or 2 pelts on CPU, then a water block, then to a home designed thing, sorta a longer water blocks, onto cold side of 2 or 3 pelts, side by side, then another water block thing, and cool that using one of those cooling tower thingies :p

also it will be several months before i can afford CPU and mobo, so maybe i could get a faster speed processor tp start with...

sorry for lack of technical words !

oh and BLOODY fast reply!

[Paul -The Mad Hatter]

you would have to get a hell of a chip to get 2ghz. although w/ 2 pelts and a vmod you could get close. amd will realease an athlon @ 1.73ghz. so I bet with your setup you could get close. don't take my word for it though, its all about the chip. a guy at tthe [H] forums got 2.1ghz on h2o cooling and no pelts.

[Random Nonsense]

wow 2.1GHZ just water cooled? well i spose if im lucky (which im not) i might be able to do it!!

I'm gonna be buying myself a new case soon to put it all in, just gotta get the money....

[Wega!]

If u have never overclocked anything I would say that u should try something a little more easy first, and then later expand. Watercooling and pelt's isn't anything I wouldn't recommend a beginner ( No offence, but that's what u said in ur first post). I think u should try overclocking something aircooled first, then move to watercooling, and in the end add a Pelt.

Just my 2 Cent.

Ohh BTW I don't think it's realistic.

[Random Nonsense]

Yeh well i plan to practice on my existing PC, it's an Athlon 500, im gonna go for 600mhz i'll have to read up on overclocking slot A processors tho.

I'm sure i'd have no prob with watercooling and pelts, they are simple really (from what i've read) But point taken, i AM getting ahead of myself

[Wega!]

Random Nonsense (Aug 01, 2001 05:25 a.m.):
Yeh well i plan to practice on my existing PC, it's an Athlon 500, im gonna go for 600mhz i'll have to read up on overclocking slot A processors tho.

Sound's good! I think that would be a great thing to do. We also have some very good beginners Guides on ur front page, I think u should try to read some of those. Here is a link: http://www.overclockers.com/topiclist/index04.asp#BEGINNER GUIDES

And if u have some questions, just make a post, and I'm sure u will get some help!
Good luck! :)

BTW I'm sorry if I sounded a little mad in my first post. That was not my intention.

[!-=sky=-!]

with that slot athlon i think he would need to get a gold ffinger device that will enable him to change multipliers....correct me if i m wrong

[Random Nonsense]

walter u didnt sound mad at me, anyway it takes a lot to **** me off!

I've heard of those gold finger things, i heard they were/are an alternative to soldering a load of crap on the CPU itself?

[!-=sky=-!]

yea
u have to crack open the cpu casing to install it.......u also need to get a better cooler so u can acheive higher results

[Random Nonsense]

i can handle more cooling the thing. overheats as it is, i have a fan blowing into the case anyway (case cover is off) only working fans in it are on heatsink and PSU, the others died ages ago. i'll just do like u said, better sink and fan, maybe mod the case a bit. need all the practise i can get before i make an attempt on a STUPIDLY fast one.

[ThePunkGeek]

Random Nonsense (Jul 30, 2001 05:03 p.m.):
Hi my 1st post! i know nothing about overclocking yet :( so am asking you guys for advice. I was wondering whether its possible to get an athlon to about 2ghz, I already figured how i would cool it and its a little over the top.

Also does anyone know anything about the new palomino athlon's? as i heard they will run on lower voltages, and therefore run cooler?

Thanks guys

If you know nothing about overclocking i would speed a few weeks learning and asking questions at this board the people are really nice and answer quickly

[Rob Cork]

Yeah, I second that. Trust me, however stupid you think a question might be, someone will have posted it before (chances are even supposedly knowledgeable people like Seniors will have as well). Don't worry about appearing 'newbie' - you won't get flamed/made fun of here :)

[ken257]

Start out slow. Read through all the guides, links are on the front page. There is a wealth of infomation there so learn all that you can before you take the plunge.

Here is some more advice. If you have to wait a few months to save up enough money to buy a cpu and mobo odds are you will need this machine to last a while and would be in trouble if you fry it. Pelts can end up running into a lot more money then you think at first especially after getting the PSU's to run them. There are also condensation issues that you must be able to deal with. You can almost guarantee something will fry if you proceed to fast. I would strongly advise getting top notch air cooling as a start for the new system.

[Random Nonsense]

I've read a few of the guides, they seem very helpful. have to keep on reading tho! unfortunately my monitor sucks so i end up not being able to see after reading off it for a while, i think i'll print em all off to read!

I'm definately gonna try air cooling first now, like you guys said i'll just end up wrecking a couple hundred quid's worth of PC if i go straight to watercooling and pelts, thig is those systems fascinate me and i AM gonna try it. I understand the condensation issues ETC, and have come up with a few ideas of my own to stop that.

One big issue (well not too big really) is as Ken257 said its gotta last a while cos i dont have a proper job (i'm still in college) so i was wondering how much it would shorten the life of the CPU when i do get around to doing a crazy OC in 6 months or so...

oops, long post!

[ken257]

I think it is more likely that the cpu could get damaged by the constant tinkering then by anything else. Things like failing to prevent all condensation, repeated install-removal of the cooler can lead to a cracked core if you are not carefull. Sometimes a cpu can start to decline from being in a highly overclocked state for several months but it seems with regard to this either the cpu is a good one or it is not. So far out of the many cpu's I have OC'd only 1 of them has shown a loss over time, for the most part if anything they have improved with age. Some examples of cpu's I have that have been highly oc'd for a long time are a C566 running at 1020 for over a year now with no ill effects also one of my old dual boards with 2x366's running at 572mhz for over 2 years.

If you are going to be up the creek if this thing does not last just stick with high-end air or room temp water cooling and go for a moderate OC of around 100-200mhz over stock.

[Random Nonsense]

Yeh i have read up on the risks, i would be annoyed but not devestated if something like that happened. Anyway im Overclocking my existing PC 1st, i got a thread about it somewhere....