Amd K6-2 Processor Help Needed!!!!!

[dj2001]

I am running an AMD K6-2 350mhz processor, which i altered by way of the jumper settings to a 400mhz. It seems to be working fine, but I was wondering if I purcharse an AMD K6-2 500mhz processor, can I overclock that to an 550mhz processor and it be fine.
My mother board supports up to a 550mhz processor, so if i alternativly purchase a 550mhz processor ( which seems scarce and I would appriciate where i could purchase one!) Would It be wiser to invest in that? I have £100, and I need ideas, thankyou!

[sockmonkey]

I think it might be wiser to save your money. I dont know how pounds translate into dollars exactly, but everything is cheap right now. This is a definite maybe, but you might be able to get a real cheap duron+mobo and switch all your parts into that. I dont know how much of a performance increase that would be, but at least you could have a start. But last time I checked, K6-2's were about $30 american. Try pricewatch and see what you find.

[samuknow]

I would recommend the same.

I had a K6 2 450 and it was fine @ 540. But you will get a huge increase going to a 600 Duron and with the right mobo you can get a health OC.

Pinch you pennys and go for the upgrade.

[dj2001]

hey, imy motherbord only apparently supports up 2 550mhz processors, but can i overclock my 500mhz processor(if i get it) to a 600mhz?> is there any way?

[sockmonkey]

i think somebody said if you set the multiplier to 2 you get 600 for some reason. I cant remember where the post was though, try searching. I'm pretty sure thats what is though.

[FRANK]

As a matter of fact there is a way to overclock those K6's to beyond the apparent maximum of your motherboard. At the end of the developement of the K6's, AMD revamped the processor to recognize the 2X multiplier as 6X on the later, faster CPU's. I've been successful doing this on a K6III+ 450 that I got to 616MHz.

Just make sure that you follow the generally accepted methods of overclocking to help insure success. A socket A hsf will fit the K6 line of CPU's, provided that you have adequate clearence.I've had good results with the Global Win FOP32. You will also probably have to increase the Vcore, I've gone to 2.7 with "regular" K6III's and 2.4 with the K6III+. If you can get a little more out of the FSB, go for it. I've gotten as high as 112MHz, again with a K6III+.

As mentioned in the above post, watch for the point of diminishing return on your investment, with the current price situation, that wouldn't be hard to do. Keep in mind that you will have a slower FSB than current as well as no support for the newer ATA 100 hard drives (nor ATA66 in most cases), slower memory, maybe no AGP etc.

Granted my experience has been primarily with the K6III's, I've read of similar results from people with the K6-2's.

Regardless of how high of a clockspeed you reach with the aging socket 7 platform, you will not, nor can you expect to achieve performance approaching the later socket A, nor Intel's socket 370 platforms. I know, I've been there.

I hope this helps

Good Luck.

[fresh2k21]

look at pricewatch. $24 for k6-2 500 or $27 for a duron 600. I think you will be much happier with the duron if you want to buy somthing. but if not use what you got and squez that k6-2 dry. what have you got to loose $25. but if you buy somthing go to the duron and overclock it to. hell, overclock every thing! wooo calm down.... sorry just my opinion. !)

[dj2001]

Hey, I really appriciate your advice, i'm only 16, and I live in England, So my money is short, I have £100 to spend and I need to know how to adjust that Clock mutiplier on my motherboard,I have reasonable knowledge on working a motherboard, I just want to see if I can push a 500mhz AMD-K6II Socket 7 processor to above 550mhz(Which IS, i've found out, my motherboards limit) Could Anyone tell me how I can go about that, thankyou so much for your help!!

[FRANK]

To find the jumpers that you need to set to change the multiplier, you'll need know who manufactured the board and go to their web site to look up the manual. Without knowing which make and model of motherboard you have, you could could damage the motherboard and / or CPU by any haphazzard setting of jumpers.

I believe there's a code located between the pci slots that you can cross refference at a database to determine the manufacturer and model. Maybe somebody, a tech perhaps, could help you out with this information.

Good Luck!

[eobard]

I agree with those who say to not put too much effort ($!) into oc'ing a K6 chip. FRANK has a higher speed on his K6 III than my K6II but then he talks about using socket A sinks. I don't think that its a good investment. If you're gonna pay for a socket A sink / fan combo. Why not get a Duron to put under it and a board for that Duron. They days of socket 7 are gone. A K6 chip isn't totally useless mind you, I'm using mine for seti. But if you're gonna spend the dough spend it on something that will give you a jump in processing power, not just a bump.

If, however, you're persuing this because, like most true overclockers, you hear the call deep down inside then I'd point out that if you try for 6X100 and it isn't stable that you remember that many boards for K6 chips have a 95mhz fsb setting. It will get your core to 570mhz but at the cost of 5% speed outside the core.

[FRANK]

Originally posted by eobard
I agree with those who say to not put too much effort ($!) into oc'ing a K6 chip. FRANK has a higher speed on his K6 III than my K6II but then he talks about using socket A sinks. I don't think that its a good investment. If you're gonna pay for a socket A sink / fan combo. Why not get a Duron to put under it and a board for that Duron. They days of socket 7 are gone. A K6 chip isn't totally useless mind you, I'm using mine for seti. But if you're gonna spend the dough spend it on something that will give you a jump in processing power, not just a bump.

If, however, you're persuing this because, like most true overclockers, you hear the call deep down inside then I'd point out that if you try for 6X100 and it isn't stable that you remember that many boards for K6 chips have a 95mhz fsb setting. It will get your core to 570mhz but at the cost of 5% speed outside the core.

Very good point, but, I like to keep in mind that there a lot of people out there that are not as fortunate as some of us and are not able to go out and purchase all of the neccessary parts for a new system in one shot. So for them upgrading their older socket 7 system with an eye toward the future migration to the socket A platforms is a viable oprtion. This approach allows them to make upgrades that will allow the transplant to the new platform such as new PCI cards, heat sinks etc. This is what I did in the begining myself. In fact I achieved the best results on my K6III after I moved on to the socket A platform and used parts from the socket A platform such as PC133RAM and the FOP32 after upgrading the T-BIRD. I have enough parts in my drawer to assemble another 1100MHz system, including another AKBA DURON 600. I may pick up another motherboard this weekend. Thinking about the EPOX.

[brennan77]

Your mobo WILL support the 6x multiplier. Just set the multiplier at 2.0 and the CPU will know what to do.

I have a K6-2 coming tomorrow. I have an old pentium 166 system with a mobo that supports split voltages, so I'm hoping to get 6.0x83=498mhz. I also ordered a cheap TNT2 video card so my brother can play Tony Hawk Pro Skater and Need for Speed.

This was all good until today. The CD-ROM died so another $50 was dropped. I think it's worth it though to keep the system usable. I'm building a new system for my family at Christmas though. I guess the new/old one will end up at my grandma's. I just couldn't let the thing sit there with nothing to do. Nothing was usable in a new system so why not get the most out of it?

[djc007]

so your saying, in my motherboard, (which i have the manual for) i should put the clock mutiplier to x2? because at the moment the bus spped is at maximum, (100mhz) and the mutiplier is at x4. Do i lower this to achieve a greater speed?
thanx for all you help

[eobard]

Originally posted by djc007
so your saying, in my motherboard, (which i have the manual for) i should put the clock mutiplier to x2? because at the moment the bus spped is at maximum, (100mhz) and the mutiplier is at x4. Do i lower this to achieve a greater speed?
thanx for all you help

100 X 2.0 = 600 on a K6II or III but don't expect it to work on a 400mhz processor. If you had a 500 or 550 then You'd have a much better shot. My 450 is very unstable at 600. FRANK is the only person I know of who took a 450 (or any speed K6) to a stable 600+ and there seems to be a lot of people on this board lately who are using K6 chips. Still you're here at OVERCLOCKERS.COM so that means you feel the need for speed so you might as well try. If you want more than a 50mhz gain you'll probably need to do more than change the jumper settings on your board. You'll need a lot more cooling than the stock setup, a lot more.