XP 3200+ w/ Abit NF7-M mobo.. How much OC?

[c0n2k4]

How much can I overclock a 3200+ w/ Abit NF7-M motherboard??

[Biggles 266]

There are no hard and fast rules, I can't give you a definite answer. You just have to try a few things that you can read about in the stickies, raising the FSB and changing the multipliers etc.

You will only find out what your system can overclock to when you start tweaking it.

[Jognt]

i dont know if that one is a barton core, but this is the only 3200+ i could find atm :)

http://www.cpudatabase.com/CPUdb/Showamd.cfm

there arent any NF7-M's in that list, but a lot of NF7-S's are :)

that way you can guess what it would take :)

[Yuriman]

Your 3200+ is a barton core. It's stock voltage is 1.65v, and it runs at 200x11, for 2.2ghz. You may be able to pull 2.4ghz, go ahead and try 200x11.5, and if its stable, 200x12. If it is unstable or doesnt post, try again with higher voltage. Personaly, I dont like going above 1.85v, so try to keep it below that.

[Jognt]

Why OC using the multi? OC'ing using the FSB increases speed more does it not? then maybe it would be wiser for him to just try and OC it 5 mhz at a time..

[Kenshiro]

Originally posted by Jognt
Why OC using the multi? OC'ing using the FSB increases speed more does it not?

Increasing FSB will give you more memory bandwidth. If you have one with higher multiplier, and another with higher FSB, while both are at the same speed, the o/c with the higher FSB should be faster. But some people do have mobos and memorys that limits their overclock in the FSB, so they have to increase the multiplier for higher clock speed. Some people can have achieve a higher clock speed with the multipler rather than the FSB. This is base on case to case senerio.

[PerlAddict]

Well, you can't OC with the multi on that chip most likely, anyway - most of the 3200+ chips I've ever seen are locked.