Plll 700E how high?

[chillipants]

Just tought Id post this for any advise to maybe get this chip a little faster, as this is my first O\C

SYSTEM SPEC
M\B. Abit VH6 ll
CPU. Plll 700 E @ 150, stock cooling with a 1 penny mod H\S also lapped and A\S compound
RAM. 128 generic 100 Mhz @ cas 3, 128 generic 133Mhz running @ HSTCK- PCICLCK.
VID. ATI Radeon 64 vivo
S\C. S\blaster live
HDD. IBM 60GXP 40 gig

Should I stop here,? I know my Ram is holding me back so Im getting some new stuff soon.
Sys temps are at the moment Cpu 25c idle,40c under load, Sys 26c idle 28 under load.not to bad for a 1 penny mod to the H\ sink, but I think I could use a better fan on the H\S as temps seem a little high under load.

What im realy after is info on my add on cards, you know running them outa pci\agp spec as above 124 Mhz I only have a 1\4 divider and belive this may be an issue above a 150 Fsb. Ohh and the HDD. any help would be great. err 1 last question, can the 100fsb celerons run in SMP mode ?

[Sklathill]

That's a very nice oc and those temps are great. What's your vcore btw? With my Celery, I'm happy if the load temps are 45. :)

And speaking of celeries, none of the coppermine celeries can SMP...sorry.

[chillipants]

err Vcore is stock at the mo, thats 1.75 i think. Dont need to up it yet till i get some better ram then Ill go for higher fsb.

[TASOS]

I believe you reached the cpu limit.
Only minor improvement left.

[batboy]

I don't think you have reached the absolute limit of the CPU yet. If that 700 is a cC0 stepping, then default voltage is 1.7v and if the load CPU temps are only 40 degrees, then there is still a little more left in that CPU.

Trouble is, as was alluded to, the PCI bus starts running farther and farther out of spec above 150 FSB. That and/or the RAM are probably more likely the roadblock at this point.

I can only get my P-III 700 to run at a stable 155, and an unstable 157 before my PCI bus gives up completely. But, my system seems to love 150 FSB and I've ran it at that speed for months now.

Fortunately, you have one of the best overclocker friendly harddrives available with that IBM GXP 60. I have two of those same 40 gig drives running on a RAID controller.

However, to be totally honest, you could invest in high quality PC150 RAM, the best CPU coolers, etc., and still not get much higher than you currently are at. There is not a big performance gain going from 1050 MHz to 1100 MHz. Something to think about before spending a bunch of cash.