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Demont
12-14-01, 02:24 PM
I've read a few articles on overclocking the athlon xp, i got a 1500+ coming in the mail right now with a soltek SL-75DRV2, and a 350 watt PSU. I get everything about how to unlock the multiplyer and all, except the vcore voltage stuff. I don't exactly understand what i have to do with the vcore voltage. Once i overclock the processor (raise multiplyer to 12 or 12.5 or whatever) do i have to supply more power to it in order for it to be stable or what? a little help please!

Placid
12-14-01, 02:55 PM
You might have to raise the cpu vcore voltage to get the cpu stable.
Your motherboard will probably be limited to 1.85v vcore max so you might as well just set it to that when you start overclocking as that voltage is very safe and will not produce much more heat than the default voltage of 1.75v.