Duron 1.2 overclocking

I am running a Duron 1.2 and have recently overclocked it. I have it at 10X140=1400 totally stable 39 C (idle) 43 (load) with a Volcano 7+ on medium setting. Anything higher and i get either a black screen or a windows error. . Changing to high setting has no effect. I am running an MSI KT3 Ultra-ARU, 256 MB PC2100 DDR (crucial), Maxtor 40gig ATA133 HD, geforce 4 mx440 and windows XP Pro. Is there anything anyone can suggest to mabe push it further?

Wow, thats excellent. I have a Duron 1.2ghz and the most I can get it to stable is 1350. And I have almost identical specs as you. From what I have read most Duron's hit a wall at 1400.

i got my 1.2duron to hit 1400 also with a 1.8Vcore. I didnt do no volt mod, and setting it higher only seem to make it worse. alot of people are reporting 1.4 to be the brick wall on that 1.2
http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=105751
this may help.

i got my Duron 1,2G running rockstable on 1392(116*12)
i also got 1440 once(120*12) when i lowered mem clock (host+33 is usually on, with cl2) but i decided faster memory is worth little less prossessing power...
i used default voltage, since my motherboard doesnt support voltage tweaking

i`ve had my duron 1.2 upto 1511 but could not get in windows
the most stable oc is at 1435(9.5x151)

I gotten different opinions on this issue, i have a 1.2 unlocked Duron that will be put into a new system i am building. I am new to overclocking, but i only want to run the chip at 133MHZ (Nforce 415 motherboard and PC2400 Ram), with the default mulitplier. This will make the Duron run at 1596 (12*133). Some people have told me this will run stable because the motherboard is a 266 DDR board and the memory is more than enough as well. Just for opinions, how is it the Duron for you is unstable at 1400+? Would it be wise for me to run my Duron at 133?

eh 9*147 will be fine for me

Morgan core seems not to have a problem with higher FSB
but is is the total multi*FSB which is the limit around 1400.

I would be surprised your Duron reaches 12*133 = 1596.

you will have probably to lower the multi as in
10.5*133 = 1396
10*1400 =1400
or 9.5*147 = 1396

The chip will also get quite hot, especially because you may need to nudge the Voltage up

centered effect said:

I gotten different opinions on this issue, i have a 1.2 unlocked Duron that will be put into a new system i am building. I am new to overclocking, but i only want to run the chip at 133MHZ (Nforce 415 motherboard and PC2400 Ram), with the default mulitplier. This will make the Duron run at 1596 (12*133). Some people have told me this will run stable because the motherboard is a 266 DDR board and the memory is more than enough as well. Just for opinions, how is it the Duron for you is unstable at 1400+? Would it be wise for me to run my Duron at 133?

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Most durons will hit a wall at 1400 MHz, so 1600MHz is out of the question, sorry. With PC2400 you should be able to easily get to 150FSB, so consider 150 x 9.5 or higher FSB lower multiplier

most duron 1200's will hit 1500 plus stable i coulda gon further at the time but cpufsb only had 133 as the next option

The Coolest said:

Most durons will hit a wall at 1400 MHz, so 1600MHz is out of the question, sorry. With PC2400 you should be able to easily get to 150FSB, so consider 150 x 9.5 or higher FSB lower multiplier

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I'll second this.

the duron 1200 i had sucked royally. the most i ever got it to run stable was ~1260(1.85 vcore) (same as my duron 1100). i got it to boot once @ 1450 with 2.2 vcore(volcano 7+ hsf with 80+ cfm fan and ducted air conditioning) but it was never stable at anything over 1260. it seemed like the added voltage didnt help that much and actually made it very unstable even at stock speeds. the aluminum interconects and small die size really keep the duron from clocking like the athlons. also if you are going to overclock it try to run it at the max stable fsb instead of maximum overclock speed. the reason for this is the small cache size of the duron can be compensated for somewhat by reduced latency you encounter when running the fsb over spec. it may sound weird but thats the story 3dmark 2001 and seti always told me when it came to performance.