Finally got a good o/c on my 1700+

After tweaking many settings I have settled on the best oc for my setup. I have an Epox EP-8XHA+ with a Thoroughbred B 1700+ and two 256mb Pc2100 generic RAM running at 5:4 with the FSB. The overclock is here:

Oh, by the way I am using an Alpha something heatsink. Ambient is about 21c

Comcast...slow...uuugggghhhhh

Nice work.

Captain Newbie said:

Comcast...slow...uuugggghhhhh

Nice work.

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Their web hosting is really slow but I have really fast internet with them, my record is 8.1 mp/s without having it in the browser cache. I just did one, here it is:

Speed
6 megabits per second

Communications 6 megabits per second
Storage 736 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 1.4 seconds
Subjective rating Awesome

I live in a rural area so that really helps too.

Sweeet.

Nice. That's exactly how Thoroughbreds B do.

When I used to have PC2100 RAM, I did some testing and I think we concluded that regardless of benchmarks, every day use was best at 100% in sync, instead of out of sync like 5:4 that you say you're using.

So I decided to avoid the bottlenecks, switched to 100% in sunc and although my PC2100 could only do low 150s FSB, I increased the multiplier to achieve a similar overclock to yours.

In other words, personally, I would do
[150] x 15

100% insync.

Enjoy your system.

My motherboard supports up to 15x multipliers but how can I get them? If I select anything over 12.5 it just does 12.5

c627627 said:

Nice. That's exactly how Thoroughbreds B do.

When I used to have PC2100 RAM, I did some testing and I think we concluded that regardless of benchmarks, every day use was best at 100% in sync, instead of out of sync like 5:4 that you say you're using.

So I decided to avoid the bottlenecks, switched to 100% in sunc and although my PC2100 could only do low 150s FSB, I increased the multiplier to achieve a similar overclock to yours.

In other words, personally, I would do
[150] x 15

100% insync.

Enjoy your system.

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All right. You can't do high range because of your motherboard. You could do it with 2100+ B without mods but with 1700+, you would need to take a tiny peace of speaker wire and do this:
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=279392
(It should work with your T-Bred too)

After you do, you will only have access to high range (13 and up) but not lower range any more.
I had to to that with my Epox mobo too to get the 13 multiplier I'm using now:


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AMD Athlon XP 2400+ mobile 35 watt AXMD 2400 FJQ4C
IQYHA 0402 SPMW
3 x 256MB K-Byte PC2700 (SpecTek chip) @ 6 3 3 2.5
[185] FSB x 13 = 2405 MHz @ 1.80 Vcore with memory frequency at 100% [185 FSB] @ 2.90 Vdimm
Epox 8RDA+ v1.1
Thermalright SLK-947U with variable speed 80x25mm Thermaltake Smart Fan 2
BFG GeForce4 Ti4200 8X 128MB; Antec SX-835II case ; 380W Antec TruePower TP380
Four 80x25mm Case Fans + 1 Variable speed 80x25mm Fan YS-Tech FD1281259B-2F

Something for you to shoot for....

I had 2640mhz but it froze as I saved it.

and yes, this is in a T-Bred B, 1700+

still chasing the 100% overclock, don't think I'll get it without phase change.