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- May 20, 2004
Hey guys. I'm just about ready to dive in. My memory should be here today, and my Aero7 CPU fan some time early next week. I've read the basic guides on this site, and have done some searching for the Athlon 2800, but it doesn't appear to be a very popular CPU for overclocking
First, I want to get opinions on how good this setup is for overclocking and what I can expect.
A7N8X deluxe motherboard
Corsair XMS PC3200 CL2, 512 MB x2 totally 1GB
AthlonXP 2800+ purchased a few days ago (not sure if it's locked)
Aero7 fan
Can anyone give me a recommendation for a starting point? Right now the system is running with the AMD OEM fan at the standard 166 MHz FSB and standard voltage. Temps stay pretty cool. I'm using Asus probe to keep an eye on temperature. I ran BurnK7 and the processor never went over 54 C IIRC. Do you think I can push this processor all the way to a 200 MHz FSB?
I'm a total n00b, so I plan on taking things slowly, but I'm pretty excited about the overclocking possibilites. Thanks for any help, I'm going to do some reference benchmarks tonight so I can see what kind of improvements I get Let me also say that I know results vary greatly. There's certainly a luck factor form what I've read, so I'm going into this with the that understanding.
PS - the fan hasn't shipped yet, so I can still cancel it if there's something bad/wrong with that fan.
First, I want to get opinions on how good this setup is for overclocking and what I can expect.
A7N8X deluxe motherboard
Corsair XMS PC3200 CL2, 512 MB x2 totally 1GB
AthlonXP 2800+ purchased a few days ago (not sure if it's locked)
Aero7 fan
Can anyone give me a recommendation for a starting point? Right now the system is running with the AMD OEM fan at the standard 166 MHz FSB and standard voltage. Temps stay pretty cool. I'm using Asus probe to keep an eye on temperature. I ran BurnK7 and the processor never went over 54 C IIRC. Do you think I can push this processor all the way to a 200 MHz FSB?
I'm a total n00b, so I plan on taking things slowly, but I'm pretty excited about the overclocking possibilites. Thanks for any help, I'm going to do some reference benchmarks tonight so I can see what kind of improvements I get Let me also say that I know results vary greatly. There's certainly a luck factor form what I've read, so I'm going into this with the that understanding.
PS - the fan hasn't shipped yet, so I can still cancel it if there's something bad/wrong with that fan.