Mind shattering speeds on a 3 year old $40 budget chip? Sure thing.

[@md0Cer]

Ok, well recently I got some AS5 and my SLK-900 is making good contact with the CPU, my load temps are around 50°C. Awsome temps considering the core temp was in the mid 80's before.

Then I realized, what if I took my computer outside? I should have picked two nights ago when it was -8°F with nasty wind chill, and no sun. But anyway, this morning it was in the 20's°F without windchill and roasting sun. Not such a good idea since I have a black case with a side window, but anyway, it did get me some lower temps and I was able to accomplish a nice OC on my CPU.

System specs:

AMD AthlonXP 1700+ (1.47GHz)
Thoroughbred B JIUHB DLT3C (the L meaning the 1.5 volt version) 0310 XPMW

SLK-900A
AS5

Abit KD7
Kia KT400 chipset, the only available dividers for the PCI:AGP:FSB are:
5:2:1
4:2:1
3:2:1

Mixed 256MB sticks of ram PC2700 and up

AG (pretty much a no-name I got for 15 bucks) 520 watt PSU. Here are the specs:

+3.3 = 26A
+5 = 52A
+12 = 28A

This was stressing the living **** out of it. Anyway, here is what I got:



A few things to take note of:

-Super Pi would only run the 512K test. I was sloppy and didn't extract it, I just ran it, I think that was the problem. I origionally thought stability, but it gave me an error BEFORE I started the test, it also did the same thing with the tests that were less than 512K. Don't ask me why, I have absolutely no clue how that could be but oh well.

-You can see my temps, here is a rundown of what they are in the order shown in the screenshot:

--Socket
--"System" (it is located on the board right in the outflow of the heatsink and the northbridge coolers)
--"Local" Don't ask me, I have never ever been able to figure out what this is
--"Remote" The probe that is located inside the CPU core
--Hard drive number 1 (200GB Seagate)
--Hard drive number 2 (40GB Maxtor)
--Video card GPU (X700 Pro)



-Yes, I was running at 1.925 Vcore in the BIOS on a 1.5V chip. I have taken it over 2.1 before, the chip has been in the low to mid 100's°C, I don't think 1.925 can hurt anything

-Take note of my 12 volt rail saggage. The cold air helped the PSU a little, but it still had some trouble keeping up.


It was pretty stable, I started up FAH and it ran just fine while I took and saved the screenshot.

Stupid me, I forgot about lowering the FSB, but I did raise the multiplier from 14 to 14.5 which put the CPU in the mid 2.7's. On the same Vcore I was able to get it into Windows breifly once. After that it didn't work, I had to let the system idle in the BIOS with lowered clocks to get everything to cool down some more before I raised it back up and tried again. Still didn't stay in Windows very long though. Maybe about 10 seconds after everything in my system tray loaded after logging on.

Oh well, I hope some of you might find it interesting, I sure had a boatload of fun even though my hands were frozen.

EDIT: Just posted the same thing over at OCR:
http://www.oc-rev.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3922#post3922

Just incase you all might want to cross-read each others comments.

 

[Drec]

whoah thats insane...get some better ram and a better mobo and go out on another (-)temp day

 

[Mr. $T$]

Bravo, Reminds me of when I had my 1700+ at 2.4 on air daily. Suprising how quick it was.

 

[@md0Cer]

whoah thats insane...get some better ram and a better mobo and go out on another (-)temp day

Meh...if I had enough $$$ for better ram and mobo I would probably have a Opteron system right now.

Plus I have unlocked multipliers, from something like 2 to 22.

 

[dominick32]

Would it be possible for you to run a Sisoft Sandra CPU benchmark on this? And a PCMark05 benchy as well? I am real curious to see where it lands.

Awesome overclock BTW.

 

[jonspd]

Here's what I got outta my old tbred 2100 0302 I think

http://bellsouthpwp.net/d/c/dcracer/stuff/2.7.gif

Jonspd

 

[@md0Cer]

Sweet, that is a nice OC too jonspd.

Dominick32, next time I have some freezing weather and take it outside I will be sure to run some benchmarks. I too am curious where it will land itself. Perhaps I can go with the higher divider and lower the FSB some to get me just a bit higher as well.

 

[Dan Derrig]

Nice overclocks there. Sadly, we dont have those temps here

 

[mr1337pants]

Nice, who needs a damn mobile Bartty, eh?

I've an 0310 XPMW I got from ExcaliberPC that I've run ~1.9v through on air since near the beginning (after voltmodding the rev1.0 NF7-S). No problems at all. It did 2500 on that board, though I can only get 2400-2450 outta this NF2 Infinity.

Lucky for us, these 0310's were before the superlocking in weeks 39-40 later that year

 

[@md0Cer]

Nice, who needs a damn mobile Bartty, eh?

I've an 0310 XPMW I got from ExcaliberPC that I've run ~1.9v through on air since near the beginning (after voltmodding the rev1.0 NF7-S). No problems at all. It did 2500 on that board, though I can only get 2400-2450 outta this NF2 Infinity.

Lucky for us, these 0310's were before the superlocking in weeks 39-40 later that year

Oh, if mine was superlocked I would be screwed. My PCI bus craps out a little above 40MHz, and with only the divider of 5 it really limits me.

But yea, these CPU's can take a beating. My core is nastilly chipped on the edges and the corners, with a little crack on the top, my fan has failed with my last MBM log at 126°C, and I have run it for long periods of time full load in the 1.8's Vcore and mid 80's°C.

 

[Gautam]

Ahh...no matter how many different types of processors I play with, I always find myself coming back to the AXP and loving it more than anything else.

Keep on rocking with it bro.

 

[jonspd]

Yea it's kinda hard to beat a 100$ 2.5-2.7 ghz set-up no matter how you look @ it.

 

[Wam]

Ah now you can see why I use ducted air cooling! The only reason that I like living here in the U.K, you can only guarantee 1 week of sunny hot weather a year!

Nice O/C on that 1700, I've just set one up for a friend and set it at 2.2Ghz with no problems and standard aircooling. They're another CPU to be inducted into the "Overclockers CPU Hall of Fame"

 

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Socket A had all the fun (XP->MP, bridge painting, 100% overclocks, laptop chips on the desktop, a long socket life......those were the days ).

 

[>HyperlogiK<]

Socket A had all the fun (XP->MP, bridge painting, 100% overclocks, laptop chips on the desktop, a long socket life......those were the days ).

yeah, and modern BIOS, cooling options, and easily avaliable good quality RAM unlike earlier sockets/slots.

 

[Cyrix_2k]

Still running socket A My 2000+ would 2.7ghz at low temps which makes that a 1ghz OC. My mobile 2500+ would do 2.7 but my PSU is limiting it. I had the 12v rail down to 11.28v at 2.6 when running super pi yesterday!

 

[PoX Freak]

Now theres a question yet to be asked...
Who ever made a PSU with adjustable voltages?
If your 5v or 12v rail started to drop off, you could catch it mid-fall and raise it to keep it stable.

I'm gonna be looking for some schematics for some PSUs and see what i come up with, because my PSU (smart power 430) often drops out if i try anything over 2.6 GHz.

 

[TankGuys]

-Yes, I was running at 1.925 Vcore in the BIOS on a 1.5V chip. I have taken it over 2.1 before, the chip has been in the low to mid 100's°C, I don't think 1.925 can hurt anything
...

Okay wow I saw that and thought, "You're kidding right??? You're running at 100-150 degrees?!?!"

But now I realize (think anyway!) that you meant low-mid temps in the 0-100 range, which makes a little more sense when I look at the screenies

 

[Gautam]

No, he did mean he went above 100C. I've done so as well with almost the same proc when my mom turned on the comp without the pump on...doesn't seem to hurt 'em.

 

[PoX Freak]

I thought the same thing too, I just never voiced it because i knew it might be a mistake.