1 gig duron- I did it!!! Read this it might help you!!!

[gplracer]

I am so happy to be able to post this. I have had my computer for about 4 months. My first cpu would only do 850mhz at 43C at idle. I bought a new case and built 3 more for friends. I switched one of the cpu's and got it to do 950 although i ran it at 900mhz. The cpu was much cooler in my fong fai 320 case. It ran at 39C at idle and 40-41 under load. I did notice that while booting it would hold for a second or two at the windows login screen until I moved the mouse back a forth a little. When I installed windows ME it was a a speed that was really too high for the earlier cpu that was in the computer. I think this might have added to the problem but everything seemed fine. Well I got a new IBM hard drive and reinstalled windows me. Guess what? There is no longer the pause at the start and now i boot right into windows at 1 gig with no problems at all. The cpu looks to be idling at 42C. I think that is not bad at all! I guess it goes to show that the operating system could be the cause of overclocking problems. I do not know what that pause was during the loading of windows but it affected my ability to overclock this duron 600. Does this temp seem pretty good to you guys?

 

[stso]

Yeah, it looks pretty good to me.
What motherboard and what cooling system are you using? I'm thinking to buy a duron 600 and oc it ...

 

[gplracer]

I am using an abit kt7 motherboard and an alpha pal 6035.

 

[Pearman]

I have a 700 duron with a CoolerMaster and a KT7-RAID...plan to OC but im afraid to take off the hsf cuz i dont want to break it! What am I going to do? :frown:

 

[gplracer]

You will have to get brave! I have done 5 systems with durons and never broke one. I have also taken mine out 4-5 times. You just have to be careful. They will break from what I hear but they are not that fragile. good luck!

 

[Dan]

gplracer is right: just go for it. Take your time and be reasonably careful. I've done a few of them myself now and they've all gone smoothly. I've had a Duron 700 running stable at 1083MHz for over 3 months now so it's definitely possible -- and worth it.

 

[DarkMajiq]

Like gplracer and Dan said, just be careful... At first I was scared sh1tless of taking the Super Orb off my T-Bird 900 (fearing breaking the processor when I put it back on), but once I did it, it wasn't so bad.

 

[joohang]

Just giving my 2¢...

Last time I checked, those Fong Kai cases cost around $80~$100 (US dollars).

The Thunderbirds are so cheap now, so you could've used your existing case and get a Thunderbird 900 or 1000 MHz for about the same expense.

But if you have fun by overclocking, that's a different story.

 

[gplracer]

Joohang that is a very good point. You are correct about the price of the fong kai case, but I am not sure if t-brid would have gotten too hot or not. I also sold my case for $45 to help make up the difference. I will say that overclocking is just luck of the draw. I have done several of these and this cpu is the only one that would do 1 ghz. Most of the others would only do 850-900mhz. I also paid $30 for the alpha pal cooler so really the cpu cose me $100 when I bought it several months ago. I will say that when I bought the cpu 1 ghz cpus were a lot more money. I think they were about $350. Right now I would consider a t-bird if I was doing it again. Although the duron is still cheaper.

 

[jj1492]

Seems good to me.

 

[bigpow]

Any story for Duron 850 (retail-box)?
I'm planning to get GlobalWin FOP32-1 and push my luck.

oh yes, FongKai 320atx is a study case.

 

[Majr]

I had a duron 700 @ 1068 stable, it was running hot, like 47c, so I reapplied themal paste. When I put the water block back on I tightened it too much and snapped the lug on my kt7raid and crushed the core. so be careful with them

 

[sadb0i]

try 2k...with the other cpus that cant hit 1000...see what happens...flash bios also...

 

[wesmaster]

Go for it, just be careful.
I have succesful put in my G/W FOP38 with my both hand in a minutes,
not using a screwdriver

 

[wesmaster]

Duron850@1000 (1.75vcore) idle:39'c f/load:43'c
Duron850@1050 (1.82vcore) idle:42'c f/load:45'c
Not Box.
GlobalWin FOP38 Delta Fan 6800rpm
MSI K7T Turbo-R

Plan to go further more...

 

[WarCon]

Congrats on getting it up to 1ghz, I have almost exact same setup. I have a KT7A with a 600 duron but I had problems after 976. So I am happy at 952, with my fsb at 136 (133+3)* 7. I also lucked out and bought cheap PC133 earlier before all the good stuff's price dropped :{. And this board is letting me 4k page and 4x interleave it at CAS 2 on medium memory setting. All of this, is rock stable tested by torture test on Prime95. 976 seemed stable, nothing crashed or anything but in Prime I got rounding and other type errors. So I know was a touch too fast. Waiting with case open for my new case and new fans to come so i can close this noise beast of mine. Lookin forward to my water cooler project, just to shut those fans up.

May the clock be with you!!!!

P.S. Onvia is still a cool place for parts, shippin is still free, so my case didn't have that added $20 dollar cost. Well they ain't paying me so thats enough of an ad. HEHE

 

[twong82]

go for it!!