2600+ Tbred

[rad00]

im currently running it at 205 fsb @ 2.16 with stock air cooling... Im running on PC3200 and an Abit NF7-S... any tips on getting my speeds higher? or is that about as far as she'll go?

 

[BlueWeasel]

You're using the stock AMD HS and fan? What kind of temps are you getting?

 

[rad00]

54 degrees running P95....

 

[rad00]

 

[helloguy]

Originally posted by: rad00
54 degrees running P95....

seems a lil bit high...try better cooling and go again~!

 

[dnuggett]

Originally posted by: helloguy

Originally posted by: rad00
54 degrees running P95....

seems a lil bit high...try better cooling and go again~!

That's not too bad. You have about 6 degrees C of headroom before you have to worry. What is the system doing that lets you know you are capped at your current speeds?

 

[rad00]

p95 and 3dmark crashing :| i tried 220 x10 and it booted but crashed in 3d mark... i might try 210x10.5... what kind of voltages do you reccommend? im pretty new to all this stuff

 

[dnuggett]

You can go as high as 1.8 w/ the voltages. I'd incrementally bump it up say from, 1.6 to 1.675 etc... until you are stable. My 2500+ required 1.75 to be stable w/ a 200 FSB.

 

[MDE]

With that stock cooler, I wouldn't go over 1.7V. Also your case ventilation sucks, so either a new case or a well-aimed fan blowing cool air inside of it would help a bit too.

EDIT: I should probably say that the CPU and heatsink he's using used to be mine, and I installed his motherboard for him 🙂.

 

[dnuggett]

There really is no prob with going to 1.75 on stock as long as you watch those temps and don't let it get over 60C.

I personally woudn't go stock though, it's more a placebo for me to have a great HSF I think. That's not to say they aren't important, but a grape cooling the CPU is fine as long as it doesn't go north of 60.

 

[MDE]

His HS isn't one of the newer ones coming with the Bartons. The plate on the bottom was originally zinc plated (which I sanded off on one side). Before going any farther with the voltage I'd get the zinc plating off that other side or just get a new heatsink. But you have to remember that the Tbred 2600 was never considered a particularly good OCer.

 

[rad00]

voltage is now at 1.75 and there was 0 change to the temp... under light use its at about 51... i tried higher buses but my 3dmark scores would go down so i figure it was unstable... i havent tried a higher multiplier yet though...

 

[dnuggett]

voltage is now at 1.75 and there was 0 change to the temp...

Then as I mentioned before don't worry about the HS/F just yet, post back with your success on the multi's but watch your temps and stay at or below 60C.