AMD 64 4000+ San Diego. What should my OC expectations be?

[Net]

I'm thinking about overclocking it now.

It's been a long time since I OC'ed any thing. The last time was my AMD k6-2 550 mhz! i decaped it and took it to a screaming 616mhz! with pc100 ram!!

What can I expect out of this system?

-AMD 64 4000+ San Diego
-Foxconn 6150K8MA NVIDIA GeForce 6150 Motherboard
-ZALMAN CNPS7000B-ALCU 92mm 2 Ball Cooling CPU Fan
-1GB DDR 400 PC3200 RAM W/ Heat Spreaders

I would like to increase the bus a whole lot. not sure how much i really can though. hopefully 300mhz heh

 

[VirtualLarry]

I had one, it OCed to 2.81Ghz or so. Don't recall the voltage, I think it was .05v higher than stock.

 

[RallyMaster]

Maybe a good 2.8GHz but that's about it. Some lucky souls have seen 3GHz and beyond.

I say you just build a new computer in general because even if you do OC that chip, you're still going to be lagging FAR behind a Core 2 Duo E7200 or so in just about everything.

 

[Net]

i don't have any more to buy anything since i'm in college.

2.81GHz. was it worth it? did you notice that much of a difference?

 

[RallyMaster]

Originally posted by: net
i don't have any more to buy anything since i'm in college.

2.81GHz. was it worth it? did you notice that much of a difference?

Well then...get a job? I'm in college too...

What kind of things are you doing with this computer that makes you want to squeeze more performance out of it?

 

[Net]

i have a job.

mostly for fun. and sometimes i run a chess engine against other engines online. takes a lot of processing power.

 

[RallyMaster]

Originally posted by: net
i have a job.

mostly for fun. and sometimes i run a chess engine against other engines online. takes a lot of processing power.

Well in that case...I still say a Core 2 Duo would do it better but yes, you should see a bit of an increase in processing capability. However, overclocking also depends on how fast your memory can go and how well your motherboard can handle the increased speed and power consumption.

 

[Net]

what are some free utilities i can run to make sure everything is stable? any utility also that can tell me how "healthy" it is

 

[Net]

what would you estimate 2.8ghz to be in + rating

 

[RallyMaster]

Originally posted by: net
what are some free utilities i can run to make sure everything is stable? any utility also that can tell me how "healthy" it is

Prime95 and SuperPi. SuperPi if you're just verifying short term it works. Prime95 to verify that it works overnight and with all sorts number calculations.

 

[TC91]

Originally posted by: net
what would you estimate 2.8ghz to be in + rating

~4400+, 2.8ghz would be equivalent to the Athlon FX-57

 

[bryanW1995]

prime 95 is nice, but I like occt much better. it typically finds errors faster, if you can make it an hour in occt then you're typically gtg.

 

[Sunrise089]

Right, 2.8ghz would be a 4400+ exactly. As I recall back in the day, 4000+ chips were generally in the 2.6-2.8 range. Realize that the s939 chips from when they were newer (not the super-mature end-run X2s) tended to have a pretty hard OC wall around 2.8-2.9ghz. As in, almost everyone on good air cooling hit 2.5ghz and hardly anyone hit 3.0ghz.

For a cheap upgrade, you might look into getting the dual-core chip I list in my sig. FYI the Opty's tended to be the best overclockers as well, though that's relative in the day of Core2Duo's that OC 100%.