AMD 900 TBIRD and KT7a Mboard

[lurner]

HOw would i overclock this too a 266 fsb as well as maybe bring the speed up to 1000 or something near that?

 

[gtd2000]

Well you are running at 9 x 100FSB right now - so you could try 9 x 111 first to see if it will do 1Ghz
but you would be better "unlocking" the CPU first with a pencil - do a check on this site first to get the details.

 

[christoph83]

I'm running this exact same combo with retail fan at 7.5x133 and its 32C as im typing this right now and usually gets in the 40's full load. So try 7.5x133.

 

[Losty]

is oc'ing with fsb cooler than multiplier >>>?? dumb question but i see people with low temps...although inaccurate...different in all socket a boards...it psychologically gets to me...ugghh...i'm running 48c ... dont care cuz if i heat it up on purpose... 65 c it will still run

 

[christoph83]

Well make sure you have enough thermal paste on it. I didnt have enough on mine and it was booting in the 50C range and i couldnt get into windows because it overheated and restarted. I went to radio shack and picked up some 2 dollar thermal paste and its basically 30C lower. Around 30C idle and 40's playing counterstrike. Make sure your chip has enough on there.

 

[Losty]

oh yeah .. for you guys living in CA .. fry's electronics has MG chemical thermal paste 12mg? 12g? forgot...silicon free is 12.99 silicon is 10.99 big tube..not bad...also has conductive pen for 12.99

i've applied the paste on 3 times....

i think it's the heatsink..it's not lapped....ugghhh thanx for the advice though

 

[gtd2000]

Remember you only apply a very thin layer of transfer compound - otherwise it will become an "insulator"

Losty,
Temps will vary greatly from motherboard to motherboard and also with ambient temps.
I'm in Hong Kong - last week I was booting up at 27C and using internet etc at about 31C - full loads 46/47C (1.775v)
This week is much warmer I'm booting at say 31C - running at 35C now but temps last night hit 52C (1.800v) after gaming (highest yet)

I also just changed my overclock to 137FSB so I'm now at 7 x 137 = 960Mhz - has improved my sandra membench scores now - I'm getting 563/617

 

[Pers]

kt7raid fop38
blue core(lapped)
900mhz to 1288 2.05 volts