- Jan 4, 2005
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It's been quite awhile since I did any Athlon X2-based overclocking. But my crappy Netburst-based work computer is just not getting it done anymore, so I purloined the only Athon X2-based computer in the entire company (forget C2D - NO ONE has one of those here!)
This box is actually pretty decent. It has 2 GB of OCZ PLatinum 2-3-2-5 DDR-400 memory (the same exact stix I have in the Athlon machine in my sig), a 3800+, and an Asus A8N-SLI NForce4-based mobo. The BIOS is pretty much what you would expect from a box of this vintage, but nevertheless it's still a lot faster than any of our crappy desktops around here (I work for a Silicon Valley startup).
Before I do any OCing, I simply must replace the laughably inadequate HSF assembly on this unit (it has a laboring 80mm fan!). But idle temps are around 40C, so I would guess that with a decent HSF replacement, I should be able to goose this puppy at least a couple speed grades, 3800's being such good historical overclockers.
My questions are:
1) Do I tweak the HyperTransport frequency? It offers options from 1x to 5x and Auto. I've left it at Auto.
2) Asus' JumperFree menu is pretty succinct. I expect to set the multi to 10x. I've successfully POSTED and booted Linux to a 210 MHz memory setting. So I have 2 questions:
a) what is the max safe CPU voltage -I mean SAFE.
b) Should I bump the memory voltage as well? If so, what are acceptable values?
As you can tell, it's been awhile since I played with the X2 stuff. It's pretty straightforward but I don't want to fry anything.
I'm hoping that with a careful voltage boost and some looser timings, I can get the memory to run at 240MHz. A 20% OC should not be out of the question.
My hope is to get to 4400+ speeds stable. That would make it by far the fastest computer in my company. (At least until I prevail on my boss to finally let me buy a C2D!) I can't imagine that would be too hard with a good HSF. Machine runs quite nicely right now at 2.1 GHz, and now the CPU idles at 48C.
This box is actually pretty decent. It has 2 GB of OCZ PLatinum 2-3-2-5 DDR-400 memory (the same exact stix I have in the Athlon machine in my sig), a 3800+, and an Asus A8N-SLI NForce4-based mobo. The BIOS is pretty much what you would expect from a box of this vintage, but nevertheless it's still a lot faster than any of our crappy desktops around here (I work for a Silicon Valley startup).
Before I do any OCing, I simply must replace the laughably inadequate HSF assembly on this unit (it has a laboring 80mm fan!). But idle temps are around 40C, so I would guess that with a decent HSF replacement, I should be able to goose this puppy at least a couple speed grades, 3800's being such good historical overclockers.
My questions are:
1) Do I tweak the HyperTransport frequency? It offers options from 1x to 5x and Auto. I've left it at Auto.
2) Asus' JumperFree menu is pretty succinct. I expect to set the multi to 10x. I've successfully POSTED and booted Linux to a 210 MHz memory setting. So I have 2 questions:
a) what is the max safe CPU voltage -I mean SAFE.
b) Should I bump the memory voltage as well? If so, what are acceptable values?
As you can tell, it's been awhile since I played with the X2 stuff. It's pretty straightforward but I don't want to fry anything.
I'm hoping that with a careful voltage boost and some looser timings, I can get the memory to run at 240MHz. A 20% OC should not be out of the question.
My hope is to get to 4400+ speeds stable. That would make it by far the fastest computer in my company. (At least until I prevail on my boss to finally let me buy a C2D!) I can't imagine that would be too hard with a good HSF. Machine runs quite nicely right now at 2.1 GHz, and now the CPU idles at 48C.
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