Can I overclock my Tbird 1.417 to 1.5?

[EmoshBZ]

Hi guys,

I have an AMD cpu that is clocked at 1.417 Mhz right now. I was wondering if I could get to 1.5 or near there.
I have an ASUS A7M-266 motherboard (latest bios)with a thermaltake Volcano 2 cooler and artic silver paste compound. I have an enermax 350 watt power supply. 256 megs of crucial DDR pc2100 ram. I have a Tornado case with 6 fans and one heat sink. My case never reaches above 50 celsius with full loads.

Ok so first of all, can I do a modest overclock of 1.5 or as close to it as possible?

Secondly, if I can where can I read or what advice do I need for a newbie doing his first overclock? Do's and don't type of things


So what do you experts think?

Oh and one more thing...I heard some rumor that Asus might unlock there A7M chip? true?

 

[Grendel99]

You might wanna get a better HSF. That could be holding you back. Try upping the FSB as high as it will go. Then when you can't go any higher fiddle with the clock multiplier.

 

[EmoshBZ]

I thought thermaltake was good? So its really bad then?

can anyone recommend me some sites where they give a detailed discussion about overclocking my ASUS A7M?

I never done it before and don't want to screw it up....I am not looking for a wild overclock just 1.5 or near to it thats all...


cheers...

 

[Steven the Leech]

You should be able to get 1.5 easy even with the heatsink you have. If after you overclock if the Temp is below 50, then the heatsink is adequate. You might try comparing the default speed against the overclocked speed. I have a tiasol heatsink/fan that coumpuwiz1 sells. My 1.33 temp at 1550/155fsb run from 43-51 usually about 48.

Even a cheap heatsink sould be adequate to run 1.5.


Heatsink looks ok to me, definitely would benifit from an upgrade, but not necessary. You could possibly place a 60mm fan on eged to blow sideways thru the heatsink to the back of the case. I have mine like that and the fan is attached to the motherboard by double edged tape