Celeron 1200

DeViL

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I was wondering - how do i go about overclocking my processor?!
it is getting too slow for my daily activities (gaming ;))
And also where and how do i find out my fsb??? :eek:
 

XDv8X

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Well.... you see......... YOU DONT USUALLY OVERCLOCK CELERONS, THEY ARE NOT MADE FOR IT!

Jokes! :p:disgust::|:D:(;):):confused:
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I dont know and it seems no one else does either. Try a search or something. :D
 

oldfart

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Actually, the Tually Celerons overclock pretty well.

The early 1.2s would not go very high, but the later ones do. Your FSB is 100 MHz. Try increaseing it. You may also need to raise the Vcore.
 

Mist

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Is this a Tualatin Celeron?

Mine is a 1300, but I overclocked it to 1500 by increasing the voltage in the BIOS.

The problem was that this increased the voltage to the AGP and PCI slots too, so once I design my cooler for them, then I have high hopes of of getting mine to 1600.

But overclocking DOES work on the Tualatin, regardless of what anyone else tells you.

Michael.
 

oldfart

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The problem was that this increased the voltage to the AGP and PCI slots too, so once I design my cooler for them, then I have high hopes of of getting mine to 1600.
Increasing Vcore does not inccrease PCI/AGP voltage.
 

DeViL

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Ok, now that i nkow that i can overclock my processor - how do i go about doing it?

Im a newbie at this overclocking thing so please bear wtih me if i ask a few irratating question :eek:.

Can some1 please tell me in 'baby' terms how to physically overclock my cpu. Ive overclocked my graphics card but that was differnet and alot easier
 

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chances are that what you will have to do is go into the bios (u know when u first turn ur computer on and it says press f2/del or something else to enter setup)
once inside that menu there should be a setting for frequency/voltage control and inside that there are usually settings for multiplier, fsb, vcore and possibly others.
those setting may not be usable unless you select cpu operating speed as user define. Now if all of that so far has fit accordingly the first thing you should do is increase the fsb by 1-2mhz increments saving, exiting the bios and booting into windows each time. also you will want a few programs to stress-test ur system prime95 is very common.
Now once you reach the max possible fsb for that vcore (when the computer crashes fairly quickly under prime95. Then up the vcore a little and check to see if it is stable
and also check that the temps are ok (below 50C idle) this usually can be done through the bios under pc health. Once you reach the point where your fsb is at its highest under the little raise of vcore and with an idle temp of below 50C run prime 95 for a few hours and if it doesnt crash ur comp is most likely stable. This is just a basic explanation

Im sorry for the long winded explanation but thats the most basic explanation i could give u. Also none of that will most likely be attainable if the computer is storebought ie. dell, compaq, HP, Gateway........... as they put restrictions on the bios that prohibit overclocking.

Hope that helps
 

Mist

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If I overclock using the bios on my machine, the Mhz for both the AGP and PCI increase and from memory, the PCI limit is 36mhz on my machine.

So I presume that if the clock speed increases, then it must be an increase in voltage which is making it go faster.

More voltage = Increased heat = stability problems.

Solution = Custom cooling!!

Michael.
 

EdipisReks

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Originally posted by: Mist
If I overclock using the bios on my machine, the Mhz for both the AGP and PCI increase and from memory, the PCI limit is 36mhz on my machine.

So I presume that if the clock speed increases, then it must be an increase in voltage which is making it go faster.

More voltage = Increased heat = stability problems.

Solution = Custom cooling!!

Michael.

well, increased voltage does cause more heat to be produced, but if you have adequete cooling the additional voltage generally gives greater stability. the increase in voltage itself does not make it go any faster.
 

Zap

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YOU DONT USUALLY OVERCLOCK CELERONS, THEY ARE NOT MADE FOR IT!
Tell that to my Celeron 1.1A@1.46 and Celeron 2.0@2.84 (ran it at 3.0 for a while, but not too stable so had to back it down :p ). Just read what everyone other than XDv8X has to say about Celerons.