celeron 300a

[mjt]

I have a celeron 300a and a asus p2b system that I bought about a year ago with the intention of overclocking.I never got around to it but I want to do it now.Can someone help me with some specific info on how to do it? I also bought the best memory they had at the time.

 

[Assimilator1]

Is the memory PC 100 RAM? if so then thats OK ,if its CAS2 PC 66 it might run at 100MHz ,thats blind luck without fore knowledge.

To get your 300A to run at 450MHz (if it can) simply up the FSB from 66 to 100MHz.

Here's the jumper settings for your m/brd

Asus P2B jumper settings

Ignore the stupid comment about overclocking slowing your system down btw!

BTW ,if your lucky you'll be able to run it at 464MHz at default voltage ,like my 2nd PC

 

[MustangSVT]

u have single most overclockable cpu in history of computers (that i know of). u'll get 450 with no problem with little more juice if needed

 

[Assimilator1]

According to that web page I've pointed him too his board can't manually select cpu voltage

 

[The Wildcard]

Please, a moment of silence for our most honorable Celeron 300a...

 

[WetSprocket]

There should be a poll on how many people here haven't done this combo. I'd think about 40% have. What do you think?

 

[Daehawk]

hehe I know I did..still using it right now...in a week or so I order my new one..cel 633 hoping to go to 950....although my 300@450 still chugs along nicely.

 

[Lark888]

I still have three of these running in different PC's. An Abit BH-6, BX6-R2 and an ASUS P3F-B. The 300a's are great overclockers as is well known, however, if the voltage can not be raised the success rate for a stable system drops a good bit. Approximately 90% would overclock with reasonable voltages (2.0 to 2.2V) but significantly fewer would go at 2.0V or lower. Sometimes only a very minor tweak such as 2.05 was required to get stable on some of my setups. Of the three I still have running, only one does 464mhz at 2.0V, one only runs at 2.2V and the other at 2.05V. The ASUS is a good stable board and will give the best shot at a 2.0V overclock.

Sure did like these chips - top of the line performance for less that $100 at the time. And still excellent for most applications except for high-end gaming. Enjoy and good luck. Lark