Classic Athlon 800 Overclocking

[Blayze]

Ok I think I am finally going to overclock my Classic Athlon on the Asus K7V.

I have been real scared to open the case, etc... for overclocking, but I think that I am finally going to go through with it. Any suggestions?

I really do not want to remove the heatplate. I know I will never know what my core really is unless I remove the heatplate. So my question is not knowing what the core really is what can I expect to get as far as overclocking speed on this Athlon.

Is 1Ghz possible? Also what GFD should I get and where should I get it at?

I can get the numbers off of the chip when I get home if that helps out.


Thanks,


Blayze


BTW this is not my first overclock, just my first AMD overclock.

I have overclocked a Pentium MMX 166 @ 18x (I forget), a Pentium 200 MMX @ 225 mhz, a Celeron 300a @ 464 mhz, and a Celeron 2 633 @ 950 mhz.

 

[crash2much]

After I finally got over the nerves of 'cracking' open my Athlon I did a ton of research and found out a couple of thing about GFD's.
1) There are 2 types, ones that have a power lead, and those that don't. Get the ones that don't need a power lead
2) All GFD's do the same thing, exactly. The only diiference is how easily they are for you to work with, based on you mobo lay out, how much space you have to work with. I got my GFD for about $14 shipped, witch came with dip switches, it's about the size of a quarter. Others have dials, others have jumpers.
3) Opening the case was very easy, and not as scary as I thought it was going to be. There's a gap inside the case aprx 1/8th of an inch around the actual board the processor sits on . Plenty of room to gently pry open. The heat plate didnot come off, or even loosen.
I was able to get an extra 150mz out of my Athlon. From what I've heard, the avereage gain is about 200mz. The difference can be blamed on the motherboard, or the quality of the chips use when the processor was made.
Good luck

 

[Blayze]

that sounds great
I may just break that case off tonight, even though I dont have a GFD I bet it will run cooler with no case on.

What GFD did you find for $14.00? where did you order it at?

 

[lagvoid]

good luck if u open ur case. my friend was scared to do it when he had his system (sold it)

 

[Blayze]

thanks I'm hoping that everything will go great.
I have been reading reviews on sites and it looks super easy.
I just hope I don't mess up

 

[Blayze]

bump

 

[subhuman]

I never had much luck with Classic Athlons. After you remove the case (if you choose to not use the Notch Method, which involves removing only part of the pastic casing) you may find difficulty in mounting the fan, as usually the clips are made for the black plastic case.

FSB overclocking probably won't get you very far. The Abit KA7-100 + Athlon 700 combo I was using wouldn't run stable at anything other than 100mhz, other people are saying they have got them up to 113mhz FSB.

I have the Northwind GFD 3.0 which is passive, and I never got the machine to post while it was on the golden fingers. Maybe the powered ones work better, or maybe I got (2) bum NWs. They were cheap though! ~$20.


As with any overclocking, get a good fan and use thermal paste.

 

[Blayze]

I have a rather large Global Win Fan (blocks one dimm slot on Asus K7V)so I think that should do. (I hope)


The heatsink and fan just mounts to the heatplate so I dont think that removing the plastic will have much affect on that.


What is the notch method anyway? links?

 

[Donuts]

Hi, used a Northwind with a 600 Athlon. It also would not post with the Northwind. then someone on one of these threads said that my 300w power supply was the problem. Guess these things are power hungry. Installed a 350w power supply and it took right off without any problems. I was able to get to 700 but no more. Tried 750 but it blew windows and I had to reinstall. The Northwind is very cheap and easy to use. Also, a sodering iron makes quick work of that plastic cover and a lot less prying and pulling is used.