How Far Can I overclock without PCI/AGP locks?

[jlee24219]

My question is how much can i overclock my cpu (in sig) with no agp/pci locks? And what happens if i go to high, what parts are affected? Any help is appreciative, I really would like to go 200mhz more to the 3400+ speeds which is 2.4 ghz instead of 2.2, is this unreachable?

 

[Lmronby]

I don't think there is a definitive answer to this. Mostly it is as high as you can until you see unstablities. In your sig I see quality parts that look like they could handle running outside the 33Mhz (PCI) 66Mhz (AGP). Only going up 200Mhz wont throw you too far out of whack. Good luck.

 

[formulav8]

You should be able to get 220mhz fsb. I've gotton a couple to do that with no problems. After that, it would be very iffy.


Jason

 

[jlee24219]

yeah i would like 218, ill give it a whirl

 

[Tarrant64]

I have the same issue and i think my processor is 2.0ghz stock...and i'm at like 2.3 now. So 200-220 shouldn't be a problem. If you do go too far, your HD's may corrupt. My SATA's always get corrupt when i go past 2.3. It's weird. I thought I remembered getting above 2.3 when I was just using my IDE(like 2.4 ghz). 2.4 ghz should be an easy shot.

 

[TStep]

From my experiences, 37mhz on the pci bus is usually tollerated by most devices, so with that in mind and assuming a /6 divider, you should be good to:

37mhz x 6 = 222

As a side note, I've read that some of the ATI AGP don't like a bus higher than 72mhz, so that may restrict you.

 

[imported_Computer MAn]

Originally posted by: Lmronby
I don't think there is a definitive answer to this. Mostly it is as high as you can until you see unstablities. In your sig I see quality parts that look like they could handle running outside the 33Mhz (PCI) 66Mhz (AGP). Only going up 200Mhz wont throw you too far out of whack. Good luck.

 

[josepavento]

My roomate has a athlon xp2000 (about 1.6ghz if I remember right), and his motherboard has no agp/pci locks. He was able to get his cpu to 2.0 ghz (2400 speeds) stable. He went all the way from a 266 fsb to almost a 333 fsb.