How overclockable is this system?

[KhanAlf]

I recently purchased a prebuilt system from Ibuypower. Although I was on the verge of building one myself, I decided to buy one prebuild since the final purchase price was a few hundred more than the sum of its components, not to mention that I am a computer neophyte. Now that I am scouring the forums, I am wondering if this system is overclockable or if the components are so barebones that it is just not worthwhile. Here are the system specs from Sandra:

Mother board: Leadtek K7NCR 18D NForce2
Memory: Corsair XMS 400 1024 MB (2 512 sticks) w/ Heat Spreaders
Case: RaidCom Aluminum case w/ 8 bays
P/S: Enermax EG465P-VE 430 Watt Power Supply
Vcard: ATI Radeon 9700 Pro AIW

Processor
Amd Athalon XP 2700+
Speed : 2.17 GHZ
Model Number : 2700 (estimated)
Performance Rating : PR3148 (estimated)
Type : Standard
Packaging : Socket A PGA
Multiplier : 13X
Generation : 7th ( 7x86)
Model Information : Duron AMD 4/MP/XP (ThoroughBred) 1.5- 2.5+ 1.5-1.6V
Revision/Stepping : 8/1 (0)
Stepping Mask : B0
Core Volt Rating : 1.65

Processor Cache
Internal Data Cache : 64kb synchronus writeback
Internal Instruction Cache : 64kb synchronus writeback
L2- Onbard Cache: 256kb ECC Synchronus writeback
L2 Cache Multiplier : 1/1 (equivalent 2171 Mhz)

Host Interface
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 167 Mhz (334 MHZ Data rate)

I think I got most of the components for a high end system, and not that I am unhappy about its performance, but I am just curious to see how much head room I have available. In a year or two, I know that I will be looking into boosting performance and when the time comes, I want to be sure I am sufficiently prepared knowledge-wise with what to do with what I have. If there are pieces of relevant information that I have overlooked, please inform me of such and I will gladly get the specs. Thanks in advance for your opinions.

 

[wicktron]

That motherboard isn't exactly the most overclockable.

 

[Chumpman]

Yeah, that motherboard doesn't have multiplier adjustments, limiting the overclockability. Oh and for future reference its "Athlon" not "Athalon".

 

[human2k]

You shoulda done your homework if you were planning to overclock. That boards gonna set you back if you gonna oc bro.

 

[MrEgo]

Why don't you just get an Epox 8RDA+ motherboard and a 2100+ Thoroughbred B CPU? It will save you about $175 on the processor, I'm not sure how much more the 8RDA+ costs than the motherboard you're talking about. The 2100 Tbred-B CPU will overclock up to Athlon XP 3200+ standards, or higher, if you have good RAM and cooling. That 2700+ that you're talking about won't overclock too good. It might overclock to the same point, but why spend the extra money on the 2700+? I'm running at 3000+ speeds with my 2100+ (which isn't even THAT high compared to some guys on here) with relatively little effort.

*Edit.. oh.. you already bought the stuff... that's a shame =)

 

[drewski]

Originally posted by: MrEgo
Why don't you just get an Epox 8RDA+ motherboard and a 2100+ Thoroughbred B CPU? It will save you about $175 on the processor, I'm not sure how much more the 8RDA+ costs than the motherboard you're talking about. The 2100 Tbred-B CPU will overclock up to Athlon XP 3200+ standards, or higher, if you have good RAM and cooling. That 2700+ that you're talking about won't overclock too good. It might overclock to the same point, but why spend the extra money on the 2700+? I'm running at 3000+ speeds with my 2100+ (which isn't even THAT high compared to some guys on here) with relatively little effort.

*Edit.. oh.. you already bought the stuff... that's a shame =)

YMMV. Seems like my 8rda+ is less stable than the soyo kt333 dragon i had. there were windows errors at stock fsb speed!!

ok, here's an odd one. seems like the stability is better @ 166 vs 133!!! what's up with that? some things are better left unexplained . . . maybe it's the Geil 3500 ram? though it goes through MemTest like nobody's business (0 errors, 10-15 runs) @ 200 MHz & 2-3-3-6 (Geil spec'd settings)

either way, i'm @ 2.25GHz => 2800+ speeds now. i supose i should be happy with this, but i'm not!