How viable will I be able to overclock?

[Calaf]

Morning all! After some quick decision making last night, part of my purchases in the next few weeks are going to be:

1) Case: Cooler Master ATC-111C
2) Memory: Apacer 512MB DDR PC2700 (2x)
3) Motherboard: Asus A7N8X Deluxe
4) Power Supply: Coolmax 450W CT-450
5) Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2100
6) Other: Thermaltake Volcano 11-Xaser Edition CPU Fan

Does anyone have experience with this similar setup or some knowledge of this setup? I would like to know about how far I can overclock this system safely. The Cooler Master, if you don't know, is all aluminum with 4 fans: 2 front 80mm (intake), 1 back 80mm (exhaust), 1 top 80mm (exhaust). Thanks and hope to get some response!

 

[MrEgo]

If you're overclocking, I hope that 2100+ is a Tbred-B

 

[dnycompbuilder]

those volcanos are allright fans but man the amount of pressure when putting them on is no good. For the cost u might as well buy a seperate heatsink and fan. Slk800 is a great one, so is slk900u if itll mount on ur board, then buy a seperate 80 or 90mm fan with a good cfm rating thatll serve u much better than that noisy ass volcano

 

[bgeh]

it depends on what chip you have there(Palo, T-Bred A, T-Bred B)

 

[Calaf]

Heh, yes it is a T-Bird And in regards to fan/heatsink, will I also need to purchase thermal paste if I go for an SLK? And the processor is a T-Bred B (www.neweegg.com)

 

[dnycompbuilder]

well the slk does come with thermal grease, but if i were you id buy some artic silver 3 itll lower ur temp 4 or 5 degrees and its just better stuff

 

[Calaf]

Okay, well over at www.newegg.com it seems the 9000U comes with a stock fan, and if I get the artic paste/grease whatnot Will that do the trick or should I also look into a better top fan?

 

[human2k]

Volcanos are crap, get yourself a high quality thermalright cooler, and ditch the generic Apacer RAM. I haven't heard much about the Coolmax PSU, but unless you know people who have had great success with it, I would get a higher quality PSU like an ANtec/Enermax/allied. Heres what I would change:

HSF>>SLK800A or SLK900A PLUS ANY 80MM of your choice
RAM >>Corsiar XMS 3200 or TwinMOS 3200 or Kingston Hyper-X 3000/3200
PSU>> Allied 400W or Antec TruePower Series or Enermax 350W+


BTW, that XP2100 is a tbred b correct? I have an 0302 2100 that is just shy of 2.4ghz (2380MHZ), excalilber offer these handpicked cpu guaranteed for under $100, worth checking out.

 

[bgeh]

i'd get the SLK-800A and AS3

 

[dnycompbuilder]

The stock fan is prolly reasonably good but u may want a new one, yeah btw ive got a 470w coolmax triple fan psu and its a dream, rails are all tight not even 4% variance ever, great psu stick with it,

 

[Calaf]

In regards to the memory, I've read good reviews on that type, and personally, when Corsair memory is double the cost with the same performance (and I can also purchase heatspreaders for the memory), I'd rather save 50%. I'm sticking with PC2700 because it matches my MoBo's FSB which will yield higher performance in the long run.

 

[MrEgo]

You can always get PC3200 DDR @ 200MHz and run it at 166MHz or 133MHz no problem. Plus it will work good for future Athlons that will have 200MHz fsb. But you should be fine with what you have.