Is there such thing as "safe, minor overclocking" for my AK31A v3.1?

[NickSD]

I just got a Shuttle AK31A rev 3.1 with an Athlon XP 1600+. Right now, with no overclocking of any kind, I get 39C idle and 47C after 2 hours of CPUBurn running. Is there any simple thing I can change (FSB?) that will give me a slight gain in performance without having the worries of hard-core overclocking? Just curious if I can get an extra bit of performance out of the system for free...

Thanks

Nick

 

[NickSD]

BTW, I'm using 3 sticks of 256MB PC2100 DDR from Crucial..

 

[jcmkk]

Unless you do some hardcore overclocking, then your really not gonna feel it much. If you want some real performance gains, then I would suggest tweaking your pc. You will especially find gains when tweaking the video card.

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

no such thing as safe overclocking. that being said I have my 1700+XP bumped up to 1800+ on my ak31a. fsb increase of 5.

I keep trying to go higher but it won't post, so I try to increase the core voltage, but it won't increase. Does the processor have to be unlocked in order to increase the core voltage anyone?

 

[o1die]

Your memory and video card have to run well at the increased speed. I chose to reduce my cpu voltage to 1.64, and I can still run at 137 fsb with no problems. Did you do a fresh install and use the latest via drivers (version 4.35)?

 

[kylebisme]

unlock the chip and up the multiplier untell you pass stablity and then back it of a bit, nothing unsafe about that.