Is this a good overclock?

[Medellon]

I have an XP 2100+ installed in an MSI K7T Turbo2 with 512 MB of PC133 memory. Right now I'm running at 13x150 FSB which is similar to an XP 2400+. Is this a good overclock? Thanks.

 

[techfuzz]

That is about average for those chips from what I've read. Can you push the FSB any higher while still keeping the system stable or is that as high as it will go? Also try setting back your memory timings if they're at aggressive levels. That can get a couple of extra MHz out of the FSB.

techfuzz

 

[Ilmater]

I don't think you'll get much more out of that. If you have unlocked multipliers, then try raising them. You won't get that RAM to go much faster than you have it now. You should be getting at least 2.2GHz on that proc from what I've seen with decent air cooling.

 

[human2k]

Your board is really limiting your cpu overclock. XP2600 (2.1GHZ) is almost guaranteed with a good Nforce 2 + DDR333 setup.

 

[mboy]

I am getting 2.22 out of my Xp2100 on an 8rda+ right now with crucial pc2100 (ram at SPD) 13 x170fsb. So your chip should be capable of what mine is getting. I am @ 39c under prime95 load.

 

[Medellon]

Thanks guys, it looks like I'm doing pretty good with my board and memory limitations. I plan to upgrade to the Nforce2 in the future so I'm pretty confident my chip will go even higher.

 

[Ketchup]

Leave your FSB at 133 and clock up your multiplier. I had a friend with the same board, and this was the only way he could get it to overclock. If it goes higher by adjusting multiplier alone, you know that I new board would be worth it. If not, it might still be worth it to get some DDR in there.

 

[TractrMan]

ive got my 2100+ running atm at 2ghz but i have had it upto 2150mhz stable with 165mhz fsb on pc 2100 ram
without raising the voltage of changing the hsf, but i think it killed my onboard sound hahaha
time for it to get sent back

 

[Ketchup]

Originally posted by: TractrMan
ive got my 2100+ running atm at 2ghz but i have had it upto 2150mhz stable with 165mhz fsb on pc 2100 ram
without raising the voltage of changing the hsf, but i think it killed my onboard sound hahaha
time for it to get sent back

Your onboard sound will go out around 150 MHz FSB, but there is nothing wrong with it. Take your FSB back down to default and you should have sound again.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: mboy
I am getting 2.22 out of my Xp2100 on an 8rda+ right now with crucial pc2100 (ram at SPD) 13 x170fsb. So your chip should be capable of what mine is getting. I am @ 39c under prime95 load.

Yep, you should be able to get 2600+ speed (~2.1 GHz) without too much difficulty. I'm running my 2100+ @ 2.25 Ghz right now (180X12.5)

 

[LED]

Originally posted by: Medellon
I have an XP 2100+ installed in an MSI K7T Turbo2 with 512 MB of PC133 memory. Right now I'm running at 13x150 FSB which is similar to an XP 2400+. Is this a good overclock? Thanks.

Anything above the next step (XP 2200) would be considered a good Overclock and without a detailed discription of you Rig and Cooling set-up it would be difficult to advise IMO

 

[FearoftheNight]

How is my overclock? See end of post. Volcano 7 Normal