OC 1ghz Athlon

[gtb55447work]

I just got an Athlon 1ghz CPU. It is pointless to try to overclock this correct, I heard you won't get much, is this true?

 

[Fardringle]

Depends on what you mean by pointless. If you mean that you won't notice any difference in normal use, you're right, it's pointless. But if you are going to use that system for demanding applications like SETI or RC5, then any extra speed you can get will be useful. Most good Socket A motherboards support up to a 12.5x multiplier, and you may also be able to get a little more out of the FSB, so it's possible that you could get up to 1.3Ghz with good enough cooling..

 

[H4rm]

I OC'd my 1ghz to 1.260 stable! I have OC'd and posted at 1.30Ghz but it locks up after loading windows. I think i need more voltage. I did the voltage mod to my KT7-Raid (2.06v) but i think i need more.
My system specs:
AMD 1ghz socket A T-bird (copper)-unlocked by pencil method
Abit KT7-Raid motherboard
Mushkin PC150 mhz HSDRAM-128mb
Alpha Pal6035 with Delta 38cfm fan with Artic Silver
Sparkle 300w power supply
1 Sunon 80mm, 40cfm fan-Case Exhaust, Rear
1 Sunon 80mm, 38cfm fan-Case Intake, Front
Elsa Gladiac Geforce 2 GTS 32mb
3Com NIC
Linksys NIC
Sound Blaster Live X-Gamer
15Gb Western Digital ATA66 hard drive 7200 rpm-Primary Dual Boot with 2
partitions between Win2K and WinME. Attempts are made through WinME.
10 Gb Western Digital ATA66 hard drive 7200 rpm-secondary
8.4 Gb Western Digital ATA 33 hard drive 5400 rpm-extra storage drive
HP9110 series 8x4x32 CD-RW
Floppy 1.44
HHP Colorado Tape Back-up, internal

Avg. Temps at 1ghz
At 1 ghz idle:
CPU= 28 deg C.
System=24 deg C.
House temp avg.= 76 to 78 deg. F.

at 1.260ghz:
CPU=34 deg C
system= 27 deg C

 

[Tetsuo316]

got mine to 1.230ghz