overclocked 3000+ 400bus model barton

[tweakmaster420]

hey guys,, ive been experimenting with some over clocking on my new system and was jus wondering a couple of things. at first i oc'd at stock voltages leaving the fsb at stock speeds (400mhz) and just changing the multiplier
(400 bus x 11.5 multiplier was max) for 2.31ghz. this yeilded a pretty good mild overclock performance increase , and my cpu temps using winbond hardware doctor only rose 1 degree celsius from stock (44 idle/46.5 load) using volcano 11+ . so after some more research i figured what the hell, time to play with the bus speed. so i took a chance and broke the safe rule of going by steps. i went into the bios and changed the fsb to 210 and kept the multiplier at 11.5.
this gave me a internal clock of 2.420ghz . at first win xp didnt boot,said corupt file reinstall win xp.so at that point i knew i had to change some voltages. so i raised the cpu to 1.80 and the mem to 2.82 and it booted smooth.
ok, now the concerns with the temps. winbond now says 50.5 idle and 53.0 load.. should i feel safe with this?
i am slightly new to this but understanding of computers is far exceptional, and i know that asking questions from experiance is a good thing. i dont really care to push it farther even though i know this board can do it. this is a great mobo by the way. best ive used of the nforce line.my mem timings are 2235 or 2325 either order(my mobo bios is aranged differ than the corect order. thanx for any input in advance.

 

[brxndxn]

I never ruined a processor before in all my years of overclocking (overclocked more than 20 computers for self, friends) and I've never cared about temperatures. I'm pretty sure 50 degrees C is about 120 degrees F. That should be fine - though the cpu core is more likely to be higher than that.

Let it run hot - as long as it's perfectly stable. Overclock it to where it is stable and then run 3dmark2001 looped for a few hours (heard there was a problem with the 3dmark code that might not allow this to work). Or, run a 3d game looped for a few hours. More likely than not, if the processor is running perfectly stable, it is not being damaged. If the 3d game loop crashes, you gotta cool your processor more or clock it less. I have seen a lot of people overclock their computers to the point where it crashes at random every few hours. To me, that it horribly unacceptable.

Yea, it may not last as long - but who cares? Chances are you won't be using that processor in your computer 3 years down the road. BTW, though, I have OLD overclocked/overvoltaged processors still running that are more than 4 years old.

 

[tweakmaster420]

 

[lordtyranus2]

What he said.

Depending on your RAM, you might want to increase the FSB and decrease the multiplier. Are you running at 1:1?

The overclock itself doesn't seem that impressive; I've seen 2500+ get up to 2.4 ghz. Mine does 2.3.

But I say overclock to the max. The chip is useless in years anyway.

Prime95 is one of the best stability testers. Search for it on the web.

 

[tweakmaster420]

sorry bout that,, hit the button on accident.. ok, now for the questions.. i thought my cpu would be stable at 410 bus 11.5 mutiplier ut it rebooted the pc half way through 3dmark. i was running the voltages 1.80 cpu and 2.80 dimm. should i try to raise the voltage on the cpu to 1.85 or should i try changing the chipset voltage? problem with chipset voltage is that it dont let me know what its allready runnin at. i kinda want this clock speed, just tryin to figure out how to get it a lil more stable.. any help would be nice. thanx....