Overclocking 2500+ help

[OracleMan]

Is this safe OC?
I OC'd barton 2500+ 333 fsb to 3000+ 400fsb and on default voltage.
CPU temp doing normal activity is 38C. It seems stable.
multiplier 10.5 x 200

edit:

Asus A7N8X deluxe rev. 2.0
how come I don't see AGP/PCI lock settings in the bios menu?

 

[sykopath79]

I don't see why it wouldn't be a safe OC. Good temperature, and if it stays stable under heavy load (gaming, SETI@Home, repeated benchmark runs, etc.) then you should be home free. Besides, it's the exact same core used in the 3200+ (11x200) just sold at a lower stock speed (11x166). If you bump your multiplier back up to 11 you'll have a 3200+

I'm planning to get a 2500+ very soon myself and run it at a bare minimum of 11x200 - voila, a 3200+ for $85 instead of $450!

 

[OracleMan]

I just bumped the multiplier to 11x200 and got 3200+
It strange though that the Asus Probe utility reports the cpu temp at 41C/105F but in the bios it reports as 36C.
Which one lies to me? This is on retail heatsink that came with the cpu.

Asus A7V8NX Deluxe rev. 2.0 (something like that, forgot the model name when I type)
256 x 2 (buffalo regular PC3200 ram)
300 watts power supply from pcpowercooling.

where can I get the stress test utility to test my system stability?

 

[WobbleWobble]

I like to use Prime95 to test CPU stability and Memtest86 for memory stability.