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Overclocking a Sempron

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I can probably afford it once I actually order the parts.
But the budget was set assuming I collected every bit of cash. 🙂

I'll see what I end up with when the time tomes.

Thanks alot! 🙂
 
No doubt. 🙂
Won't be until after I move (around a month), just doing my homework in advance. 🙂
Hey, who knows, things will probably be cheaper and I might have more money than expected and maybe I can grab that fan. 😀
 
Maybe. If you can afford it, get the CU fan instead of the ALCU. It's pure copper instead of aluminium-copper, and it cools a little bit better. The ALCU's still good, though.
 
Ah, will grab whichever I can afford when the time comes.

Be waiting for a thread by me.
It'll probably be named somthing like :
"Okay guys, I'm about to buy my parts, but I DON'T WANT TO MESS UP."
Caption :" Please help, I need an adult!" (Only funny if you watch family guy regularly. 😉)

I'm insanely careful when there's money involved, I'll probably spend the entire day putting the system together one careful piece at a time. -,-
 
I watch Family Guy every monday, I download them! I love it!

Regarding putting together your system: Yeah, I do that too, every time. I check every part for scratches, test them carefully, look again, then put it together, test 5 times (I'm paranoid, I know), benchmark and them overclock (where necessary, not everyone likes their parts overclocked).
 
I don't even know how to overclock. Will be a sad day for me, I just know I'll mess up my semp that day.

Maybe I should test & burnout this old p3 933mhz netvista ^_^
 
What motherboard is it? I'm not sure that P3 board even supports overclocking. By the way, Zebo's overclocking guide for A64 pretty much applies for Semprons, too. It's not all that hard 🙂.
 
A sempron 2800 costs like 10 dollars more and it has double the cache, not sure if it's worth the 10 dollars but I just wanted to mention it. ^^
 
I saw that one too, but I believe it's a Socket A. It's not compatible with the motherboard he selected.

@ LoKe: Yes, I am a nerd (referring to the binary). 😛
 
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It's 14ca dollars more. By the way, the frontside bus speed is not applicable to amd cpus, since they have the northbridge integrated into the core (or most of it, at least).
 
Originally posted by: Furen
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It's 14ca dollars more. By the way, the frontside bus speed is not applicable to amd cpus, since they have the northbridge integrated into the core (or most of it, at least).
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Hmm. I seem to have missed that. I'd get that one, LoKe.
 
I'd get the 2800+ and forego the aftermarket cooler. Stock cooling will be all you will need. However, with that motherboard I'm almost absoutely certain you will not reach 300HTT, which is what is required to make that Sempron overclock to 2.4ghz. There is no "333mhz FSB", it runs off a 4x200mhz HTT. I'd say that board will be good for 275HTT max, which puts you at a solid 2.2 for the Sempron. That's not bad, and a nice improvement over stock. I bet the Sempy could do it on default voltage too. You'll have to use RAM dividers to get that high anyway, so just get solid value RAM and use your RAM dividers to keep your memory running close to it's rated spec (most likely 200FSB).
 
sorry for not responding earlier, but i needed my beauty sleep🙂

anyways.. i too suggest getting the 2800+ if u have the extra money. I'd get it since the extra cache does help in games (1-5% on averge).

As for hte memory, it doesn't really matter since a memory divider will take care of that.

edit: oh yeah visit zebo's overclockign guide liek vegitta said. much of the stuff applies to semprons too.
 
Well, I don't really play games, so is the upgrade still suggested?

Also, 2.2? That kind of dissapoints me. 🙁
What would it take to hit 2.4 or 2.5?
 
Calculate! A standard FSB of 200. 200*8 = 1.6 GHz. Now, if we devide the desired 2.4 by 8 that gets us to an FSB of 300. Some Palermo cores can do that, but usually the board either can't handle such a high FSB or the board can't give the chip enough voltage. Or the chip just can't cut that. You'll just have to try and see.
 
yeah in order to hit 2.4 you'll have to get a 50% oc on ur fsb (the sempron is a 400mhz fsb[200x2] chip!!!). My board hit that right out of the box and i was pretty happy since it only cost me 70 bucks off newegg. You should be able to hit something similar with your asus board as it also runs on the NV 250 chipset and also since asus is more known for overclocking than epox is.
 
It is so interesting that I am using almost the same setup as you planned. I would strongly recommend 2800+ since for L2 to go from 128 to 256 makes big difference. The Asus K8N I've got actually is very good and runs 300HTT without any problem. I am very lucky the PNY value ram I've got is able to run 240FSB. The 1M superpi score I got is 37s. Very pleased with the performance, for the price. But these can not be guaranteed in the world of overclocking...
 
Originally posted by: mindwreck
yeah in order to hit 2.4 you'll have to get a 50% oc on ur fsb (the sempron is a 400mhz fsb[200x2] chip!!!). My board hit that right out of the box and i was pretty happy since it only cost me 70 bucks off newegg. You should be able to hit something similar with your asus board as it also runs on the NV 250 chipset and also since asus is more known for overclocking than epox is.
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No way, Epox is known way more for overclocking than Asus. Asus is typically used for superior stock performance. Epox used to be an overclocking champion back in the NF2 days, but their NF3 boards aren't bad by any stretch.

The budget s754 Epox board with the NF3 250GB chipset has a decent chance of hitting 300HTT. Mine did. That will put you at 2.4 for your Sempron.

If you wanted to go higher, you'd have to drop $100 on a DFI NF3 Lanparty. My Sempron was able to go up to 340HTT in the DFI, a decent improvement over the Epox.

However, since you're aiming for a budget system, why would you spend an extra $30 on a motherboard just so you can overclock a couple hundred mhz higher? You won't feel the difference in anything. I would not be disappointed with 2.2 or 2.4 at all if I was aiming to build a real budget rig.
 
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