overclocking advice

[DarkTXKnight]

Ok without my being too long I have these three machines that Id like to "tweak" to a reasonable speed:

Box 1 AXP 2500 + soyo dragon + 1GB PC3200 Kingston

Box 2 AXP 2200 + albatron KT600 + 512 PC2700 Corsair

Box 3 Athlon Tbird 1.2 Mobile + ECS Ks75a + 1 GB PC133

What is the highest reasonable clock I could do for each of these with normal cooling?

What would be the best HS\Fan combo that would allow for the overclock and NOT make my office sound like an airport?

 

[DarkTXKnight]

bump...anyone?

 

[Hotlock]

I would say to take it in small increiments and not to do it all so fast.

 

[DarkTXKnight]

LOL well I dont intend to do it all at one sitting if thats whatcha mean.... but I tend to save all my questions that I pose here offline, so instead of doing a whole bunch of threads on the subject Ive just combined em. I really wanna know what type of cooling I should anticip[ate getting for all of these.

 

[DarkTXKnight]

Friday morning bump

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: DarkTXKnight
LOL well I dont intend to do it all at one sitting if thats whatcha mean.... but I tend to save all my questions that I pose here offline, so instead of doing a whole bunch of threads on the subject Ive just combined em. I really wanna know what type of cooling I should anticip[ate getting for all of these.

Vantech Aeroflow for moderate OCing. An SLK 947U for heavier. The SLK doesn't come with a fan, but they're cheap. Look for a quiet one if that is your concern. Maybe even an adjustable one.

EDIT: I know for sure they fit on the 2500+. Can't say from experience about the other two.

Fern

 

[DarkTXKnight]

what is your opinion of the Zalman stuff?

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: DarkTXKnight
what is your opinion of the Zalman stuff?

Don't have one..

The above recomendations came from posting about HS's here, over nForcersHQ and Abit for the Barton. So I bought 'em and am happy. Both had rea nice smooth finish on the HS, so need for lapping. A rough HS surface is my biggest gripe on HS's. Unlike others, I don't care about noise levels either. I play games with the sound turned up pretty high. I ain't gonna hear any fans anyway.

I'm sort of a budget guy. If the Zalman is expensive, or came out recently, I would not have considered it.

 

[Peter007]

Curious, what is a Thunderbird 1.2 Mobile?

Did AMD makes such a chip? Using 100fsb or 133fsb???

I have K7S5A 3.1 and a K7S5A PRO both with the CHEAPO BIOS
that unlock the hidden FSB

That highest stable BUS on K7S5A = 150mhz.
If your Thunderbird is 12x100fsb, then 12x150fsb = 1800mhz

I don't believe I've ever seen the old Thunderbird core goes that far.
most tops out @ 1600mhz using water cool.

so a 133fsb X 12 = 1596 is what you want to shoot for