Overclocking

[lamon]

Hi guys, i was wondering about buying a 1.6a northwood for overclock but its price just gets higher and higher.

So i´ve been thinking in a athlon XP 1500+ (1,33 GHz 10 x 133) and a asus a7v333 mobo.

With this mobo i´m gonna be able to reach 166 MHz of fsb with the nominal frequency of PCI and AGP bus this mobo has the divider for that. So 10 x 166 = 1,66 GHz ( XP 2000+)

Do any one was able to reach this fsb (166 MHz) with this cpu (XP 1500+) and its original multiplier (10x)?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Mikki]

1.6a's are on their way out, they're discontinuing them. Probably why prices are rising. 1.8a will probably replace it as the budget overclocking chip, but they don't generally produce as good of results. Check out the threads in this forum for results on how the 1.8's are doing. On the other side, I've seen some great results from the XP's, you can find some good threads about those here too. Good luck!

 

[lamon]

Have you seem any threads like the one i said? XP 1500+ @ 2000+ (166 MHz fsb) with its original multiplier (10X)?

 

[lamon]

No one to reply my post!

 

[jaybee]

From what I've seen, the XP1600+ is the way to go. 10.5x166 should be easy to achieve with good cooling. Mine runs most apps fine at 1750MHz, and that's with a cooler that's only rated for 1700+ (1466MHz).

jaybee

PS I'm running a hair under 1700MHz now.

 

[lamon]

thanks for the answer jaybee. witch mobo are you using?

 

[jaybee]

Originally posted by: lamon
thanks for the answer jaybee. witch mobo are you using?

Abit kt7a PC133 board. Didn't want to blow $140 on new memory, considering the cpu+mobo was that much.

jaybee

 

[lamon]

jaybee, witch vcore are you using for your overclock?

 

[Boonesmi]

my athlonxp 1500+ run 1700mhz at default core voltage (10x170mhz pr rating of xp 2050+)

i use an epox 8k3a+ (it also has the 1/5th pci divider)
i unlocked my athlonxp and i run it at 10x on a 170mhz fsb... it will actually run 11x on a 166mhz fsb (1833mhz or PR rating xp2250+) but to be stable at that speed it needs the vcore set at 2.0v, hehe and i dont like running that much juice to the cpu

if i had known before hand that my cpu would easily run at its default multiplier on a 166mhz bus still at its default vcore, then i probably wouldnt have bothered to unlock it

if you do buy 1500+ and it wont run 166mhz at default multiplier then you can always unlock it (its really not that difficult)

 

[jaybee]

Originally posted by: lamon
jaybee, witch vcore are you using for your overclock?

I'm stable at 1683MHz and 1.82v actual. I suppose I could have gotten another 100MHz or so with a better cooler, but I don't think it was worth an extra $30. Mine is supposed to be relatively quiet and was cheap as heck.

jaybee