Win2k and overclocking a K6-3 450Mhz

[badtz42]

I have tried several times to overclock my computer and win98 would never boot, even with just a couple mhz up. I recently reformated and installed win2k. I tried to overclock again and win2k destroyed itself with a "Stop" then some memory address. I had to reinstall. Linux worked just fine overclocked. Why can't I overclock my system at all?
My computer:
Asus P5A K6-3 450Mhz
17GB HD
6x/24x DVD
2x2x6 CDRW
Sound Blaster 128
no name NIC
no name modem
some other crap that doesn't matter

Any ideas?

 

[wonder mike]

not the greatest oc chip out there, but you should still be able to get some extra mhz out of it. i've had three k6-2 chips none would overclock without a lot of voltage

 

[badtz42]

It has been awhile, but I think it has a normal voltage of 2.2v i tried up to 2.5v but was scared to go any higher. What voltage can it take without being damaged?

 

[Priit]

Better don't mess with overclocking that chip. The performance gain isn't really worth of killing it

 

[Shamrock]

Hmm,

Well, there were 2 flavors of the K6-3 450, a 2.4v and a 2.2v version, the 2.2 version I have seen UPTO 500Mhz (with liquid cooling) the 2.4v, forget it, you're stuck at 450Mhz, the reason being, the K6-3 450's cache speed is maxed out, and can't handle much more speed, so it locks up, maybe can damage the chip. My advice, Don't overclock it at all..buy a K6-3+ 550 (mobile chip). I have a K6-3 450 (2.4v), So I am stuck there as well...not for long, I am buying a T-bird 1Ghz

Shamrock

 

[badtz42]

Thanks Shamrock, I just thought my computer was defective or something. I'm not allowing myself a new computer for another year :frown: (unless I find a REALLY hot deal ) Enjoy your T-bird.

 

[Fardringle]

You could also do what I recently did with my system...buy a K6-3+ 450Mhz CPU for around $50-$60 from any number of vendors (I got mine for $53 from TigerDirect) and overclock it to 550 or 600Mhz. I have mine running VERY happily at 600Mhz and it has effectively nearly DOUBLED the speed of my computer which used to be running a K6-2 500@550Mhz...