Athlon XP 2500+

PcGk · 11-25-2006, 11:11 PM

Ok, I've been running my PC for a couple years now.
I built it on a low budget, but with quality parts and it has been stable without ever crashing. I have an XP 2500+, ASUS MOBO, 512mb RAM, old AGP video card that is good enough, unless I get into gaming. It is powered by a 420W PSU that came with the case that has only a 13A/12V rail.
-I just purchased a new case, a 500W PSU with Dual rails and a bunch of fans and some other accessories to give it a facelift and maybe even increase performance slightly.
-I mostly use it for the net, file storage, some photo editing apps, and to watch videos via the DVD drive.
-Do you guys think it would be worth trying to OC this setup to gain some performance or should I just leave it as is? What other areas of computing can I achieve with this setup (i.e.- gaming?)

pdc76 · 11-26-2006, 12:33 AM

you should be able to o/c that cpu near the 3200+. take it slow, but many people have done this. the clock and multiplier are both unlocked. a setting of 200 fsb and 11 multiplier should give you those results. although another 512 of ram would probably show a better performance gain, and they are relatively inexpensive.

11-25-2006, 11:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
PcGk Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 109	Athlon XP 2500+ Ok, I've been running my PC for a couple years now. I built it on a low budget, but with quality parts and it has been stable without ever crashing. I have an XP 2500+, ASUS MOBO, 512mb RAM, old AGP video card that is good enough, unless I get into gaming. It is powered by a 420W PSU that came with the case that has only a 13A/12V rail. -I just purchased a new case, a 500W PSU with Dual rails and a bunch of fans and some other accessories to give it a facelift and maybe even increase performance slightly. -I mostly use it for the net, file storage, some photo editing apps, and to watch videos via the DVD drive. -Do you guys think it would be worth trying to OC this setup to gain some performance or should I just leave it as is? What other areas of computing can I achieve with this setup (i.e.- gaming?)

11-26-2006, 12:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
pdc76 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 802	you should be able to o/c that cpu near the 3200+. take it slow, but many people have done this. the clock and multiplier are both unlocked. a setting of 200 fsb and 11 multiplier should give you those results. although another 512 of ram would probably show a better performance gain, and they are relatively inexpensive. __________________ Intel QX9650 w/ Ultra-120 Exreme / Evga nForce 780i SLI 4Gb (2x2Gb) Corsair Dominator DDR2 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15 2 nVidia 8800GTX SLI / 22" Asus Wide LCD, 19" KDS CRT SB X-FI X-tremegamer FATAL1TY Edition w/ 64Mb X-Ram 2 Sata II 320Gb Raid 0 array, 2 Sata 110Gb Raid 0 array Super Multi Blue Blu-Ray & HD-DVD w/ Lightscribe / Floppy Antec Quattro 1000W Modular PSU / Lian-Li PC-65B case Dual Boot Vista Home Premium SP1, XP Professional SP2

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