amd athlon 2500+ :(
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What are the rest of your system specs? Motherboard, RAM, power supply, etc. Those are key when it comes to overclocking. Also, are you running stock cooling?
The 2500+ shouldn't be too difficult to overclock if you've got equally flexible hardware. You might have a look at this to get started - http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=16346
The 2500+ shouldn't be too difficult to overclock if you've got equally flexible hardware. You might have a look at this to get started - http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=16346
The heatsink and fan you have, did it come with the CPU? If it did, it's more than likely stock. It's usually aluminum with a green fan, but these days that might have changed. When you overclock, things heat up...and you'll need a better heatsink and fan if you want to overclock ALOT, or if your ambient temperature is just abnormally high.
Your motherboard is thankfully an ASUS, you shouldn't have any problems with locked BIOS or low overclocking limitations. Overclocking is all done in the BIOS, you access this when you boot the computer.
Your RAM is PC3200 which is great, but there is a little bit more you need to know before you start overclocking.
I suggest you read the guide I posted up in my first response to get a good idea of what all is involved and the basics of getting into the BIOS and making yourself familiar with all the different menus.
Your motherboard is thankfully an ASUS, you shouldn't have any problems with locked BIOS or low overclocking limitations. Overclocking is all done in the BIOS, you access this when you boot the computer.
Your RAM is PC3200 which is great, but there is a little bit more you need to know before you start overclocking.
I suggest you read the guide I posted up in my first response to get a good idea of what all is involved and the basics of getting into the BIOS and making yourself familiar with all the different menus.
hi i have checked the bios out and it says my cpu is runnin at
166mhz
11x
i have read the article u showed me.
i have changed the multiplyer from 11 to 11.5 so presumably my cpu speed will have gone from 1826 to 1909?
is it better jsut to up the multiplyer or the fsb?
cheers
166mhz
11x
i have read the article u showed me.
i have changed the multiplyer from 11 to 11.5 so presumably my cpu speed will have gone from 1826 to 1909?
is it better jsut to up the multiplyer or the fsb?
cheers
For your system it's better to up the FSB. BUT there is a big difference in the 2. With your multi, all you're doing is changing CPU/Mobo settings. You might have to add more CPU voltage hwne upping the Multi, but that's about it.
When you up the FSB, you are ALSO changing RAM settings. Hopefully you are running 1:1 (CPU:RAM) ratio. So if your CPU FSB is 166MHz, your RAM is also running 166MHz. If you up this to say 180MHz, you are also speeding up your RAM. This might require more RAM voltage as well, or perhaps loosening RAM timings to get it to run more stable.
Also, if you haven't noticed, your RAM is running very slow compared to waht it should be at. 166*2 = 333MHz OR PC2700. You want to run 200MHz*2 = 400MHz or PC3200. However if you do this you'll wnat to make sure you are running 1:1 so your CPU is also at 200MHz FSB. try 200*9 = 1800MHz.
When you up the FSB, you are ALSO changing RAM settings. Hopefully you are running 1:1 (CPU:RAM) ratio. So if your CPU FSB is 166MHz, your RAM is also running 166MHz. If you up this to say 180MHz, you are also speeding up your RAM. This might require more RAM voltage as well, or perhaps loosening RAM timings to get it to run more stable.
Also, if you haven't noticed, your RAM is running very slow compared to waht it should be at. 166*2 = 333MHz OR PC2700. You want to run 200MHz*2 = 400MHz or PC3200. However if you do this you'll wnat to make sure you are running 1:1 so your CPU is also at 200MHz FSB. try 200*9 = 1800MHz.
