Another 'how much can i OC it' thread..

[Nastybutler187]

http://www.computerhq.com/AMD_Athlo...ADA3000BIBOX/hardware/partinfo-id-519547.html

so basically i have this processor. i am doing a science project that involves overclocking. i need to know a few things: about how much MHz can i overclock this by (not counting the 9 in the 9x200, just tell me for example: up to about 220), and what is a temperature of a CPU that if i see i should stop overclocking? thanks.

 

[4W4K3]

umm....well no one can tell you exactly how much you can overclock, it's hardware dependent throughout your entire system, and is different for every rig. I would shoot for 2.2GHz on stock air cooling, but that might not be possible...no one can tell you.

you don't want to pass 50C for a 24/7 operating temperature...if you start hitting 65C+ power off and back it off a bit...you don't want to start damaging it.

 

[diduknowthat]

man if only I can get a ocing science project...well it all depends. For example, i have an amd 64 2800+ 1.8ghz newcastle and it overclocks very well. However my motherboard doesn't have an agp/pci lock, atleast not a functionable one, so my computer can't go past 2.05ghz orelse it'll start glitching and stuff. As for temperature wise, it shouldn't go up that high, especially if you have a good heatsink.

You should always overclock little at a time. go say 9mhz at a time (that's what i did). Always you might wana use clockgen, its a program that allows you to overclock without restarting. So you can go a little at a time and see if the computer operates smoothly and always keep an eye on the temp. And you may have to up the vcore a bit too.