Overclocking noob...help wanted!

[jmoore2001]

Alright, I've never o'ced before and would just like to know what to do exactly to OC my machine.

I just ordered some parts and they should be here anyday. This is the system I'll be using:

Asus A7N8X Deluxe (not sure if it's pcb 2.0 or not)
Athlon XP 2500+
(2) 512mb pc3200
Thermaltake Volcano 11+

I don't understand when everyone talks about changing multipliers and voltages, etc! If anyone could explain that to me that would be really great! I've also heard that it's fairly easy to get the 2500+ going at 3200+ speeds

[DallasDon]

My suggestion would be to do a google search of overclocking basics. Make sure you thouroughly understand changing mutilplier, ram timings,, AGP FSB, etc. before attempting any of it.

You cannot just jump the mutilpier, for instanse from 11 to 15 to achieve 3.2 GHZ.

Unless you just have to beat a buddies numbers, or are into extreme gaming, you might fry a really nice system trying to achieve a 15 % performance boost that will set idle 95 % of the time.

just my .02

[WingWizard]

you might wanna check out these sites and their forums :

www.hardocp.com
www.ocaddiction.com
www.extremeoverclocking.com

Good luck, and you always have techimo!

[krohnjw]

On the 2500+ you can up the multiplier to get it running at 2.1Ghz (3000+ level) without any voltage increase or FSB increase (I'm assuming you are using the barton here). It also stays fairly cool, 40C under load I believe.

The likelyhood of frying your equipment is very low, unless you start jacking your voltages up, which is a foolish thing to do. Any steps in voltage should be done in small increments, when system instability is found and you want to try to make it stable.

Do your reading though. 100 Mhz isnt worth it (at least to me) to try to up the voltages and multipliers (higher voltage = more heat). In the end it's your call, quite a few of the AMD processors will run faster than stock speed with no problem what-so-ever, just be smart about things.

[jmoore2001]

so as long as i do increments in small steps and checking my temps i'll probably be ok, right?

[ale_x13]

yeah, but if your system runs fast enough for you, stay away from overclocking

no1 rule of oc - NEVER do it if you cant afford to replace your equipment

[ale_x13]

Originally posted by krohnjw
(I'm assuming you are using the barton here)

all 2500+ are barton

[jmoore2001]

yeah that's what i was thinking to myself as well....