HELP ME!!!

[v1etboi_25]

i have amd xp 3000+
2 x 512 pc3700 generic ram dual channel
ati aiw 9800 pro

i want to oc...but i dunno how...i don't want to fry anyting iether..any suggestions?

[DallasDon]

You have so much "headroom" for performance in those specs, already, IMO you would just be sending it to a premature grave for no reason.

Wait till new processors hit 5 GHZ, then tweak it till it dies, so you can get a new one.

[v1etboi_25]

wut do u mean "headroom"..i want to at least...put fsb to 400 mhz and run ddr 400...plz help..

[Omardeth]

you have no real head room . you already have a top end cpu . there is really nowhere to go with it .

[v1etboi_25]

is it still possible to push it to 400 fsb??

[Darthgary]

If you want to overclock you will need good cooling.

[MrPurple]

I think what DallasDon meant by Headroom is that for the apps avaialbale today the processor has more then enogh power with room to grow. So OCing it would be a complete waste of time since that speed would never be utilized. Plus pushing to 400 MHz would also be a waste, since you will never actually see any performance gains unless you are running apps that need to access the RAM at fast speeds.

[v1etboi_25]

ohh i get it...alrite thanx guys...yeah....i just went to move the FSB to 167 form original 166....it was like...all...gay....comp was lagging...i could see a big DECREASE in perofmrance..haha why was that..

[Darthgary]

Overclocking is rewarding no matter how fast your CPU is, especially with gaming.

[Omardeth]

the point is when you want to overclcok you don't get the highest rated cpu . the xp3000 is running at 2.1ghz if am correct . xp cpus top out at about 2.3 to 2.4 if your lucky on air cooling . you are already at the top so overclocking won't show much performance gains other than in benchmarks .

so i don't really agree with what Darthgary is saying . sometimes it is pointless and i am afriad that this setup might be one of them times .