athlon 2500+

[CanNiBaL513]

hey guys
i have a 2500+ as u have noticed from the title
my temps are 37C idle and around 48C under load
room temp is around 26C
i have the regular heatsink/fan that came with the cpu..
also have 4 fans in the case..(side,top,2back)
i was wondering if i can overclock to maybe 3200 or a lil less...
do i HAVE to get a new heatsink/fan for the cpu..?

if i can overclock safely... do i just change the multiplier...
because i was testin this out... and as i increase the multiplier by .5 ... the 2500 would be 2600(assuming i had it on 2500)

thx guys

You would change the FSB, not the multiplier. Try it w/ your stock HSF, if you don't get what you want, then upgrade to something better. At some point you will also probably have to up your Vcore.

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[CanNiBaL513]

what will increasing vcore do?

[pinoy87]

Originally posted by EvilRick
You would change the FSB, not the multiplier.

You can overclock by changing the FSB and/or changing the multiplier.

[CanNiBaL513]

whats the difference??
which is better to use?
sry if these are stupid questions.

[CanNiBaL513]

right now my fsp is
166 i think
in bios it says ext. clock frequency

[pinoy87]

Can you post the rest of your system specs such as the ram, mobo, etc.

[CanNiBaL513]

i changed my fsb to 185
i use the program CPU-Z
in it, it shows me that the fsb is 185 mhz
muiltiplier 11xbus speed 370mhz
core speed 2035 mhz
i notice the the core speed increased... but it still says 2500+ barton
.. even when the comp starts to load...
on the black screen it also says 2500

[CanNiBaL513]

AMD|2500/333 ATHLON XP BARTON
ASUS A7N8X deluxe
512 DDR333 PC-2700 Kingston
XP pro
80 gig hard...
geforce 4 mx 420

[CanNiBaL513]

ok now my fsb 190 mhz
now it sais 3200
my core speed is 2090

i tried fsb 200mhz
it loaded up, but when it was suppose to load windows..
it didnt.. it restarted... weird... im gonna go set it back