New 2500 oc locked, any else ?

[NMS]

As anyone knows the new 2500 series from AMD are locked, but is this the only one wich isnt oc'able.

If I would buy fe. a new 2600+ or a 2800+, could I overlock them or are they locked as the famous 2500 ?

[John Prophet]

"locked" has never meant "unclockable".

Locked just means the "multiplier" on the cpu is locked.

That sort of limits you to raising the fsb (front side bus) in order to overclock.

I am sure there are ways to unlock it anyway, and possibly motherboards that unlock it for you.

Then there are adapters available like this one that evidently unlock it for you.

So locked or unlocked is only referring to the mulitplier...NOT the overall speed of the cpu.

Check into some overclocking sites and they will have tons of info on this stuff.

JP

[NMS]

Heh thx, but u havent answered my question

Once again : Is the 2600+ (and up) locked in the same way as the new 2500+ Barton ? Can I change the multiplier etc on this CPU ?

[Imperion1]

Any AMD Barton core newer than 43 weeks is locked. Doesn't matter if its a 2500+, 2600+, 2800+, 3000+, or 3200+, the multiplier is locked.
Example: AQXEA 0343 would be locked. AQXEA 0331 is not locked.
03 is the year 43 is the week.

[Darthgary]

My friend picked up a Barton 2500+ less then 4 months ago from newegg and its unlocked, he is using the MSI K7N2 mobo.

[R_1_Oh_Seven]

My friend just got his 2500+ and its 3200 right now

[John Prophet]

Youre right, I didnt answer the whole thing....but I did answer to this part--------> "but is this the only one wich isnt oc'able."

i sort of answered the "isnt overclockable" part

i couldnt answer the other part, because..I have no clue, lol. (I was under the impression that they would all be "locked")

[Starfury_2260]

you can still get a good oc with the multiplier locked at 11. i've got my 2600+ at 11x200=2200mhz

all the new chips are locked though.

[RamonGTP]

Originally posted by R_1_Oh_Seven
My friend just got his 2500+ and its 3200 right now

That doesn't mean its not locked... You can get a locked 2500+ and easily run it at 200mhz bus speed to get 3200+ by leaving the multiplier alone. From what i've been reading on other forums, most 2500+ processors being sold today are indeed locked. This includes ones from newegg.

[Rand Dusing]

So the old 2500+ can have the multiplyers changed?