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[OleJosef]

Hello everyone, im sorry to post this question here, since i have been reading through lot of threads, but as u may notice, im not very into all the technical things for pc...

the question is, i have been told that i cant overclock my xp2500+ if its after week 39... i bought mine just about christmas time, and the dealers have no idea when its produced... so will i, or will i not be able to overclock my new computer if it shows that its after week 39 2003...???

please bear with me....

here is the specs...

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ 1.83GHz, Socket A 333Mhz Bus, 512Kb, Barton
Cooler Master AERO 7+ Socket A/370/462/7 AMD XP3200+
OCZ 1024MB PC3500 DDR Dual EL 512 x 2 Kit, 433Mhz, CL2
Enermax 460W Power Supply ATX Whisper Serie for
Pentium4/AMD
Abit NF7-S 2.0 Socket A AMD Hovedkort nForce2 Ultra400,ATX,DDR,SATA,RAID,SOUND
Thermal Paste

Grapichs card:

Radeon 9800 Pro, 128 mb

This is the tower im using, it has about 9 fans, 11 in all counting graphics card and cpu heatsink fan...

Thermaltake Xaser III V2000A Tower SILVER Aluminium front, ATX, USB,FW, WITHOUT power

[Jeordiewhite]

Have you tried over clocking, I haven't heard of that you cannot over clock them after a certain period they had changed them not to.
However for the main part it's kind of hard to tell when exactly it was produced, however if that is true then likely the steppings of the processor may help you with finding out, use CPUID, However one easy way to tell if over clocking is possible or not since you obviously have the computer for it is to just go ahead and try it, you should be able to reguardless, unless this apply's to unlocking the processor which is differen't on that processor.
So just go ahead and try oc'ing and if you do so then good for you, if it fails, try upping the voltage and doing it in incremements and running a stress test or burn in to make sure your system is stable and continue like that

[f1oored]

You should be able to up your fsb to 200 with that setup without any problems. You are running enough case fans as long as your room temp is decent you shouldn't have to worry about overheating. You may have to up the voltage a little to get a stable overclock. I think most people are running the 2500+ @ 2.2 (3200+) @1.75v

Good Luck

[OleJosef]

ok, thx for the answer! i havent tried yet, coz there seemed to be something wrong with either the cpu, motherboard or the memory, so im awaiting the new parts any day now... how far do you think i can o.c this machine?

and btw, its pretty cold here, i live in norway, so room temp, seldom rises above 20-22 degreece

[Jeordiewhite]

Well from that and with your specs, you could honestly expect up to maybe 3600+ around the max since you have high quality memory for oc'ing and the rest of the system to match plus a cool enough room so it should go very far.

[OleJosef]

a thx, that's good news for me!! and again, thx for answering my thread!

[PoonDoggy]

so room temp, seldom rises above 20-22 degreece

Good God thats cold. Do you type with electric heated gloves on? I have lived in North Dakota and it was that cold outside...but we had heaters to heat our homes.

[PoonDoggy]

btw...Welcome to TechIMO

[OleJosef]

hehe, my right hand on the mouse is freezing all the time, it's not a good isolated appartment, so it can get really cold!

thx pondoggy btw!

i hope to learn a little more about computer stuff after awhile in this forum , i hope!

[jmichna]

Originally posted by OleJosef
and btw, its pretty cold here, i live in norway, so room temp, seldom rises above 20-22 degreece

Originally posted by PoonDoggy
Good God thats cold. Do you type with electric heated gloves on? I have lived in North Dakota and it was that cold outside...but we had heaters to heat our homes.

20°C = 68°F
22°C = ~72°F
What's so cold about that? I though North Dakotans were made of sterner stuff