Overclocking Athlon 2500+ Mobile

[Moiph]

I want to overclock a mobile Athlon XP 2500+ (266 FSB, 512K Cache, 45 Watt ).

I've got an nForce2 mobo and 768MB pc2700 RAM.

I'm just looking to spend money on a copper heatsink, I'll get better RAM down the road.

Anyway, what's the best overclock multiplier & voltage I'd wanna use at 333fsb?

Thanks for any help.

 

[toant103]

Originally posted by: Moiph
I want to overclock a mobile Athlon XP 2500+ (266 FSB, 512K Cache, 45 Watt ).

I've got an nForce2 mobo and 768MB pc2700 RAM.

I'm just looking to spend money on a copper heatsink, I'll get better RAM down the road.

Anyway, what's the best overclock multiplier & voltage I'd wanna use at 333fsb?

Thanks for any help.

test it out

 

[Delorian]

Start out at stock voltage and slowly increase your multiplier and checking your temps at full load. If you start to notice instability while temps remain low, then raise voltage a step. If you find your temps getting too hot, then you are at your cooling limit.

 

[Moiph]

Alright.

Also, would this RAM be any good to add? I realize it's almost generic RAM but it's $80 so...
http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=20-145-026&depa=0
Would it work alright for overclocking to 400FSB down the road? For now I'd leave my current RAM in as well so overall I'd be at pc2700 but down the road I'd get another stick of pc3200.

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: Moiph
Alright.

Also, would this RAM be any good to add? I realize it's almost generic RAM but it's $80 so...
http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=20-145-026&depa=0
Would it work alright for overclocking to 400FSB down the road? For now I'd leave my current RAM in as well so overall I'd be at pc2700 but down the road I'd get another stick of pc3200.

Yeah, that ram should do just fine @ 400mhz. I've thrown a 512MB stick of it in with my rig below, worked fine.

 

[Moiph]

What would a good heatsink be to use w/o going overboard?

 

[Zebo]

Starting point I think will post and run prime= Vcore 1.75, bus speed 200, Vdimm 2.8, mem timings 3-3-3-9, multiplier 12. Tweak from there.

 

[Richardito]

Originally posted by: Moiph
What would a good heatsink be to use w/o going overboard?

I have an identical set up on my gaming rig. I used a Thermalright heat sink like this one. It is perfect and with around 1.75v the CPU hardly sees temperatures 9ºC over case temperatures with a low noise, high flow 92mm fan. Expect to get around 2.3-1.4GHz out of your chip. Also make sure you have a 400w+ power supply. When I changed cases I changed temporarily to a 300w power supply and could only run the CPU at 2.3GHz versus the usual 2.4GHz I was getting using a 480w power supply. Enjoy!! :beer: