- Jun 29, 2003
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hi.
looking for some help.
my current setup:
CPU - Athlon Thunderbird 1400MHz
mobo - Asus A7N8X Deluxe rev 1.04
memory - Kingston ValueRAM 2x256MB KVR266X64C25/256 (yeah right PC2100 memory).
i'm thinking of getting a mobile AthlonXP to replace the 1.4 Athlon, thinking of maybe a mobile XP 2600+, and overclocking it.
i've no expectations from the memory, so i'll probably try to keep the FSB at 133 and overclock just with the multiplyer.
possibly buy another stick of 512MB memory (speed not an issue since i will be limited by the slow old memory).
questions:
1. is this realistic? can i assume that i will be able to overclock in the manner described ?
(i understand that there's a certain amount of luck involved - what chip i get).
2. are there any special issues with using a mobile XP in a desktop computer? or is everything cool providing the mobo recognizes the CPU?
are there any special issues with using a mobile XP on my A7N8X-Deluxe motherboard?
if anyone's got a link to an article like "how to overclock a mobile Athlon XP" i would appreciate it, searched a bit, and read some in this forum, but didn't find anything of the kind. i don't know if there's anything special about overclocking a mobile XP, like i said i'm a noob to overclocking!
3. what's the current king of TIM? Arctic Silver 5 ? AS Ceramique ? AS Alumina ?
(i guess you can see from my questions that it's a long time since i spent any time reading about overclocking LOL)
4. any recommendations for a really good heatsink for a socket-A CPU?
i'm thinking of the Thermalright SI-97.
any other comments or opinions appreciated.
TIA
looking for some help.
my current setup:
CPU - Athlon Thunderbird 1400MHz
mobo - Asus A7N8X Deluxe rev 1.04
memory - Kingston ValueRAM 2x256MB KVR266X64C25/256 (yeah right PC2100 memory).
i'm thinking of getting a mobile AthlonXP to replace the 1.4 Athlon, thinking of maybe a mobile XP 2600+, and overclocking it.
i've no expectations from the memory, so i'll probably try to keep the FSB at 133 and overclock just with the multiplyer.
possibly buy another stick of 512MB memory (speed not an issue since i will be limited by the slow old memory).
questions:
1. is this realistic? can i assume that i will be able to overclock in the manner described ?
(i understand that there's a certain amount of luck involved - what chip i get).
2. are there any special issues with using a mobile XP in a desktop computer? or is everything cool providing the mobo recognizes the CPU?
are there any special issues with using a mobile XP on my A7N8X-Deluxe motherboard?
if anyone's got a link to an article like "how to overclock a mobile Athlon XP" i would appreciate it, searched a bit, and read some in this forum, but didn't find anything of the kind. i don't know if there's anything special about overclocking a mobile XP, like i said i'm a noob to overclocking!
3. what's the current king of TIM? Arctic Silver 5 ? AS Ceramique ? AS Alumina ?
(i guess you can see from my questions that it's a long time since i spent any time reading about overclocking LOL)
4. any recommendations for a really good heatsink for a socket-A CPU?
i'm thinking of the Thermalright SI-97.
any other comments or opinions appreciated.
TIA