Overclocking (Main Thread)

Since I'm pretty much a newbie at this
I was thinking about overclocking my AMD Sempron 2800+ 2GHz
to maybe hit something like 2.8GHz.
The thing is, the CPU is basically brand new—I've had it for what, a month max?
So, I guess I'm wondering if it's actually worth the effort, and honestly, how big of a risk am I taking here? I don't want to screw anything up. My motherboard is a Dell Inspiron.

Don't be shy... crank those voltages to the max and push the FSB until it hits a wall...

That's the whole secret...

But look—don't just overclock for the sake of seeing a higher number. If you aren't actually getting better performance in real-world apps or games...

then what's even the point?

Raymond Rodriguez40 said:Don't be shy... crank those voltages to the max and push the FSB as high as it'll go...

Pure wisdom right there...

But look, if you aren't overclocking to actually make things run faster in real apps or games...

you aren't really doing it. You don't learn that stuff on internet forums.

Sorry if I'm off base here... but shouldn't you bump the FSB first and then adjust the voltage to match what the CPU needs? I mean, more voltage means more heat, which means a higher chance of everything frying. Pushing voltage to the limit from the start doesn't make much sense to me. (Look, I haven't spent a ton of time messing around with AMD builds, so I might be wrong.)

Kirk is just Kirk...

He’s too scared to even bump up the voltage—probably worried some black smoke might drift out and snatch the cash right out of his pocket. 😁

Where’s your sense of adventure? Where's that drive to push past what everyone calls "impossible"?

PS—by the way, that was just me messing around, poking fun at those people who obsess over cranking up clock speeds only to get pathetic results in actual games. It seems like they don't even care about performance; they just want to see how high the numbers can go... regardless of whether everything starts glitching out afterward. It's a whole thing...

When you actually bother to build a decent high-resolution oscilloscope and measure the signals on the board's vital buses, you realize the absolute highest frequency a computer can handle isn't necessarily the "best." I mean all components working together. The best frequency is the one where signals stay clean and precise, without distortion or artifacts that just fake out your performance metrics...
There's more to it than that, but hey, let the kids keep celebrating those high clock speeds...😎 😉

Haha... why don't you just add "just kidding" at the end? Otherwise, someone else is definitely going to follow suit and do the exact same thing.😁

My current setup
Intel Pentium II 350 MHz
64 MB SDR RAM
4 MB integrated graphics
ESS Audio driver
Compaq board with 2 USB ports
6GB Fujitsu hard drive
IBM monitor
Compaq keyboard
Genius mouse and pad
Samsung DVD-ROM
Samsung CD-RW
Windows XP Professional
Sometimes I run Linux Mandrake
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Man, I’ve been trying my absolute hardest here, but I just can't seem to get this Sempron 2800+ (754) to actually boot up properly... The best I've managed to squeeze out of it is 1800 MHz, though honestly, I feel like it could definitely push a bit higher than that if I could just figure it out.....

I'm running an ASUS motherboard along with some Kingston (512) memory.

My latencies are looking pretty sluggish right now, sitting at 2.5, 4, 5, 4.

The only thing I haven't messed with yet is bumping up the FSB....

Does anyone out there have any clue why this is happening? Like, does anyone know if I could actually crank this thing up even more, and if so, where on earth would I find the specific settings to make that happen....😉

Dell desktop with AMD processor
AMD 3200 + Winchester @ 2430MHz (3800+)
Corsair TWINX1024-3200C2, 2-3-3-7, 1T
CPU FSB 270MHz
CPU multiplier 9x
Mem 220.94MHz
Vcore 1.45V

Athlon 3000+
ASUS motherboard

Anyone here messed around with this board and any Barton chips? I’m trying to figure out how to force the FSB from 166 to 200 without touching the multiplier.
Basically, I just want to bump the core frequency up to 200 while keeping the multiplier steady.
Thanks

I mean, I think that multiplier gap is just way too wide...

It'd be totally unrealistic—it's sitting at 166×12.5 right now.

And if you try 200×12.5... even with the best chip on the market, that's pushing it way too far.

Just crank it up to 2.2V and go for it... just make sure you cool it like your life depends on it.

It’s gonna take forever to cook at 2.2V. As for the motherboard (NF7), there are some versions out there that can actually handle up to about 240 (maybe even 248), but if you push it to that frequency, everything goes sideways—network card, sound card... even the PCI slots stop working, despite there being a LOCK setting in the BIOS (which is a total mystery to me).

I'm currently running a Pentium 4 2.4 GHz, 533 MHz, Prescott on an MSI 865PE NEO2-PFS motherboard, paired with 256MB of Apacer DDR RAM (PC3200, CL3.0 INF/SAM).
I’ve got a Cooler Master cooling this thing, but I’m planning on picking up a much better cooler and some extra memory very soon.

I want to know if overclocking is even an option here, what the actual process involves, and honestly, is it even worth the effort with this specific setup?

My brother has a Pentium 4 2.4 Northwood on a Gigabyte board with 512MB of DDR, and he's already pushed his clock speed up to 2.8...🙂

Robert Young18 said:I've got a Pentium 4 2.4 GHz, 533 MHz, Prescott on an MSI 865PE NEO2-PFS board, running 256MB of Apacer DDR RAM PC3200, CL3.0 INF/SAM,
with a Cooler Master cooler on the CPU, though I'm planning to grab a better cooler and some more memory soon..

I was wondering if overclocking is an option here, what the process looks like, and honestly, is it even worth the hassle with this setup?

A buddy of mine has a Pentium 4 Northwood on a Gigabyte motherboard with 512MB of DDR and he's pushing 2.8... 🙂

Honestly, you'd be way better off just plugging in another 256MB of RAM so you can take advantage of dual channel mode rather than messing with clock speeds. But hey, if you're really dead set on overclocking, you could probably squeeze out more than 2.8... you just need a bit of know-how and, of course, a little extra cash in your pocket...

I’m basically the ultimate tech expert around here.
I pushed my FFX overclocked by 220 MHz, and honestly, the performance is even better now, even though I'm already running that Athlon beta version.

Alright, I see you all have quite a lot to say here. 🙂
Just a couple of hours ago, I managed to overclock my AMD 3200 to 2600MHz.
The CPU has been running at 100% load for two hours now, specifically tied to BOINC tasks. 😁It seems to be stable now.
So, did I nail it? 😁 😁 😁
[Link to image: Dell desktop with AMD processor running at 2600MHz]

Edward Richardson36 said:Alright, I see everyone's talking smack here.🙂
Just two hours ago, I pushed my AMD 3200 to 2600Mhz.
The CPU’s been pinned at 100% load for two hours straight running some BOINC stuff 😁, and it’s rock solid so far.
So, how's that for showing off? 😁 😁 😁
http://www.maky.zorkovac.com/razno/M...3200+@2600.JPG

I could be your buddy if you want.🙏 🙏 🙏

😂

Well, I did the same thing—modded my 1400+ with a grinder to bump it up to 2000+, and now I'm pulling 140 HP... stays steady up to 112 miles/h, but any faster than that and the wheels start flying off... honestly, I’d push it even harder if the damn thing actually had wings.

To be fair, I didn't say I couldn't push it past 2700 MHz, I just decided to dial it back down. 😉 😁

I went ahead and overclocked my Sapphire NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 myself, managed to bump my 3DMark 03 score from 3800 up to 4500.
Naturally, I had to slap some passive heatsinks onto the video memory just to keep things stable.

The only bottleneck left in this setup is that 256MB of VRAM; those modules are just too slow to keep up.

Andrew Bennett8 said:So I took my Sapphire NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 and overclocked the damn thing, and now my 3DMark 03 score jumped from 3800 up to 4500.
Obviously, I had to slap some passive heatsinks on the video RAM just to keep it from melting.

The only bottleneck left is this pathetic 256MB of VRAM because it's way too slow.

Who gives a crap about points? What’s the actual clock speed in MHz?🙂