Athlon XP 2000+

[pcfreak]

I have a Athlon XP 2000+ with a Abit NF7-S, curious to know anyones sucess stories with this CPU and what speed they achieved? Thanks in advance!

 

[E4g1e]

It depends on the core. Many 2000+'s are of the Palomino core, which don't overclock worth much if anything (you'll hit a brick wall with the Palomino core at roughly 2200+ speeds). But if you're talking about the Thoroughbred- and Thorton-core versions of the 2000+, you'll likely get a CPU which can overclock to 166+ MHz FSB speeds (effective "333+ MHz" FSB's) on stock voltage - and some of those can even overclock to 200MHz ("400MHz") FSB.

 

[covertclocker]

Keep in mind, it has to be thoroughbred B, I have a 2200+ Thoroughbred A and it could only overclock to a FSB of 144 roughly. The B series had a more cleaned up core design and hence the difference in overclockability.

 

[darronk]

How can you find out what core you are actually running on?

I bought my PC pre-built, but since then have replaced everything except the processor and ram...

 

[ubern00b15]

search for a program called cpu-z, that will help you out

 

[pcfreak]

Thanks for the info everyone!

 

[pcfreak]

Reading the Processor Electrical Specification chart it says the Core Voltage Upper Limit for a Athlon XP 2000+ is 2.0V, is that the highest amount of voltage that this CPU can receive?

 

[fazzman]

not the max but theoretical highest stable setting of applied voltage before you fry the cpu.
you will not need to go that high more than likely.