Overclocking Bliss!

[DBZFreak]

Hi! This is my first post and wanted to share my good news.

The last system I overclocked was a Celeron A 300mhz -> 450mhz. I was always proud of that system, but when it started getting old, I replaced it with a Athlon Thunderbird 1400mhz.

My overclocking fun pretty much ended there since my cpu did not want to cooperate. Even with my JET ENGINE (Thermalright SK6 with a 60mm Delta fan running at a ear splitting 6000rpms), 1450mhz was my limit for stability.

I finally upgraded again using a AMD Mobile XP-M 2400+, Thermaltake Silent Boost HS/Fan, and a Shuttle AK35N Ultra motherboard. Still using my old Crucial PC2100 ram (512 + 256), but I am running it as 166mhz for now with no signs of instability as of yet.

Current settings are 166fsb and the cpu is currently running at 2250mhz at 1.6volts (13x multiplier). I am still testing the system at this speed, but everything has been smooth so far.

Any advice on what voltage will be required to get a stable system running 2400mhz or so since that is my goal.

Thanks!

 

[emorphien]

Last time I overclocked it was an HP something or other 466 Celeron (or 433), I could actually overclock it a bit.

Since then I had a laptop. Not too good for OC'ing.

I now have a 2.8C with an SP-94 (getting better case exhaust soon, air isn't flowing out very well right now) and I've just started OC'ing it. In fact I'm on my first test, at 215mhz FSB (just over 3ghz) and haven't rebooted yet to go higher.

Funny thing though, first time I tried to OC it yesterday I forgot to lock my AGP/PCI and it couldn't boot from HD. I realized that mistake quickly. My how things have progressed with these computers.