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Overclocking my 2500+ Help!!!

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bobsaget

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I have an Asus A7N8X motherboard (non deluxe), the Barton 2500+, and 512MB pc 3200 memory. If I wanted to overclock my processor to a 3200+ (or close to that) all I would have to do is get into the BIOS and slowly up the FSB (200mhz) to where it runs steadily? Is it this easy? Do I need to worry about the stock heatsink/fan, or the voltage?
 
You can leave it at stock vcore until you get unstable then you up the vcore a little and keep upping ur FSB until you get unstable then back it down 1-2mhz until you get stable.
 
you're going to want something more than stock. something powerful with air, or water. also your vcore will need to be around 1.750 or more
 
I am new to overclocking. With that in mind, pretend I have the mhz at 190 or so. How would I check if it is stable or not? Prime95?
 
Originally posted by jpopa
you're going to want something more than stock. something powerful with air, or water. also your vcore will need to be around 1.750 or more
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First off, ignore this one^^^

Yes, the vcore options are all in there. I know maybe 5 or 6 people, including myself, who have gotten their 2500+s running at 3200+ on stock cooling at default voltage. You do NOT need water cooling and you DON'T want to raise your vcore to begin with. The highest I would go is maybe .1 volts over default, max, and only if I did get better cooling. However, it isn't necessary.

Yes, the vcore options are in the BIOS also, but you don't need to mess with them in the beginning. Tell me what kind of temps you get with the 2500+. If it is under 40C at full load, I think you can push it right to a 200MHz FSB and see if it boots.

If it doesn't, clear CMOS by moving the that bigass jumper as desribed. By default, it will be on one side and the middle. Move it so it is on the other side and the middle. This shorts it, resetting the board to deafult settings. Move the jumper back to where it was and boot.

Prime95 for several hours is good.
 
Thanks Pyro! One more question for all y' all. If I were to overclock to 3200+ by changing FSB to 200mhz, what would be the minimum speed of memory I could use? Or does it matter?
 
Yes, I can get my 2500+ at that also on stock. But i was suggesting basics of what to do not knowing the stepping of this guys 2500+. I have 3 of the 2500 chips. On does 3200+ stock, another does it with my watercooling setup with no volt uppage. The last takes the watercooling and volt increase. I took a worst case scenario and told him
 
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