Return to overclocking, 1600 mobile overclock?

[jon391]

Hello Everyone,

For one reason or another I have fallen out of touch with computers, in particular
the different types of cpu cores (athlon). Anywho.. A few years ago I bought a
athlon MP 1600+ at best I could get it up to 1.55GHz. Not so great, so I had
given up on overclocking for awhile until...

I bought notebook with an interchangeable socket A. It has inside it.. a athlon xp M
1600. I have purchased a mobile xp 2400 to put in the notebook cause I need
the extra performance there. So im left with the chip that comes out of it...

- Basicaly I am wondering if the mobile 1600 will OC better than a desktop MP 1600?

- And if a athlon mobile 1600 OCs well, what kind of numbers can I look forward to?

If memory serves right. an older MP 1600 is a palimino core? and that a mobile 1600 is a tbred core? They both have the same amount of cache. Sorry for the long post, hope you guys n' gals can help.

Thanks,
Jon

 

[Woofer00]

You might want to check over the specs of the original chip - I have an averatec laptop which is supposed to be a 25watt ultra-low-voltage variety you won't easily find online. Pull off the heatsink and research the stepping.

 

[jon391]

The package is socket A standard size 45 watt version. I know its
compadible. Just wondering if its worth swaping out an 1600 mp
for a 1600 mobile.

 

[gmkmay]

I would be willing to bet the mobile 1600 will do a whole heck of a lot better than the old MP...if you're just running a single proc setup and have a motherboard that supports multiplier adjustments I say go with the mobile. At the very least it won't hurt to try.