AMD Athlon XP Highest Overclock

[YO_KID37]

The highest over clock I got to and stayed at 1800mhz(142X12.5) On Stock AMD Heat sink and fan at around 89*C but Was only able to get to 1800Mhz on stock but only stable for 15 minutes In my Sig. But then over the months I couldn’t over clock anymore it started running unstable at 1662.5(133X12.5) then it ran for 2 weeks before getting unstable at Stock 1463Mhz (133X11) and then got unstable after 1 week then I had to grind it down to 1250Mhz(100X12.5) Then I Finally got pissed then got a new heat sink

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1187028&CatId=792

Just added this heat sink on my CPU with packaged thermal paste. And ran it on stock 1.46 GHz and it runs Super stable on benchmark and Burn-in tests but then waited 1 week then got it back to stock over clock at 1662.5Mhz and it Runs Super Unstable at that But now its at Stock 1.46Ghz with 14*C lower temperatures than stock Heatsink and fan ,it runs super stable but damn I get BSOD like crazy from the frtdrv.sys if I run songs + Firefox for more than 10 minutes

 

[ArbY]

I got my Athlon XP to 2.6GHz, but it would crash in games and lock-up with Prime95 running. The highest stable clock I got it to was 2.5GHz ... up from 1.86GHz ( = 640MHz increase). AMD Athlon XP 2500+. I think the Vcore was set to somewhere around 1.938.

Couple months ago (summer time), it was running too hot. The water cooling unit would sound an alarm and, after 60 seconds, would shut the PC down. I lowered the speed to 2.4GHz and it seemed fine. Not long after, I increased the speed back to 2.5GHz and it crapped out. Now it won't go above 2.0GHz ...

 

[YO_KID37]

Exactly! most Athlon XP story I hear and experience Is that after about 2 years Of initial start they somehow unlock their Overclocking caplbilitys mine would'nt go beyond 1.4Ghz for first few years, But just this Spring it overclocked to 1.8Ghz for somereason and then after 3 weeks Damn, Everything lost. Had to Get Aftermarket cooler just to run it stock speed now Even though it runs 6 degrees cooler than Stock cooler. It cant overclock it just can barely run stable at stock speed now.

 

[excentric_13073]

Well, I think the farthest I want to go is to somewhere around 2.3 or 2.4. I actually have to use this system for a little while, because I am far too poor to afford something newer (faster). The trouble I had with my previous motherboard was that the northbridge would heat up, AGP didn't have a lock, and there were only minimal OC'ing settings in the bios. The DFI has a huge number of available settings, so we'll see how high I can take it. Of course, I have to figure out how to recover from a crash I've had with it recently. (See another of my posts if you'd like to help or lend your two cents, I'd appreciate it)

 

[jamesgoddard]

What a blast from the past this discussion is.

It's very current to some of us 🙁

My rig is still a Barton 2800+ OC'd to 2500MHz, 1.8v, on air.... Use this system every day, and 2.5 years on it's still going. The temp hits 70C when under full load in the summer, but this is still within the safe zone.

 

[clue69less]

What a blast from the past this discussion is.

It's very current to some of us 🙁

My rig is still a Barton 2800+ OC'd to 2500MHz, 1.8v, on air.... Use this system every day, and 2.5 years on it's still going. The temp hits 70C when under full load in the summer, but this is still within the safe zone.

Hey, quality gear will last a long time and I try to wring every last clock cycle out of ours. I've got a PowerPC Mac that I think is 10+ years old and going strong. I also have an ancient P3 beast that I try to only use in winter...

 

[SidVicious]

I just bought a DFI Lanparty NF2 Ultra B, and it's certainly seemed to breathe some new(old?) life into my system. While I was moving my processor from the old Mobo to te new one, I couldn't help but notice the year my 2500+ was labeled: 1999. Wow. How times have changed.

1999 is not the year of manufacture, it simply indicates when AMD trademarked the Athlon name, the first Barton cores were fabbed in late 2002 and launched in early 2003.

 

[trinitron64]

My 1900+ ran at a FSB of Fucking Seriously Burnt.

The Multiplyer was NoHeatSink

My max stable OC was Smoke.

 

[Hicks121]

I have my 3000+ Barton @ 2.4 with Geil ddr 550. Im still working on getting more out of it, but I thought i would post for you guys.


XP 3000+ Barton
Epox 8rda3+ Pro
Geil ddr550
Ultra 550w ps
BFG 6800gs

Full load temps get to 43c, & idles @ 31c.

I still think I have a little more room to go.

 

[HA_ZEE]

I started withy an XP 3000. This gave me the highest locked multiplier with only a 333 FSB. Then by bumping the FSB to 193 I was able to reach 2.509. It is stable and games very well. I have run out of Vcore on the A7N8XE Deluxe (1.875 volts?--sorry can't remember) so I will not go any higher. This was done with a thermaltake silent tower heatpipe cooler.

 

[baracuda73]

I think the Thermaltake big typhoon is best air cooler available. it is freakin huge though. My bro has one installed on his 3000+ and it runs at 28c full load no o/c

 

[excentric_13073]

OK, I solved all my troubles with my motherboard. I bought a Zalman CNPS 7000, and that new flower type Northbridge heatsink from Zalman also. I have my 2500+ running at 2200mhz. CPU temp is no higher then 39, northbridge no higher then 34. However, I can't seem to OC any higher without causing Windows to freeze. I know all my hardware has a lot more in it, it's all built to OC for all intents and reasons. Oh yeah, I increased my voltage on the memory and the ram, which made it more stable at 2200mhz. I have not increased the northbridge, but I thought I should not have to considering it's only running 400mhz fsb anyway. IDK :?

 

[Anoobis]

Post your voltages and timings.

 

[Dumbguy]

At my current overclock, My Barton based 2500+ is running at about 44 degrees celcius. Under load, it gets up to about 48 sometimes.

Speaking of temps, what's the magic number where you start saying, "Ooh...That's hot."?

 

[purdueguy]

Even though others have me beaten, I'm running a lowly XP 2400+ Thoroughbred on a stock aluminum heatsink/fan.