did i just hose my myself?

[toonces]

i've got an old asus a7v333 raid mobo and i was looking around ebay for a little more processor. i come across an athlon xp 2600. from what i've been reading there are 3 variations of the chip, 2 thoroughbred and 1 barton. the two t-bred versions have a 266fsb and 333fsb respectively. the cpu that i picked up (AXDA2600DKV3D) has the 333 fsb. the mobo i have only supports a 266 fsb. i seem to think that i'll be able to underclock it, and reset the multipliers to the 2600+ settings. am i wrong? have i hosed myself? do i have to get a cpu with only a 266 fsb?

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[SidVicious]

I used to own one A7V333 Rev 1.02 which was supposed to support FSBs up to 133MHz but nonetheless managed to run a Mobile Barton 2500+ at 2.4GHz (160MHz x 15) stabble. Feel free to experiment and make sure you keep testing your system for stability with tools such as Prime95 and Memtest86.

I was impressed with the A7V333 stability and flexibility but the onboard USB kept crapping on me for no reasons, I recently upgraded to a NF7-S2 to give my previous mobo a well deserved retirement with my GF grandparents =).

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[endyen]

That board does have 5/2/1 dividers (auto), so OCing is easy.
If it's a newer xp2600, it may have multipliers locked.
If it is locked, you may have hosed you, but only a little. If it isn't locked, you should get close to 2.2 gigs of speed, even if your fsb is lower than 166.
Try to get the fsb as fast as possible, it makes a big difference in perf.

 

[toonces]

yeah, it's not a barton core cpu. it's the older thoroughbred with the higher fsb. so i've got my fingers crossed. i was a little confused on this originally myself.

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