Is this a good o/c - A64-3000 NewCastle

[AntiHax0r]

I finnally got around to o/cing my Newcastle .. I've heard some things about 400mhz(o/c) on a Newcastle is a reasonably decent overclock.

Details(only things I changed):
3x HTT
1.525Vcore > 1.55Vcore
200Mhz HTT > 241Mhz
(System Specs in Sig)


I had about 5s improvement on SuperPI 1M
Idle temps increased about 5C from ~25C to about 30C on the Stock A64 HSF .. with an air duct mod which gives me efficient airflow as opposed to air blowing freely around the case.
Case Mod Here
http://overclockers.com/tips1187/


[Idle]
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/XaixFireye/unloaded.png

[100% Load]
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/XaixFireye/loaded.png

I left Prime95 running for about 10mins, it stuck around 52Cmax

My load temps before the o/c was around ~45C, now ~50C .. I'm not too worried about it, the CPU used to hit 58C @ 2ghz before I had the duct mod .


Any other suggestions that I can get a higher o/c? This right here was just a blind shot in the dark .. I just pumped the HTT, lowered the multiplier(?), and increased the Vcore a notch.

 

[Lionhardt]

well. anything is good to o/c

some jsut do it better than others/.

 

[AntiHax0r]

I pushed it past 250mhz.. I might just need to lower ram ratio to get higher =]
so far my temps haven't changed like at all .. =] stock air cooling + a simple cereal box duct mod

I might give this a try as well.. BOnG Tower http://overclockers.com/articles389/