K7N2 Delta-L FSB speed & XP2500+

[Chris]

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I installed 512mb of DDR400 ram & went to check the FSB speed. I set
it for 200mhz, but since the cpu is 333, the bios reported it as an
XP3200. I reset the FSB to 166 so it would come up as a 2500+.
Would there be much speed improvement setting it to 200mhz or would it
fry the CPU?

Thanks,

Chris

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.msi-microstar (More info?)

What you effectively did, was overclock the computer.
Many people (including myself) do this as standard to get a bit more "Bang
for Buck" out of our components.
Why not reset it back to 200 mhz FSB (front side bus) and monitor the CPU
temperature with MBProbe or another monitoring utility.
If it stays cool enough then you have effectively upgraded your PC for
free.if the PC becomes unstable (blue screen of death crashes etc) then one
or more of your components isnt happy at that setting.
The 2500+ is well known for overclocking to 3200+ speeds and that is exactly
what I have done with mine
(Abit NF7-S mobo with an XP 2500+ running at 200Mhz FSB, bios and windows
etc displaying it as a 3200+)
HTH
Helinut
"Chris" <cbryantNOSPAM@tsh.ca> wrote in message
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> I installed 512mb of DDR400 ram & went to check the FSB speed. I set
> it for 200mhz, but since the cpu is 333, the bios reported it as an
> XP3200. I reset the FSB to 166 so it would come up as a 2500+.
> Would there be much speed improvement setting it to 200mhz or would it
> fry the CPU?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris