OC XP 1600?

[efript]

Can I overclock the xp 1600 just through the bios? Ive never oced before and dont really know much about it, but from ready around I see a lot of people say they go into the bios and bump up the 133 fsb. is that all you have to do or do i need to go into the case and change some [-peep-]?

 

[DaveP]

Depends on your mobo and bios I think. My mobo isn't very o/c'able, but I can get my duron 1200 upto around 1300, if I remember right, maybe a little less. But it runs hot.

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[hatimh]

I was wondering too. I know that with the older athlon's it was possible to do multiplier and FSB.

Then the Tom's hardware video came out to explain the complicated overclock for athlon XPs.

Now I'm hearing that it is possible to up the multiplier or the FSB without any modification. Is that true?

Can anyone clear that up please.

Cheers.



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[svol]

With the Athlon XP you first need to unlock the multiplier first to be able to change that one.
But you can always change the FSB if your motherboards allows it.

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[CMRvet]

Just give us more info about your system: Motherboard, RAM, Cooling devices....

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[Arien76]

You could try to set your FSB a little higher than the standard 133 MHz. What actually happens is that the multiplier stays at 10.5x (for the 1600+) so the athlon will boot up, but you increase the fsb speed which the factor is multiplied with to generate the cpu operating speed.
At 140fsb, your cpu will run at 10.5 x 140 = 1470MHz. It will probably boot up as a 1700+ then.
But beware! Your memory, AGP, PCI and all other components will run at higher speeds as well. This can cause instability of your system and even damage it!
You'll probably need to relax settings such as AGP and PCI wait states and some memory timings.
Also make absolutely sure that important data is backed up and that you have sufficient cooling in your system. Case coolers are also most defenitely needed!