OC'ing Athlon 1600+

[Guest]

My dad has an Athlon 1600+, hes considering upgrading to a comp with a little more speed but i convinced him theres no need to and he could just overclock it a bit. he has 3 case fans and 1 pci fan. his motherboard-ECS K7S5A with 512mb pc2100 ddr and a GeForce3. he would like a speed around 1.6 or even 1.5, would this be possible without causing any damage to components and without having to go water cooling, once again he has 3 case fans and a pci fan.

 

[OldBear]

Just try increasing the FSB 1 increment at a time (134,135,etc.) until
the system becomes less than stable. Use 3DMark2001 for benchmark/stability
software testing. Usually 145 to 150 fsb is common with a GOOD hsf. You just
have to experiment because each system is different. Download Motherboard Monitor
<A HREF="http://mbm.livewiredev.com/" target="_new">http://mbm.livewiredev.com/</A> to watch system temps. If he wants to try
to overclock, you will need a better hsf than the retail one that came with the CPU.
(example XP1600+ locked multiplier is 10.5 with a 150 fsf it would be 1575Mhz.)

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[Guest]

Thanks bud, i plan on getting a better hsf and then try getting it up around 1.5

 

[OldBear]

Your welcome. If you need help, let us know.


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[ath0mps0]

To overclock his ECS K7S5A, you'll either need to get a OC BIOS from OCworkbench, or download CHFSB or CPUSFB.

The BIOS is the traditional method of overclocking.

The other two programs perform the OC after the system boots, but are just as effective.

Either way, if the system locks while you're testing you may have to reset the BIOS (with the jumper) to get it to come back up, so record your BIOS settings before you start.

I have a K7S5A and love it. My 1600+ (1400MHz) is running stable at 1575MHz (~1875+ P-rating).

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