How much should overclock my 3500 Venice

[carlybaby]

Sup Boyz,

Got a AMD Athlon 3500+ Venice Core and a A8n-sli MB. I've only got the stock Heatsink and Fan on the Processor but my I have a 4 chassis fans to keep lots of air flowing through the case. What would you recommend I take the processor up to roughly. What would be a SAFE limit as wouldnt mind keeping the processor for at least a couple of years!

At the mo I got it at 2.31 Ghz. Temp using Asus PC Probe : 30 C (idle)

Thanks

[mateo leet-o]

maybe ~200mhz

[roosta21]

I notice that you say yours has a venice core. i have the same cpu but i think it has a weinchester core. what it the difference? Is the core a part of the chip that is constructed by an outside vender?

[OuTpaTienT]

What do you need the extra speed for? What are you doing with it?

[SoloCamo]

What do you need the extra speed for? What are you doing with it?

OutPatient, Overclocking is a hobbie as well, not just always for speed reasons.. Everytime their is an overclocking thread you always jump to that conclusion

Venices are known for great overclockability, how much do you know and how much have you overclocked before this?

[lukesparksoff]

amd road map

http://www.c627627.com/AMD/Athlon64/

how do like venice core ,the benchmarks was good,but nothing like we expected was it worth the money

[carlybaby]

it was the same price........n00b

[SoloCamo]

it was the same price........n00b

wow. . i think we have all spotted the real one.

[paul9]

I notice that you say yours has a venice core. i have the same cpu but i think it has a weinchester core. what it the difference? Is the core a part of the chip that is constructed by an outside vender?

The core refers to the actual circuits on the silicon which make the chip work. Different cores will have been partly (or sometimes just about completely) redesigned to add extra features, fix bugs, increase speed, decrease power consumption or a variety of other reasons.

[fpantovich]

the only difference between Venice and Winchester is the SSE3 support that Venice includes...Both are great cores...

As for the OC, I'd say get it to 2.5 as most people seem to be doing and just leave it there if you really wanna OC it that bad, hehe..If you're RAM can handle it, push the FSB to 250MHz...good luck, ttyl...

[lukesparksoff]

you never said how it proforms

what is it's 2005 3DMARK

[SoloCamo]

you never said how it proforms

what is it's 2005 3DMARK

...
3dmark 2005 is a graphics benchmark.. you cant compare it to others unless they have the same exact equipment besides the cpu

[OuTpaTienT]

OutPatient, Overclocking is a hobbie(sic) as well, not just always for speed reasons.. Everytimeb(sic) their(sic) is an overclocking thread you always jump to that conclusion

hmmm, really? I know there are probably thousands of overclocking threads here at TechIMO. Maybe you could point out the thousands of times I have done this before.

Or if by saying "every time" and "always" you actually meant "that one time" and "almost never", then yeah, you're right.

[SoloCamo]

hmmm, really? I know there are probably thousands of overclocking threads here at TechIMO. Maybe you could point out the thousands of times I have done this before.

Or if by saying "every time" and "always" you actually meant "that one time" and "almost never", then yeah, you're right.

Wow, you get serious... . I'm not going to argue so whatever.

[lukesparksoff]

I know there variables but your processer plays a great role in how your graphic card performs .I was just curious to see what 3DMarks it would get if he list the hardware it could be easily compared