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January 3rd, 2002, 03:39 PM

OK,OK, Dudes, I admit it. This overclocking thing is new to me. I've read odds and ends. But after reading some of the threads, I feel I know nothing on this. Can you guys help me out with the basics:

1) What is overclocking?
2) How can I do it? I have a modest P3 1GHz/Aopen3sp MB
3) Exact steps/procedure- what do you fiddle with and how much?

You get the drift. Would very much like to try it.

Thanks.

January 3rd, 2002, 03:45 PM

after I got my amd - I found that it got bundled with the only non tweaking board in the world - rock stable though!

no that I have cr@ped - some OWO will be here in a flash!

wiz

surreal · January 3rd, 2002, 03:47 PM

Oh you have the ECS board like I have!

OC Guy · January 3rd, 2002, 03:55 PM

You could try this web page.
LINK

If this is not any help,well, ill post another weby soon!

Update: Another Link

surreal · January 3rd, 2002, 04:02 PM

Hey wait a minute! Why can't we laugh at him?

Did I mention I have my 800 OC'd to a screaming 833?

Doh! now I have to laugh at me!

Thud · January 3rd, 2002, 04:07 PM

1) Overclocking is just making your CPU run at a higher speed than it's actually rated at, therefore getting more "bang for your buck", therefore gaining the envy of all your friends.

2) I know nothing of your mobo, but overclocking is accomplished two ways: The first is to adjust jumpers on your mobo to increase the CPU's multiplier/FSB settings to get a higher clock speed*. The second way is to adjust these settings in your BIOS to accomplish the same results. Of course, your BIOS has to have these features, and I don't know if yours does.

Hopefully someone else can come along with more specifics for ya!

*Your CPU's speed is determined by it's clock multiplierX FSB. So a CPU with a multiplier of 6 times an FSB of 100mhz would yield a 600mhz CPU. Also, you might have to adjust the voltage going into your chip in order to support the higher speeds, and that'll make it run hotter, therefore requiring better cooling.....

Best of luck!

Oh yeah, forgot to mention that you can get an idea of what your chip is capable of by checking the database here: http://overclockers.cssftware.com/cpudb/index.cfm

January 3rd, 2002, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Hey wait a minute! Why can't we laugh at him?

Hmmmm.......

Thanks, Thud and everyone for the information. I'll read it all during the weekend.

Tomteriffic · January 3rd, 2002, 04:21 PM

One thing to remember: regardless of the motherboard, that P3 1 Ghz is multiplier locked, so any overclocking you do will have to be via the FSB route.

January 3rd, 2002, 04:23 PM

Huh? And how do you do that?

thekingofpain · January 3rd, 2002, 04:49 PM

Hopefully in your bios you can increase the fsb in small increments, I had a P3 600 a couple years ago that by adding PC150 ram a good hs/fan combo and changing the fsb to 150 allowed me to run it at 900, a friend has and its still running like a champ!
Some chip/mb combos are better then others, ive had:
366 Celeron@645
600 slot P3@900
Slot 750 Tbird@1050
Duron800@1050
750Athlon@1065
1100Athlon@1300
1.33Athlon@1500
1.4Athlon@1645