A little late nite OCing fun :)

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Wed Apr 24, 2002 12:06 am

Got my refurb XP333 from newegg today. Don't ya know they slipped me a rev 1.0. ugh....Looks like somebody returned a brand new one because this came with the whole retail bundle etc. Perfect shape. Was only 65 bux shipped and it's for my kidz/wife so what the hell

At least at first I thought it was a bummer but this thing runs pretty darn nice. Doesn't have the voltage adj up to 2.0v+ like the rev 2.1, but I don't really need it with this Duron. It does have the 1/5, 1/6 PCI dividers, that slick o/b Cmedia sound and mem Voltage tweaks so that's all good.

So far I've got it up to 7 x 172 FSB ( 1.0 GHz Morgan Duron unlocked and at default voltage @ 1200 MHz ) and that's with one of my 256MB sticks of Crucial PC2100 !!

And yes it's stable there too. Looping 3dmark 2001se now for over an hour.

I've got some Samsung PC2700 coming THUR so we'll try to hit the magical 200 FSB then. Seriously tho, if you need to build a cheap 2nd rig or just want something fun to play around with, these Duron/XP333 combos are ALOT of fun !!

What's nice about these Morgan Durons is that you get the Palomino-type core, they run cooler than t-birds and they have the old style bridges that are easy to unlock. I used a magnifying glass and a pencil and was off to the races.

It benches a little bit faster than a P4 1.6 in Sandra 2002. Not bad for a $40 dollar cpu and $65 mobo. Toss a mid-range vid card and a NIC in here and you have a nice "budget gaming rig" !!

Lmandrake · Post by **Lmandrake** » Wed Apr 24, 2002 12:37 am

B*stard. My Crucial didn't come from that bin.....

Sounds like good fun. I spent a whole sunday trying to unlock my XP and didn't get it to work....

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Wed Apr 24, 2002 1:02 am

I hear ya on the XP unlocking.......I can't even see the bridges on those with these 40+ yr old eyes of mine. DOH !

Regarding the Crucial, what kind of mobo you using and do you have mem voltage adjustment options? I'm putting 2.7v on this stick and running it @ SPD in the BIOS. It runs cas 2 @ 172 FSB but I get higher Sandra scores running it @ SPD. Go figure. (???)

I just ran a few 3d mark 2001 se's and I'm hittin' consistent 6K scores. I haven't even messed with OCing the GF 3 ti-200 yet. That ain't too shabby for a little "mess around" box.

Lmandrake · Post by **Lmandrake** » Wed Apr 24, 2002 6:46 am

Shuttle AK35GTR... I can juice the mem to 2.7... I could be blaming the Crucial unfairly, but it seems like it is the prob. My box will run 24/7 at default mem settings at 144 FSB. If I do anything other enable 4 way interleaving, I get Internet Explorer crashes and errors, even if I push the mem core voltage.

I was trying to unlock so I could be sure it was the mem... 45 year old eyes don't make the grade when you are trying to do that...

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Wed Apr 24, 2002 7:28 am

Try setting the "command rate" down at the bottom , in advanced chipset features, to 2T instead of 1T. Then go ahead and set the cas and tras lower.

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Thu Apr 25, 2002 10:01 pm

Wheeeeee ! It's THURS nite. Samsung PC2700 is in the house. Burning it in at 185 FSB !!

:lol

It's pretty sad when my 11 year old daughter's rig is smokin' mine in Sandra mem benches

dadx2mj · Post by **dadx2mj** » Thu Apr 25, 2002 10:18 pm

Dude that just aint right. I promise you the day my kids computer beats mine in any benchmark there is going to be some late night swith a roo

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Thu Apr 25, 2002 10:33 pm

Haha, Trust me , that's all it's faster in. The Samsung would be a waste in my rig unless I unlock the processor. My combo won't go over 151-152 FSB and I have to use a Delta fan, or similar, to run there. I just can't handle the noise of those things for any length of time.

PreDatoR · Post by **PreDatoR** » Thu Apr 25, 2002 10:33 pm

Well if you'd run that XP333 on yours and ditch that Abit maybe they won't be smokin' yer ass in the mem scores LOL

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Thu Apr 25, 2002 10:39 pm

......and get text corruption w/ my 8500 like your setup? no thanks. been there, done that....HAHAHAHA.

Tough crowd in here tonite !! :argue :fight

PreDatoR · Post by **PreDatoR** » Thu Apr 25, 2002 11:29 pm

Oh well... looks fine if i'm not doing screen shots!!! i'll be laughin when this P4 1.6a here is walkin' all over that Abroke of yours

Yayaya call it Insmell all ya want... but its just the sounds of jealousy!! hehe That thing is gonna have to seriously impress me to pull my Athlon XP out of my hands!

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Thu Apr 25, 2002 11:41 pm

my moms system is clocked faster then mine right now.

Greg

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Thu Apr 25, 2002 11:43 pm

Wake me up when you get that oinker xp333 rev 2.1 over 180+ FSB. :lol U shoulda got a $65 dollar refurb rev 1.0 like mine.*&

Tell ya what, leave that Insmell 1.6a at stock speed and we'll have a bench contest with my kidz Duron @ 1.2 / 185 FSB. Bet ya $10 bux that thing comes up "smelly" !! HAHAHAHA.

PreDatoR · Post by **PreDatoR** » Fri Apr 26, 2002 6:47 pm

Just as soon as i grab an MP and the samsung shows up... I'll cruise it at 200 FSB

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Fri Apr 26, 2002 8:52 pm

no way, that ant the bet........ You have to leave it at stock/default speeds. I'm already spotting you 400 MHz. I got $10 that says the Duron "tweaked up" to 1.2 GHz mops the floor with that turd. :lol