Overclocking Tbird 1.33GHz

matt719 · Post by **matt719** » Tue Sep 03, 2002 10:30 am

Hey, i was looking to build a cheap computer and try to overclock it. I don't want to spend more than $200 on the cpu, motherboard, and ram combined. Here is what i was looking at:

A08551 KINGSTON KVR333X64C25/256 256MB PC2700 333MHZ CL2.5 DDR DIMM Detail Specs $72.60

A16118 ECS K7VTA3 V3.X VIA KT333 CHIPSET ULTRA ATA133 ATX FORM FACTOR 1xAGP(4X)/5xPCI/1xCNR/3xDDR W/RAID, LAN & AUDIO Detail Specs (CPU TYPE:AMD DURON, ATHLON) $64.80

A03029 AMD ATHLON 1333MHZ 1.33GHZ (A1333AMS3C) 266MHZ OEM W/O COOLING FAN (1 YEAR WARRANTY) Detail Specs | Important Installation Info $54.06

Sub Total $191.46

With a 7,000-8,000rpm cpu fan and Arctic Silver, how fast do you think i could overclock this to? (processor, fsb, or anything!)
Thanks

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Tue Sep 03, 2002 10:38 am

probably no more then 1.5g

Greg

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Tue Sep 03, 2002 10:49 am

the 1.33 tbirds top out at about 1.5 w/o weird cooling and voltage

better bet is the 1600+ on sale at newegg and other places for ~55 shipped

i have one that does 1.575 w/o any probs and haven't really pushed it - check the aroia thread in cpus, etc- i think pred got his up to 1.76

make sure that your mobo will support xp's

matt719 · Post by **matt719** » Tue Sep 03, 2002 11:47 am

ya, but XP's are a bitch to unlock

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Tue Sep 03, 2002 1:56 pm

but there is no reason to Unlock it...jsut use the front side bus.

Greg

matt719 · Post by **matt719** » Tue Sep 03, 2002 2:00 pm

Ok, i checked uping my fsb and vcore, but i had one conern... When i set it so i could manully choose things like the fsn, there isn't a spot to put the cpu speed... I was concerned that it might fry itself somehow... Anyways, just wondering

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Tue Sep 03, 2002 2:30 pm

nope. got most all mine at 150 fsb here nothign wrong with any of them.

Greg