3200 Winchester Questions on Overclocking

[OrangeParktech]

I have just ordered a 3200 90nm Processor in retail box from newegg. To go along with it i got the Neo2 Platinum Motherboard. Ram, i went with 1gig of geil Ultra PC4000.

My question is i plan of using the stock cooling, and i have read mixed reports on what i can do with it.

My only goal with this Chip is to run at 2.5Ghz with the ram at an equal speed, using the stock Heatsink. I think the PC4000 should be fine, as it is rated to run at 250Mhz, so if i can run the CPU at 250 also, i should be at 10x250 and exactly where i want to be.

I'd love to hear from anyone who has any thoughts on the subject, as i will be building this system this weekend to replace my Mobile barton@2400Mhz and 1gig PC3200C2PT Corsair XMS Ram. (BTW, that PC is going to the wife)

My new system as of saturday

Athlon 64 3200 90nm @ 2.5Ghz (hopefully)
1024mb Geil Ultra PC4000
74gb 10,000 RPM Raptor (Western digital)
160gb SATA Hard Drive (Western Digital)
Thermaltake VA3000 Black TSunami case
16x NEC DVD/RW
52x Liteon CDRW/DVD Rom
128mb MSI 9800 Pro@XT Speeds(green R360 version w/ large heatsink)
500w Ultra X-Connect Modular PSU (Charcoal Black)

Thanks in advance for the info,advice, etc.

Joe.

 

[beatle]

I think to reach 2.5 on stock cooling is a bit ambitious. Not all chips reach 2.5. I thought mine was going to go past it, but I've slowly been backing off my clocks as I find that it's not really stable.

 

[Matrix333]

i got mine to 2.5GHz (250x10) and it was completely stable for every game or program I used, but didnt pass Prime95

so i backed it off to 2.4GHz and it passes 24+ hours of testing with prime95

EDIT: forgot to mention that my 2x512MB Corsair PC3200 XLPT was able to run at 1:1 at DDR500 speeds with 2.5-3-3-7 2T timings

 

[Matrix333]

btw...

y spend all that money on that system and then fall short with the graphics card?
not a gamer?

 

[Duvie]

I am using a stock opteron cooler which I can't imagine is much better then stock A64 90nm chips...It is all ALu and has like a 70mm fan...definitely not a 80mm....

I run 55c at 2600mhz after hours of prime95.....It has held and was tested 12 hours prime...I can even do 1.63v at 2700 and prime for 4 hours and max temp says 60c....A bit to high for me but with no errors it doens't appear heat is a factor....

I think the stock cooler can possibly perform similar...so if you get a good chip that doesn't require much vcore boost at 2.5ghz I think you can do it definitley for the short term...It that cpu after a month with dust collecting, or in the heat of the summer that being on th ecusp is not worthwhile....

I got a new cooler just looking at those long term issues...Though I am happy for the first time to have a home with AC and my office is on the lower level and stays really cool....

 

[OrangeParktech]

I am a gamer. This 9800 Pro is at XT speeds and is doing me just fine right now. Its hard to drop 500 bucks on a card when this one can get it done for about 6 more months at least.

My plan is to buy an X800XT sometime before the summer, but i just could not convince myself to spring the cash for it at that price. I waited until the A64 was 200 bucks before buying it as well, as when it was 450 i couldnt see buying it either...lol.

Next christmas it'll probably be Nforce4 and a PCI-E Card for me. If the 9800 pro will last another year, i wont even buy another GPU until then.

And to matrix, was that with stock cooling?

 

[Gronich]

I have a similar spec to you:

Neo2 Platinum
Athlon64 3000+ 90nm with STOCK cooler
1Gb Ballistix PC4000
128Mb Powercolor 9800Pro (400,360)

I am currently running at 2.52Ghz (9x280FSB). The temps. max out at 49oC in my case.

This gives a 3DMark2001 of 22300 and 3DMark2003 of 6700.

My memory is running at 2x184Mhz as I can't get to run over 220Mhz stably.

If you can get a stable 2.5Ghz CPU/250Mhz Memory let us know.

 

[divide by zero]

Gronich, what power supply do have in there?

 

[Duvie]

Make sure you read up on settings for the SATA before you overclock or you will corrupt your harddrive fast...

 

[Gronich]

I'm using a 400W Q-Tec Dual PSU.

I have my SATA drive on port 4 - No problems.

 

[vmaddogv]

I using same mobo and processor. Running OCZ plat rev 2 though. I am at 250X10 mem 1:1, system stable as can be.