CPU - AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (Newcastle)
Mobo - Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI
RAM - 1GB Kingston 400MHz
GPU - Gigabyte GV-3D1 Dual GeForce 6600GT
I'm playing about with this old system I've not used for a while and never got round to overclocking. I've done a little research and apparently these were never that great, but comparing results I've seem to have gone beyond what was normally expected.
I was aiming for 2.6GHz from the stock 2.2GHz (200x11) where most people could only get 2.4GHz.
At the moment I have it stable at 2.48GHz (225x11) @ 1.55Vcore with a low of 41 Degrees and a high of 54 Degrees.
I'm currently using a stock cooler from an old Phenom II x4 955 which isn't the best I know (only other free cooler I have is a Xilence AM2 HDS).
Where do I go from here?
I could go down the route with a x9 but is it worth risking as I'd probably have to go to 1.65V?
Cheers
Mobo - Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI
RAM - 1GB Kingston 400MHz
GPU - Gigabyte GV-3D1 Dual GeForce 6600GT
I'm playing about with this old system I've not used for a while and never got round to overclocking. I've done a little research and apparently these were never that great, but comparing results I've seem to have gone beyond what was normally expected.
I was aiming for 2.6GHz from the stock 2.2GHz (200x11) where most people could only get 2.4GHz.
At the moment I have it stable at 2.48GHz (225x11) @ 1.55Vcore with a low of 41 Degrees and a high of 54 Degrees.
I'm currently using a stock cooler from an old Phenom II x4 955 which isn't the best I know (only other free cooler I have is a Xilence AM2 HDS).
Where do I go from here?
I could go down the route with a x9 but is it worth risking as I'd probably have to go to 1.65V?
Cheers