Just wondering what a good overclock is to have on a duron 800. Mine isn't unlocked but I am getting 920 so far, and I'm wondering how much more to push it. I tried just whacking the FSB up to 100 but it kept saying "checksum error" and something about boot protector so it doesnt look like I will get that. So how high should I go people? At the moment its 39C under load on an akasa icycle but i have a copper based 7000rpm cooler ready and waiting.
TBH, that's really not a bad overclock m8! However, always take it quite slowly and don't go staight for unrealistic jumps. A chip can take time to adjust (to burn in) and needs to be carefully monitored. Therefore just keep going slowly until you reach a level where errors are common or the system wont boot. Clearly though a 100 FSB is a bit too much for your chip!
yeah even my athlon 800 oc to 970 and 1ghz with the voltage upped. You should really unlock it, its so simple with a pencil only takes 2 mins to do. Then you can drop the multipler and up the fsb to 133mhz.
if it's not unlocked .. then O/C-ing it by FSB ... set it to 133FSB .. and lower your multipier to 7x or 7.5x ... and you'll get your self a new speed ..
Has anyone got a link to the pencil trick info? Btw, I'm at 960 now via FSB and stable @ 42 degrees load with akasa icycle.
Like I said, I don't think! I read somewhere recently that it wasn't possible, but have never tried with a Duron myself. nice to be proved wrong though!
It does work, I just did it! I had it boot at 1000 but it wouldnt go into windows, I'm going to stick on a bigger cooler and see what I can get.
if its doing 960 on stock vCore (1.75v), try upping it to 1.85v and it should go 1ghz and maybe more... say 1050+
It was at 1.7v doing 960 it's not at 1.75 doing 1000 @ 42 degrees load. Sandra rates it above an athlon 1ghz. I'm happy, but I'm not even using my new HSF yet so I should get much more if I can stand the noise.
Try for 1050 mate @ 42 deg load that looks like a nice little overclocker what exact settings are you using to get 1000?
I've got 100x10, with 1.75v. Getting 42 peak with an akasa icycle which I thought was supposed to be rubbish. I'm going to stick my new cooler with copper base and 7000rpm fan on and try for 1.2
Take it slowly m8! You don't want to blow your chip by pushing it too far too quickly. If you are going to try for 1.2 work up to it gradually and definitely don't try to make it in one big leap!
Right for 1.2 you're gonna need a very, very high vCore and that cooler... however I'd say 1100 is going to be the realistic max of your chip (300 MHz overclock). I assume that your mobo isnt a 133 FSB. Try 105x10, if its unstable try 1.8vCore. Monitor temps closely, worry when its near 60 idle or when you get 55*C+ under load thats where you want to stop. Keep an eye on your 5v rail whilst going 1000+
It's at 42 with the akasa so I'm anticipating a lot lower temp with the copper based cooler. The mobo is 133 FSB but I can't get it to boot at 133. This is my 2nd KT7-A and it's the best board I have ever owned or used. I'm not going to let it get over 50 degrees load just to be safe, and I will give it a while to burn in before I go over 1000.
pencil trick does definatly work as i did it on my duron 800... i managed to get my duron 800 to 1068 or somethin mhz, on the KT7 with crucial ram and a thermaltake orb heatsink...so you should be able to get somethin like that easily... but as jamie said...do it slowly...
