Anyone had a go at O/C an athlon 2400? From what I hear, with the unlocked versions you can get great results. Just wondering if anyone has tried, as I may have a go with my new chip when she arrives!
the overclocking ability depends on so many things im just going to say "depends ... " You have to look at your system as a sum of parts, not a group of single items. Best thing to do is have a go and see how far you get. Most importantly, especially if your new to it, take it slowley. Only alter one setting in the BIOS at a time to see how it affects the system. You should back up any important data before you start also.
never o/ced a 2400+ b4 but have messed with some other AMD offerings, just slowly up FSB and up voltage and you should be able to get somewhere close to 200 FSB. i got a 1ghz overclock on my 1800+ (11.5x133 to 11.5x222)
Have a look in the Super Pi thread at the top and you will see quite a few people with XP2400's overclocked quite high. I managed to get mine to 207*10.5 (I think) but it my RAM and mobo are holding me back, that and I'm still waiting for my watercooling
Never done any O/C before, so might take your advise there and take it one step at a time. Try not to burn her out on the first attempt eh? lol
My 2400+ did 12x200 no problems, think that was about its limit on air though. Lemme check that you are talking about the normal Tbred 2400+ and not a mobile Barton? They're amazing, hand-picked unlocked Barton cores that will run at 1.45V and clock wonderfully
There'll be a code written on a sticker on the chip, reading something like this: AXDA2400DKV3C 4152289242418 AIUHB0301MPM That's mine, if the numbers I've emboldened are 0339 or earlier then it'll be unlocked, if it's 0340 or later it's locked.
2300Mhz would be a nice round number to aim for, with good ram and a good processor, you could hit 2400-2500Mhz on air.
Will those that know their 2400+ stepping post it along with their max overclock. I managed to look at mine yesterday, but never properly overclocked it. had it post at 2495mhz at 166fsb about a year ago. AXDA2400DKV3C 9182556270493 AIUCB0242WPCW not an AIUHB unfortunately, but could be worse.
Well I've been playing with my above chip in my old 8RDA+, and with 2.2V through it (BIOS max) it'll POST at 207x13, 2691MHz. Totally Prime stable at 2400MHz, I'm about to do some more tests to see if it'll go any higher than that. This is all with a Vantec Aeroflow HSF too, so there'd be a lot more in her if I got a better heatsink/water going. Bwaha!
My 2400 is the following stepping... AXDA2400DKV3C 9440798270211 AIUHB 0247XPBW Should that be anygood at overclocking? I havent really taken it above 1.7v
At 1.95V, I'm idling at about 39° and full load temps are around 45° - and I can't hear it at all above my other fans, even when they're all at 7V and it's at 12 (as it is all the time, there's no need to turn it down). That reminds me - have to change my sig to reflect the new board If you're interested, read this thread about them (Geez, I know the threadid now, how very sad ) but you will get better temps with a Thermalright SP97 and a Tornado
Does it fit the nf7-s fine? i wonder if the performance difference between that and the "Zalman CNPS7000A-AlCu" is much
You're too fast , read my edit of the last post and in particular the thread I linked to. The AlCu is very very similar to the Cu in every way except weight, you're looking at about 1°C difference.
