need help with overclocking

[XtremeMaC]

hi there

I instead of buying something new, decided to overclock my pc

I've

• Asus A7V8X-X
  
• Kingston 512MB PC2700 Ram
  
• Athlon XP 2500+ (currently on 1.833MHz)
  
• 300W Power Supply
  

now with this in mind how can I best overclock my system?

the multiplier, the ram spd, everything

Thanks!!

heh I know not much of a system (parents.. )

[SiMoNsAyS]

overclock it's not something that works on every system equal. you have to try your own settings and see how stable the system is. first try overclocking your processor (i don't know much about KT400 chipset based boards so i'll talk about nforce2 based mobos), but U can try to take up your FSB with 2 mhz ranges, on windows first error, reboot, downclock your FSB and overclock your multiplier with 0,5 ranges. if you think that your system it's stable with some hangs you can try to overclock your voltage (always in 0,025 ranges) and try to reach the stability (WARNING!!: this is the risky part).

when you've reached what you think it's enough, try to overclock your memory latency in 1 cycle ranges. that's all, try to check frecuently your memory and cpu temperature, people with a 2500+ barton cpu can reach the 3400+ speed with agressive overclocking. remember do it at your own risk

ps: if your pc can't boot to bios, look for a clear cmos jumper on your mobo manual or disconnect the cmos battery that will revert all changes to default.

[XtremeMaC]

well that's actually why I've posted my system here, maybe someone with a similar config

well here's what my little experience on oc says:

I tried to change the multiplier to 12 12,5 or something like that and it gives errors (its on 11 now) so would it be about voltage maybe memory latency? fsb? abc? def?

[SiMoNsAyS]

2 systems with the same hardware have different overclocking capabilities, when you overclock your multiplier you also overclock your agp frecuency and pci frecuency with that chipset. a different gfx, different pci cards, different cpu fans... leads you to a different overclock result.

if 11 it's the default multiplier try 11,5 and then overclock your fsb with 2mhz ranges until unstability. overclock fsb gives more perfomance than overclock multiplier and remember DON'T do agressive changes.

[XtremeMaC]

thanks will try!!