It's time to OC everything!!! *Need Xperts*

Omatic810Omatic810 Gainesville, FL
edited March 2004 in Hardware
Ok, I've been looking at every1 else's scores for Aquamark3, I've decided I need to OC my processor AND vid card. I figure I'd better get all the questions out of the way now instead of creating a thread for each one.

AMD Athlon 2800+ @ 2.09Ghz (got toned back down)
Powercolor 9700pro @ normal speeds
Corsair XMS 512mb PC3200
Asus A7N8X Deluxe

Processor
I currently have the processor @ 166x2, so is there any way to change the speed to 200 W/O reinstalling the Bios?

And will trying to boot/post with speed @ 200 damage my system?

Are there any other ways I can push it farther w/o blowing up my CPU?
Will cooling make that big of a difference?

Vid Card
Will better cooling help to avoid getting artifacts? I start getting them @ about 350/320. I have stock cooling.

Thanks for any and all help!
And of course, you'll all be paid back in karma.

Comments

  • citrixmetacitrixmeta Montreal, Quebec Icrontian
    edited March 2004
    how are you cooling ur cpu? aircooled?watercooled?

    what type of heatsink and fan?
  • Omatic810Omatic810 Gainesville, FL
    edited March 2004
    i am using stock cooling for everything, AMD brand fan and heatsink (copper).
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited March 2004
    Well you wont get very far on the stock cooler. An SLK series HS and ThermalTake SmartFan 2 will be a good choice. Adjustable from low RPMs to pushing a nice amount of AIR.
  • citrixmetacitrixmeta Montreal, Quebec Icrontian
    edited March 2004
    mmonnin wrote:
    Well you wont get very far on the stock cooler. An SLK series HS and ThermalTake SmartFan 2 will be a good choice. Adjustable from low RPMs to pushing a nice anount of AIR.


    Amen to that
  • KometeKomete Member
    edited March 2004
    Omatic810 wrote:
    AMD Athlon 2800+ @ 2.09Ghz (got toned back down)
    Powercolor 9700pro @ normal speeds
    Corsair XMS 512mb PC3200
    Asus A7N8X Deluxe

    Processor
    I currently have the processor @ 166x2, so is there any way to change the speed to 200 W/O reinstalling the Bios?

    And will trying to boot/post with speed @ 200 damage my system?

    Are there any other ways I can push it farther w/o blowing up my CPU?
    Will cooling make that big of a difference?

    Vid Card
    Will better cooling help to avoid getting artifacts? I start getting them @ about 350/320. I have stock cooling.

    Thanks for any and all help!
    And of course, you'll all be paid back in karma.

    You don't need to flash to a new bios to up it to 200fsb as long as it is a v2.0. The question is will your cpu cooling be enough. If it's a 1.4 you will most likly need to flash to 1004uber to get to 200fsb stable. That said what are your current cpu temps?


    With the video card you will prolly be able to go another 10% with better cooling. I get artifacts with my 9500pro at the same speeds.
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