Overclocking With Durons [Help!]

MrTRiotMrTRiot Northern Ontario Icrontian
edited March 2005 in Hardware
I currently have a 1.3 ghz AMD Duron with 512 mb DDR ram and a decent video card. I need it to run faster and have read most of the turtorials and haven't quite grasped it yet. I'm awefully afraid of frying my CPU or screwing up my video card

Help would be greatly appriciated

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  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    Unfortunately, a 1.3 Duron will be pretty hard to OC. It's on the Morgan core, with the 1.75V core voltage. I'm afraid of overheating issues if you try to OC/overvolt that puppy. Perhaps an upgrade to the 'L' code 1.4+ Durons is in order?
  • MrTRiotMrTRiot Northern Ontario Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    I was thinking of adding a water cooling system to my computer....would that help with heating issues? I only have 1 fan atm....
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    For the price of a watercooling system, you could get an XP processor and some really good aircooling... why OC the Duron in that case? (unless you're really doing it as an enthusiast rather than for performance)
  • MrTRiotMrTRiot Northern Ontario Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    I already have windows XP on my computer as well as 60 gigs
  • MrTRiotMrTRiot Northern Ontario Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    The reason I want to OC my computer is that it's for part of my computer programing credit, and the first one to OC a computer .5 ghz gets a free 7% :O!

    What can I say....I like free marks :P
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    XP processor isn't Windows XP. It's an Athlon XP.
  • MrTRiotMrTRiot Northern Ontario Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    are they expensive?

    is there something else, easier that I can do? time is of the essence
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    They're less expensive than a good watercooling setup.
  • edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    What mobo are you running?
    I have a bunch of old socket A cpus around that I know will OC.
    But 0.5GHz, that is a tall order. You may need a newer XP to do it.
    The older TBird, TBread, and so on, will not jump that much.
    A +2500 Barton or a +2400Mobile are both under $80.
    But still, getting 2.3 out of either of these could be a stretch without the right mobo.

    And how good is you memory? You are going to have to do this with raising the fsb.
  • MrTRiotMrTRiot Northern Ontario Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    memory? umm...512 MB of DDR Ram and 40+ gig hard drive, with a Radeon 9200 Video card.
  • fudgamfudgam Upstate New York
    edited February 2005
    I just installed a Mobile Athlon 2600+. $95 from newegg. Stock, its 2.0 ghz. I have it running at 2.49 ghz right now with an SLK heat sink and STOCK AMD fan, so you could hit the 500 mhz mark easy with this processor and some decent cooling.
    Of course you would need a decent mobo too..... that would be getting kinda expensive for some extra credit.
    Well.... its an idea.
  • MrTRiotMrTRiot Northern Ontario Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    I came home friday and walked in to my room. All I could smell was death. I try to turn on my comp and all I get is a red light...I quickly run and grab a screw driver and open it up and to my shock and horror...


    I see my motherboard has melted in to the VGA and ISA slots and has fried 9 out of 20 pins, making everything on my motherboard toast, even the RAM is dead.

    Now i'm look at the better half of 300$ for a 2.4 Ghz AMD Athlon with 512 mb of DDR ram and 2 fans running at 300 RPMs.

    :-(

    p.s. What would be a good motherboard and processor to get for 250$(canadian)?
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    Did it do that stock or OC'd?
  • lemonlimelemonlime Canada Member
    edited February 2005
    Check out NCIX, (www.ncix.com).. They are located in BC, no PST :thumbsup:

    I would take a look at the 2400+ Mobile processor and the Abit NF7-S/DFI Ultra Infinity if you are serious about overclocking the Socket A platform.

    A better solution may be to look at the socket 754 platform, as there is a lot of bang for the buck in that department. A sempron 3100+ and a DFI NF3/MSI NF3 board would not set you back very far. Many people have been able to take those sempron 3100+ newcastles up as high as 2.5GHz from a lowly 1.8GHz, so that would certainly give you your 0.5GHz overclock. This combo would likely cost you closer to $300-350CDN, but you will have better overclocking potential, and a more modern platform. The Sempron 754 processors are based on the Athlon 64 architecture, and with a good overclock should do better than most socket A systems. Another added benefit of moving to the socket 754 platform, is that you can easily use memory dividers, so you do not need the best quality/fastest ram to get a good overclock. Most socket A systems require a 1:1 memory clock.

    There are many many factors involved in overclocking, and although we can give you some help here at SM, you'll really have to do some reading on the subject. There are many risks involved, and far too many variables, so of course, results may vary. I've been tinkering with hardware for years, and I'm still learning every day. Be sure to research all of the parts you wish to buy to ensure interoperability. Take a look around on the net for hardware reviews, and see if you can find 'athlon overclocking guides' etc, that will give you a good foundation for your adventures :)

    Good luck with your rig..
  • MrTRiotMrTRiot Northern Ontario Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    GHoosdum wrote:
    Did it do that stock or OC'd?

    I didn't even to begin to overclock it, which is the sad part.

    I've been looking at it more closely and it appears that my heat sync blew...:-(

    p.s. I wish this happened a week earlier because then the warenty would of covered it.
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