On Wednesday 06 March 2002 09:06 pm, you wrote: > UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM > > OK... Don't say I didn't warn you but... > Get MASSIVE cooling into that system ASAP If you want to OC an Athy. I > kid not... Have at least 3 - 4 80mm Fans going in your PC. No joke, > otherwise you do risk frying the CPU.
That is definately true for Athlon T-birds, but the newer Xp's have a smaller process, I believe, and therefore are cooler. But, with a T-bird, I suggest you do a LOT of homework on cases, fans, heatsinks, peltier, etc. before proceeding. For example, I have a T-bird 1.33 GHz running at stock speeds ( at the moment). I run 4 Enermax speed variable 80's, 2 in, 2 out, an Antec PCI Sys. cooler ( blows air out a PCI slot), an Enermax 350 W PS with dual fans, an OCZ Gladiator w/80 mm Delta in a Antex 1030 Full tower case. ( That means it is big and has good airflow, and with 6 x 80's and a delta, gets rather loud). Checking Asus probe (which, if you know about MoBo temp sensors, reads from under the core and not actually touching it, which would give more accurate readings) reads my proc at between 40-42 C at boot and climbs about 3-4 deg C after a few hours of use. That is rather cool for an Athlon without major cooling. My previous set up with the same chip, nix the Enermax PS and 2 80's gave 50-55 deg C and unstability after long gaming sessions with temps 60+ deg C. I did a lot of research before first OC'ing my sys and I still f'ed up. I reccommend you look at a few websites, and decide if you can pick up the pieces if it blows up. It is definately not something to do on a whim or without some background knowledge. I am also not sure the purpose of OCing other than 3D gaming, which is not really supported in Linux that much. As a previous poster said, your gain may not be noticable in real world apps. Jeff Oh, don't think I am trying to tell you what to do, or that I trying to talk down to you. I am simply suggesting you do your homework before messing around too much. Good Luck.
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