zakobi Posted April 13, 2010 Posted April 13, 2010 Was just thinking if it's possible to OC my old AMD Athlon 64 2800+? It runs with only 1.8 GHz, so was thinking if it's possible to get it a little over 2.0 GHz with stock cooling...
EtherealN Posted April 13, 2010 Posted April 13, 2010 Probably - especially since I think those don't have a locked multiplier, which places less demands on the motherboard. I would really recommend that you have temperature checkers though (like RealTeam - note that it requires calibration), and make sure to read some articles on OCing the older Athlon 64's since there might be quirks. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Daniel "EtherealN" Agorander | Даниэль "эфирныйн" Агорандер Intel i7 2600K @ 4.4GHz, ASUS Sabertooth P67, 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz, ASUS GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB, Samsung 830series 512GB SSD, Corsair AX850w, two BENQ screens and TM HOTAS Warthog DCS: A-10C Warthog FAQ | DCS: P-51D FAQ | Remember to read the Forum Rules | | | Life of a Game Tester
Maximus_G Posted April 14, 2010 Posted April 14, 2010 In general, A64 (754 or 939) should get +200MHz quite easily, some statistics there. Just try raising bus frequency, testing temperatures and stability with OCCT. Other hints would be * keeping AGP/PCI-X ferquency fixed, * lowering HT and memory frequencies beforehand, so they would not be a bottleneck, and you could raise CPU freq first, and then raise those frequencies back in second place. * VCore should not be raised by more than 5% with stock cooling, unless you're confident in CPU's temperatures. I've had my A64-754 running +200MHz for several years.
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