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It just got a lot harder.

Yesterday I got to thinking about my system, no crashes in months at 200 x 12 = 2.4 GHz, I wonder if it can do 2.5 GHz. I know it can't run 2.6 GHz stable for more then about an hour, but just how high can it go? And why stop with just the CPU, I have some Winbond BH5 RAM in this system, might as well use it right? So after a few hours of testing in memtest 86, I settled on this speed:


The CPU is running at 1.9v, the RAM is running at 2.9v with a latency of 2-2-2-6-T1. The stock speed of the CPU is 1463 MHz, it is currently running 1072 MHz faster or at an overclock of 173.27%.

Now I just need to keep on hammering the system for a week or so to make absolutely sure it's stable.

penii envy?

nice, the real test will come summer time.

Yep - it'll run like that for probably 18 months I'd guess. After that, it'll still be running at that speed, but benches will show a marked decrease in performance due to several million transistors being destroyed by Ion Migration within the core.

Hellishly good overclock though - so in 18 months you can replace it - and it won't owe a cent.

Coolcat wrote:nice, the real test will come summer time.

I seriously doubt that. See, he's watercooled his entire system, and he's got the radiator down in the basement with one of those uber-fast 120mm fans blowing on it (the kind that blow so much air that they sound like a jet engine). I don't think his system has yet to exceed 32C.

Mobius wrote:Yep - it'll run like that for probably 18 months I'd guess. After that, it'll still be running at that speed, but benches will show a marked decrease in performance due to several million transistors being destroyed by Ion Migration within the core.

Hellishly good overclock though - so in 18 months you can replace it - and it won't owe a cent.

It's a $50 cpu and it will be an outdated POS in 18 months anyway.

ion migration huh.

it's called 'electron migration' ya dipshit. besides, electron migration is a slow process. takes years for any damage to result.

Anyone heard of an overclocked CPU or vidcard destroyed by electon migration?

Why can't you just shut the f up Mobius? Just for once stuff that pie hole of yours with your dad's p3nis or something.

Uhm... civility guys.

Heard of the 5.25 GHz overclock in late '03 Krom?

Nonetheless, sounds like you've pushed this thing quite a way as it is. I wonder how much one can get out of a P3 667...

wow!! Nice work Krom
How's your video card holding up or havent you got that far yet? What MB is that on?

I've got a FX5900 ultra in this system, it's only mildly overclocked, 480/900 vs 450/850 defaults, I didn't see a point to overclocking the video card further. The motherboard is an Abit NF7-S v2.0, the system is over a year old now.

is the cpu born as a genuine 1700 or something bigger downgraded thought quality control?

Sirius wrote:Uhm... civility guys.

I usually am.. but the 'stfu mobius' pics weren't really working.

suicide eddie wrote:is the cpu born as a genuine 1700 or something bigger downgraded thought quality control?

I believe it's a T-bred "B". I wanted to buy one for myself, but decided to get a Barton 2500+ for $60 which is 1. easier to find, 2. easier to OC even farther and 3. started at a higher speed in the first place(haven't needed to OC from 1.83ghz yet).

And the person that OCed to 5+ Ghz was probably not using any conventional methods of cooling

Jesus Freak wrote:

suicide eddie wrote:is the cpu born as a genuine 1700 or something bigger downgraded thought quality control?

I believe it's a T-bred "B".

I don't think thats what he ment

Jesus Freak wrote: And the person that OCed to 5+ Ghz was probably not using any conventional methods of cooling

That was tomshardware, they used liquid nitrogen. Linky

Nice, Krom.