Building An Overclockin' rig 2600+ Mobile

[neosteve]

The Thermaltake big water is a good beginners kit and should do the job.
If you want true water cooling performance have a look at these kits
http://www.asetek.com/default.asp?s...=sideid&myvalue=14&contentSection=2&menuID=-1

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[MasterJason]

Sorry about this but I AM NOT going to change the processor. As i want to stay with a mobile. However I will change the graphics card. I have also heard that 4W4k3 has gotten his 2600+ mobile into the 2800 megahertz range running stable also. Any suggestions on a new vid card?-Page

Why Why Why...Go Amd 939 3200+ you can get this cpu to 2500Mhz easy on air and that will whip a 2600+ clocked to 2600Mhz..Socket 939 is Dual channel ram and the Athlon Xp is only single channel ram..You will see a great improvement from the extra memory bandwidth.

 

[MasterJason]

Motherboard : Msi K8n neo2 - http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-130-468&depa=1
Very good overclocking Motherboard

Ram - pqi TURBO Series Dual Channel Platinum Kit 184-Pin 1GB(512MB x 2) DDR PC-3200 - Retail - This will get to over 250Mhz easy http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-141-148&depa=1

Cpu- AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0GHz, 512KB L2 Cache 939-Pin 64-bit Processor - OEM http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-500&depa=1

That system will DEFINITELY beat that old out dated POS Athlon Xp system you are looking at Cpu Multiplyer is 10 x so Run with a FSB of 250Mhz and you get 2500Mhz+ Easy overclock on air

 

[4W4K3]

the Athlon Xp is only single channel ram

What do you mean? You can run DC on an Athlon XP, i've been doing it for years, helps bandwidth alot.

 

[MasterJason]

Hmm yes sorry about that i don't know much about old POS systems. But still Why is he getting a old Athlon xp

 

[waynejkruse10]

Hmm yes sorry about that i don't know much about old POS systems. But still Why is he getting a old Athlon xp

I wouldnt say that about Athlon XP systems. They're still performing quite well compared to newer systems. Barton series athlon xp's (the mobile variety) can perform better when overclocked than a lot of the pentium 4's and some of the earlier Athlon 64's (2800, 3000)

 

[neosteve]

That is true but what would you suggest they guy gets an Athlon XP or AMD 64.
I really say that he must get an AMD 64 first of all its much faster, supports 64bit, overclocks well and finally is more future proof.

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[lazerman]

No lol you are mistaken, or whoever told you is. My top overclock is 2640MHz on my air setup and cheap 330watter PSU. I believe Nubius has goten his 2400+ mobile to 2800MHz...he's the champ

Arghh y maty, well see whos the champ when I get my new psu in a couple of days. I will be popping in my new heatsink too (sneak peak).

Also get the Abit NF7-S revision 2 it is proven to overclock the mobiles to very high and very stable speeds. Click here for info.

 

[Nubius]

I"M THE CHAMP DANGIT!!

But yeah, I've simply reached the CPU's max, even if I got it down to 10C I don't think it would OC much further.

Plus I think if I had the 2600+ XP-M I'd be able to get it to 2.8GHz stable because those seem to require less voltage at the same speeds.

I maxed out my boards Vcore at 2.225 trying to get 2.8GHz stable. It'd load into windows but if I started prime95 it'd freeze =/

 

[waynejkruse10]

I would recomend Athlon 64 over Athlon XP anyday. But we all know XP-m's are great overclockers.