The Ultimate Athlon Overclocking CPU!

[Ace No-Money]

Hey This is Ace! I am searching for the ultimate overclocking cpu for my Socket A system! I am now aware, thanks to Nubius, that regular Athlon XP barton cores after week 39 of the 2500+ do not have adjustable multipliers regardless of whether the mobo has the option of adjusting it or not. I am now looking to see what everyone would recommend for a good overclocking cpu and heatsink. I am especially looking at athlon xp-m 2400+, 2500+, and 2600+ with 1.45 core voltages. I am planning to upgrade to abit nf7-s 2.0 mobo also! Which of these clocks better 2400+, 2500+, or 2600+. Comeon guys I need some answers, quick! And thanks Nubius, ya jerk!

Ace's System
Athlon XP 2500+ w/Tt Silentboost
(VIA) ECS KT600-A
2x256mb Pc3200 Mushkin Black 2-2-2-5 (BH-5)
Radeon 9200 128mb 128bit
Western Digital 80GB - 2mb Cache
400W Hercules PSU
Black Glossy Dragon ATX Tower
Samsung CD-RW
Logitech Z-3 2.1
IBM 17”hello

 

[r3dS3rialKill3r]

If you want the ajustable multiplier then get the Athlon XP 2600+. Right now i got the 2400+ and i have it running at 2.1 GHz with 3 fans

 

[lazerman]

They all have an adjustable multiplier... The 2400 runs stock on 1.35vcore... and to utilize 400fsb just make it 200x9 which is still 1.8ghz but it will run it faster. I like the 2400... most experiences will be very similar throughout all of them though. You're choosing the right mobo as well... I think the 2400's are the only ones that only use 35watts so that is a plus. I don't know anyone on here with a 2500 mobile, just 2400's and 2600's.

 

[4W4K3]

2600+ is what you want. With the correct stepping you can get insane overclocks outta them. Right now i am stuck on 2.6GHz max cuz' of my Air cooling and somewhat lack of skill lol. But with better cooling people have gone all the way to 2.8-3.0GHz. Abit mobo you listed is also what you want almost all the time. A few DFI boards did really good, but it's more luck of the draw with those boards, lots of them have severe problems.

 

[Wayniac]

The AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Socket 939 overclocks very well. Seriously take the time to check out this site and see what you think: http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=2242. It doesn't have any multipliers above x9, but if you visit the site, you'll be quite please with the results.

 

[Nubius]

my 35w 2400+ XP-M will hit 2.8GHz on 2.1Vcore but I even bumped my Vcore up to the max the board allows (don't suggest trying that either folks ) but it still wasn't nowhere near prime95 stable. It would boot with 2.8GHz and I could probably get a screenshot, but when prime95 was ran it'd freeze immediately.

Buuuuut yeah get the 2600+ XP-M wish I had back when because I could probably be having a higher OC with lower voltage =/

 

[180Mhz]

Hey This is Ace! I am searching for the ultimate overclocking cpu for my Socket A system! I am now aware, thanks to Nubius, that regular Athlon XP barton cores after week 39 of the 2500+ do not have adjustable multipliers regardless of whether the mobo has the option of adjusting it or not. I am now looking to see what everyone would recommend for a good overclocking cpu and heatsink. I am especially looking at athlon xp-m 2400+, 2500+, and 2600+ with 1.45 core voltages. I am planning to upgrade to abit nf7-s 2.0 mobo also! Which of these clocks better 2400+, 2500+, or 2600+. Comeon guys I need some answers, quick! And thanks Nubius, ya jerk!

Ace's System
Athlon XP 2500+ w/Tt Silentboost
(VIA) ECS KT600-A
2x256mb Pc3200 Mushkin Black 2-2-2-5 (BH-5)
Radeon 9200 128mb 128bit
Western Digital 80GB - 2mb Cache
400W Hercules PSU
Black Glossy Dragon ATX Tower
Samsung CD-RW
Logitech Z-3 2.1
IBM 17”

Whooo good choice.
NF7-S is an awsome mobo.
im running it in my system rigth now.
its got beautiful performance.

 

[bunnymanboy]

Ah whatever, I got the 2500+

 

[Ace No-Money]

Did you say the 2400+ xp-m has a v-core of only 1.35? Wouldn't that be able to overclock even better when the v-core is increased? I am having a hard time finding a 2600+ xp-m on eBay for a good price!

 

[waynejkruse10]

good ol' Athlon Thouroughbred XP/MP - M mod