K6-3 450 overclocking?

[lght1]

I have a K6-3 450 @500 w/2.8 vcore on a fic 503A 2mg L3. Lapping, an alpha w/27cfm fan, silver paste, and a 80 mm case fan blowing at alpha enable this 500 which runs cool according to Sandra ( 18C - 28C) and is very stable. I thought about replacing my 128 mg of pc100 with pc133. Any one able to go higher than 500 with this chip?

[alpha]

The 256kb of L2 cache on the chip will probably hold it back.

[Shahim]

Try this one and go into the cpu database: www.overclockers.com (http://www.overclockers.com)

[NuovoTech]

Quit while you're still ahead, most of the
rest of us can't get our K6-3's above 475mhz
at any voltage...

[lght1]

525 now with pc133... ( 5.5 x 95 ) this might be the upper limits without extreme cooling.

[RobRich]

Most k6 series chips will never make it above 525 due to level once cache limitations. When AMD releases the k6-2+ in Q1 2000 we'll have a better chance. This cpu will be built on the .18 micron die size (unlike .25 now) plus have an on chip 128kb level 2 cache. I haven't heard any future plan for the k6-3, but preliminary data show that the k6-2+ could be avaible in clocks speeds over 600mhz by using remapped multipliers.

Also good news for super7 owners on the chipset side. VIA is to release a new 133mhz fsb capable supoer7 chipset. It should incorporate such things as ata-66 and agp 4x. Looks like our socket 7 days aren't dead yet.

[lght1]

we have the K6-3 system as well as the athlon mod to do 650+...funny tho..at 500..the K6-3 benches higher =) Altho the athalon is great..i still like the supewr7 platform.