Athlon 500 to 700 ??? I need KEWLING! :)

[sascha]

Maybe you peeps can give me some suggestions on what i planned... /forum/smile.gif I ordered an Athlon 500. I wanted to overclock it to 700MHz with serious cooling according to the Guide on www.tomshardware.com. (http://www.tomshardware.com.) I don't see the problems in soldering some smd-parts somewhere...

My real problems are these 3:

1) Would it be possible running the Athlon 500 (rock-)stable at 700?

2) Where to get go _good_ cooling-device (like the "Sandwich"-cooler for PII). I am _not_ talking about peltier or kryogenic coolers (i can't afford such!). Just a normal cooling unit that does the job even better than the ones that come with the cpu. Any suggestions? /forum/smile.gif

2) The CPU Voltage. How much would i have to increase the CPU-Voltage to get a Athlon 500 running at 700 ? Tomshardware.com increased the voltage for 0.05V o/c'ing a Athlon 650 to 750 (so the voltage was 1.65V). What voltage would you suggest to use in this "bigger" step of overclocking? Also 1.65V maybe???

I would really appreciate some answers from people who already tried o/c'ing the Athlon this way... Thx a lot in advance.

So long guys,

Sascha

[RobRich]

Try here for the FAK7X2B AMD K7 Super Cooler:

www.computernerd.com (http://www.computernerd.com)

[Mike H.]

I have a week 39 with a 600 core running at 700 and 1.7v with a generic PII dual fan heatsink. No special cooling needed, just good heatsink compound.

Mike H.

[lght1]

Hi

Dont attempt the modification unless you know what your doing, and are prepared for a dead chip. Although i am "handy" with pc's..i was not sure i could do this..so i contracted out..I now have a athlon at 800 on a msi -6167 mobo..and a FKK-32 heatsink. The chip is rock stable at 1.85 vcore although i think i will be able to cut it back in a week or so...

[daveleau]

Paul at Millisec has Athlon coolers and is a great guy to do business with.

millisec.safeshopper.com

Enjoy-
Dave