Overclock question

[Jerukoth]

Ok, before I upgrade, I am going to see if my current set up can handle an OC.

MSI KT3 Ultra2 (MS-6380-e) Motherboard

AMD 2200+ CPU.

512 MB Crucial Memory, PC 2700

Radeon 9700PRO

Soundblaster Live!

My question is this:
What is the best way to begin with this particular set up? I have overclocked in the past, and am not completely new to it, but this system will not post at above 133 MHZ...

Is there a voltage or setting that I am not thinking of? Or perhaps I just got a CPU that will only do 1800 MHZ....


Thanks!

[Jerukoth]

I guess I should assume this board does not OC well???

I have come to the conclusion that the 2200+ is NOT an OC friendly CPU.

After reading about AMD and their offerings of the past two years or so, it would seem that the 2200+ was already clocked about as high as AMD could let it be to remain stable. Mine runs hot at stock, with copper heatsink and a nice big fan, so I will probably need to get a new CPU.

Thanks to all that read this, even those that didn't respond lol

[scottluebke2003]

Is that Athlon a Palomino core OR a Thorughbred? If it is Palomino then you will not be able to overclock it at all, trust me on that. If it is Thoroughbred, then you may be able too.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Originally posted by Jerukoth


I have come to the conclusion that the 2200+ is NOT an OC friendly CPU.

Your right unfortunatley

The original XP2200+ based on the Throughbred A core ran blazingly hot and as such was a pain to get high o/c's out of.

While the Tbred-B version of the XP2200+ did run cooler thansk to a reduced V-Core, i cant think of ever seeing any mega high-o/c#'s out of it like the later Tbred series

--Jakk