overclock questions

[mjonesjr]

Finding a XP wouldn't be hard, it is finding a good motherboard to run one on would be hard.

 

[DeanMoriarty]

Yeah true... guess you couldn't do much with it on that board.

 

[mjonesjr]

Yea the boards that can handle the XP wouldn't have any PCI-E slots on it.

 

[DeanMoriarty]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Abit-NF7-S-Version-1-2-Socket-A-462-agp-AMD-with-box_W0QQitemZ300292991220QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item300292991220&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

This one will run 400mhz fsb or more and supports multiplier overclocking... for only $11

 

[DeanMoriarty]

Yeah... You'd be stuck with AGP. I really don't think the poster has PCI-E on the current board though.

 

[fleck]

I appreciate the advice guys. I think i'll actually wait until i have the money for a new MB and CPU before i try this. Again thanks for the imput. Brian

That's your best bet. You should only need a motherboard, CPU, RAM and most likely a newer power supply to get you started. Hard drives are bone cheap these days too, 1TB can be had for $100.

 

[Mark_88]

If you want to muck about in the bios settings you can always use the "reload default" option if you destablize the system...as long as you don't fry something...but it depends on your Mobo whether it changes the clock/bus speed...some do some don't..writing everything down or taking a screen shot of the current settings is an excellent idea...some you can print off right from the bios by using the Print Screen key...

I like the last option you chose though...buy a better system...maybe keep the old one around to play with since you won't need to worry about leaving yourself without computer...

 

[Jaymz9350]

If you want to muck about in the bios settings you can always use the "reload default" option if you destablize the system...as long as you don't fry something...but it depends on your Mobo whether it changes the clock/bus speed...some do some don't..writing everything down or taking a screen shot of the current settings is an excellent idea...some you can print off right from the bios by using the Print Screen key...

I like the last option you chose though...buy a better system...maybe keep the old one around to play with since you won't need to worry about leaving yourself without computer...

Yeah about the only option is a new system. Even if that board will allow upping the FSB it can screw up the whole system easily. That chipset doesn't lock the pci/agp frequencies when upping the fsb and can corrupt your hard drive and mess with any add on cards in the pc.

On a side note though overclocking can get pretty addictive. I started just getting a little more out of my first self built and now I try to squeeze every last bit out of my systems.

 

[mjonesjr]

Just be careful.

I crashed my system last night and cooked my board. Now I am waiting on a replacement board to come in from XFX.

 

[Mark_88]

Ouch!

The only system I had oc'd was an old PII 350 that I think I squeezed up to 500 or so...that was my previous system...this one I just replaced the chip and it works just fine...I prefer boards that take various cpu's where you can upgrade as needs require...haven't looked at Mobos for a while, but that's how I would approach a new system...if they still offer those options...

On a side note...there was an old server sitting in the computer lab at school...the instructor said it was donated by one of the staff...it's an old IBM system (RISC 6000 or something like that I think) and he gave it to one of the students free...

That system was probably worth $100,000-$250,000 when it was cutting edge...it's probably still a kick-a$$ machine and it works...but it's huge...took two of us to lift it into his trunk...takes four processors...has like four HDD bays, and I think he said had 2 gigs of RAM (IBM proprietary of course)...