Athlon Barton 2100+ Overclockable?

cruisinbeatz · 5 Dec 2006 at 19:08

Hi everyone, I currently have my 2100+ overclocked to 2600 with only changing the FSB and the multiplyer is at 12.5, this may be an old processor yes but can anyone help me get it a little faster? i tried 2700 it will run for a while stable and then freeze on me, i havent touched voltages or anything. Can anyone give me a decent setup to try on it so see if i can squeeze any more out of it ? Thanks in advance.

Ice Rich · 5 Dec 2006 at 19:11

Dont worry about it being old, its all about keeping costs low and pushing the systems to the limits

What motherboard/ram you using?

cruisinbeatz · 5 Dec 2006 at 19:22

Motherboard I think is a Asus Anx8-x or something like that, im at work so i would need to check and as for ram im running 2 different brands. 1x Geil 512mb pc3200 DDR1, 1x Corsair 512bm pc3200 DDR1. And as for cooling I wouldnt worry about that, I have a adjustable air cooled fan that was on my mates 3200+ and it can keep most things cool from what im told.

cruisinbeatz · 5 Dec 2006 at 19:42

asus a7n8x-x is the board I have, just found that out there.

DavidQ · 5 Dec 2006 at 19:58

Didn't the Barton range only start from 2500+/3200+?

ghgh · 5 Dec 2006 at 20:50

That must be a 2100+ T'bred B, DQN is right - the bartons started at 2500+

Anyway, I had a 2100+ T'bred B a few years ago and it overclocked to just over 2300MHz but it took 1.8v to be stable.

Try upping the vcore if your CPU temperature is good to 1.75v from the default 1.6v

Check with CPU-z if its an 8-8-0 (T'bred A - can do upto 2GHz) or an 8-8-1 (T'bred B can do upto 2.4, maybe more if your very lucky)

Try 12.5 x 173 on 1.75v. That will give you XP2700+ speeds then try raising the FSB slightly each time until it becomes unstable and back it off a few MHz on the FSB.

Or try 13 x 166 to give to the speed of a proper XP2700+ but the above setting would be slightly quicker due to the higher FSB.

cruisinbeatz · 7 Dec 2006 at 12:43

can't get it go stay stable over 2600+ to be honest.

jongeeone · 7 Dec 2006 at 16:22

2600 is still a good clock

Spuderoony · 8 Dec 2006 at 13:29

Doesn't have to be a T'bred, does it? I have a 2100+ Palamino at home. Which aren't as good.

ghgh · 8 Dec 2006 at 14:53

As he's got it to XP2600 speeds it must be a Tbred B, even a Tbred A could do that not without serious voltage, and as for a palomino they were lucky to go behond 1.8ghz without serious voltage.

Spuderoony · 8 Dec 2006 at 16:36

Ah, right. I never OC'd mine so didn't know about that.

El Jimben · 8 Dec 2006 at 17:50

ghgh said:
As he's got it to XP2600 speeds it must be a Tbred B, even a Tbred A could do that not without serious voltage, and as for a palomino they were lucky to go behond 1.8ghz without serious voltage.

Yeh, I had a Palamino 1900+ and it was pants allround!

cruisinbeatz · 20 Dec 2006 at 15:43

i now have this in a shuttle, can much be over clocked in a shuttle with the heat a possible problem.

Cyber-Mav · 20 Dec 2006 at 16:12

DQN said:
Didn't the Barton range only start from 2500+/3200+?

you are correct.

VeNT · 20 Dec 2006 at 17:49

yup
either its a barton 2500 or 3200 or its a palmaro 2100 etc (dog)

cruisinbeatz · 22 Dec 2006 at 13:04

but would it generate much heat in a shuttle at 2600+?

ghgh · 22 Dec 2006 at 13:39

if its still at default voltage it wouldnt generate a vast amount more heat than it does at stock speeds, but if your using 1.8/1.85v it would probably get very toasty.

joeyjojo · 22 Dec 2006 at 15:11

This talk of overclocking bartons made me have another go with my 2500+. It has been at 200fsb = 3200+ speeds, but why not go a little further? :cool:

Currently priming at 219fsb = 2409MHz. Seems to be a mobo limitation, as this is at stock volts and temps are good, the thing won't boot at 220 or above

The room is bloody freezing though, I can barely type my hands are so cold