Guys after a while of having my AMD Athlon 64 x2 5200+ at stock speed (2.6ghz), I've decided to try my hand at overclocking it. I'm a bit of a wimp though, and afraid to try it (the nightmare of my computer blowing up is a common one I'm sure). Would anyone give me a few hints as to what kind of speed i could acheive with it with a Zalman Aero flower Heat sink on it?
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Overclocking an AMD X2 5200+
- Thread starter Mojo
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those CPU's don't overclock much, if at all. however you may get another 200mhz with that hsf and some extra volts.
you can't immediately damage the CPU from overclocking it; if it gets too hot then it will just decrease the life of the chip over time.
--Jonny
you can't immediately damage the CPU from overclocking it; if it gets too hot then it will just decrease the life of the chip over time.
--Jonny
You will only need a small FSB increase to clock the CPU at 2.8Ghz so I wouldn't imagine you need to tweak anything else. But just in case lower the HTT multi to 4 and set a mem divider. Increase the voltage if it's unstable, I wouldn't go over 1.5V without decent cooling.
