Overclocking potential of this AMD rig ??

Jaap74 · 21 Dec 2006 at 09:52

My mate has this combo :

MSI K9NSLI PLATINUM

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200 AM2 2.2GHz

Crucial 1GB 240Pin DIMM PC2

Any idea's how well, if at all, that will overclock ?

Cheers

DavidQ · 21 Dec 2006 at 19:48

I currently own the 4200+ aswell and according to http://www.legitreviews.com/article/373/4/ it seems to overclocke decently. I'm using the stock amd cooler though so as soon as I get my Zalman CNPS9500 i'll get a proper play around.

sablabra · 21 Dec 2006 at 20:06

Depends on cooling and of course stepping(no cpu is alike), brief guesstimate between 2.5-3.0ghz

Jaap74 · 21 Dec 2006 at 20:18

Having never used AMD before is it just the same as Intel overclocking ? ie. raising FSB, RAM voltage if necessary and loosening timings ?

Cheers

FreeStream · 21 Dec 2006 at 20:27

Jaap74 said:
Having never used AMD before is it just the same as Intel overclocking ? ie. raising FSB, RAM voltage if necessary and loosening timings ?

Cheers

well yes, just you have to watch the HTT (1000 is stock iirc? or is that changed now with AM2?)

Drop the mem onto a 133 divider or 166 or something and crack up the CPU

Jaap74 · 21 Dec 2006 at 20:33

great, I just have to convince him to let me fiddle with his machine a bit

weescott · 21 Dec 2006 at 20:51

Depending on cooling. All X2's can clock to between 2.8ghz and 3.4ghz.

My X2 3800 (Toledo) will do 3.2 suicide but only 2.8ghz stable. And that's a poor clocker!

Gashman · 21 Dec 2006 at 21:48

one of the asus AM2 boards can do like well over 1000HT, and i mean WELL over