OT Thinkin of upgadin my Chip

[Ian]

If the link doesn't work then the bandwidth has been exceeded.

I can email it to anyone if they're in desperate need of viewing my screenshot (ie. Rob)

 

[Hellraiser]

Well, definitely impressed by the overclock - I had a look at a P4 Prescott when they came out and was completely unimpressed by them. They actually ran hotter than the original P4 they were meant to replace! It looks like Intel have sorted it now, but I'd still go for an Athlon 64. My 3200+ goes like the proverbial off a shiny shovel, particularly when running Suse Linux in 64 bit mode

Hellraiser.........>

 

[Ian]

haha nice!!!

If I can get him to put it back to 4.18Ghz and get a screenshot I'll obviously post it.

He's one of these paranoid people who doesn't really know a great deal about what goes on inside PC's, just how they work.

I'll ask him when he comes online what he wants to do.

If not I'll just buy another PC through work and build it and overclock it purely to prove Rob wrong

Only joking.

Thanks for the comments Hellraiser, much appreciated.

 

[BlackBravo]

Is there a way of overcclockin a sempron? (2600) from what i can find there locked

Pete





DONT WORK FOR THE CO-OP THEY DONT PAY PERIOD!

 

[Roberto]

Thanks for posting the screenshot and being honest Ian

I have verified the CPU-Z checksum and this appears to confirm the screenshot as valid, before anyone questions whether it was photo-shopped.

I was pretty sure that even if you did achieve 4.18GHz, which is physically possible, it wouldn't stand up with simply stock air cooling. 3.8 is closer to the mark, although I imagine that runs pretty darn hot. Prescotts were a huge improvement over the Northwoods but the heat issue is a pain.

I can't get too much more out of my A64, mainly due to the budget mobo I am running. I have it at 2.33GHz which is comparable to a P4 running at 3.5GHz, approximately (PR3495).

Thanks again

Rob

 

[Roberto]

Not familiar with that mobo, but it is possible to OC the 2600+ to about 2.1GHz, give or take.

Rob

 

[Ian]

Handshake, Rob?

 

[BlackBravo]

The MoBo i have is a MSI km 400, but the chip seems locked so i cant do anything,
How do i unlock, or can the jumpers on the board be changed?


Pete





DONT WORK FOR THE CO-OP THEY DONT PAY PERIOD!

 

[Ian]

Maybe it's like the old palamino chips where you've got to make a bridge across the chips with a lead pen to get the conductivity.

That was the only way to unlock the 1.1-1.4Ghz C chips that AMD produced on the Socket A's.

No idea about the semprons though. I tend to steer clear away from AMD myself, pretty much an Intel man me.

 

[Ian]

pen = pencil

Even.

 

[BlackBravo]

lol


Pete





DONT WORK FOR THE CO-OP THEY DONT PAY PERIOD!

 

[Roberto]

J/K

Hands shaken (in a virtual way of course !)

Rob

 

[Ian]

Very well.