MY 1.5v 2100+ overclocking adventure on a problematic mobo

~~craig588~~ · Jun 30, 2003, 04:42 AM

I have an av133-c mobo that doesn't like thoroughbred-B procs, but it almost works with them. I was playing around trying to figure out why it wont boot, and I tried setting the FSB to 105, and it finnally booted, but it listed the speed as 2099MHz!!! I has a multiplier of 20x! I tried unlocking the chip, but it still will lock on to a 20X multiplier no matter what I set it to. I have the great news to report that the chip will boot at 2.1GHz with stock voltages on watercooling, but the bad news is that with a FSB of 105 its still alot slower than my current setup at a 145MHz FSB. Now I just need to buy a good mobo and good DDR ram.

I didn't run any benchmarks because I figured it wouldn't be faster anyways. This chip is making me so excited I think I will burst, but I'm too cheap to buy a new mobo and ram. I think now that I know it can run well I'll be able to rationalize the descison better.

No_Style · Jun 30, 2003, 04:59 PM

Get one of them new NForce 2 Mobos. They officially support DDR400 I think. Or you can wait a few weeks or so for the NForce 3 board which ASUS is supposed to release Le Gasp

~~craig588~~ · Jun 30, 2003, 05:11 PM

I'm looking at the abit nf7-s v2.0, and OCZ pc3500 ram.

toddsmack2k · Jun 30, 2003, 05:14 PM

Damn good choices!!!!!!!!!!!

leishi85 · Jul 7, 2003, 04:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by No_Style
Get one of them new NForce 2 Mobos. They officially support DDR400 I think. Or you can wait a few weeks or so for the NForce 3 board which ASUS is supposed to release Le Gasp

nforce 3 are supposedly designed for workstation, like multiprocessors, and such, not good for overclocking.

Jun 30, 2003, 04:42 AM	#1
~~craig588~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In clothing Posts: 3,510 Rep Power: 0	MY 1.5v 2100+ overclocking adventure on a problematic mobo I have an av133-c mobo that doesn't like thoroughbred-B procs, but it almost works with them. I was playing around trying to figure out why it wont boot, and I tried setting the FSB to 105, and it finnally booted, but it listed the speed as 2099MHz!!! I has a multiplier of 20x! I tried unlocking the chip, but it still will lock on to a 20X multiplier no matter what I set it to. I have the great news to report that the chip will boot at 2.1GHz with stock voltages on watercooling, but the bad news is that with a FSB of 105 its still alot slower than my current setup at a 145MHz FSB. Now I just need to buy a good mobo and good DDR ram. I didn't run any benchmarks because I figured it wouldn't be faster anyways. This chip is making me so excited I think I will burst, but I'm too cheap to buy a new mobo and ram. I think now that I know it can run well I'll be able to rationalize the descison better.

Jun 30, 2003, 04:59 PM	#2
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	Hmm.. Get one of them new NForce 2 Mobos. They officially support DDR400 I think. Or you can wait a few weeks or so for the NForce 3 board which ASUS is supposed to release Le Gasp __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Jun 30, 2003, 05:14 PM	#4
toddsmack2k It Never..... Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,173 Rep Power: 0	Damn good choices!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ [color=blue]*Bleeding From the Inside Pouring Out, The* *DriverHeaven* Spiral, We Shall Never Let Go Of.[/color]

Jun 30, 2003, 05:11 PM	Thread Starter #3
~~craig588~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In clothing Posts: 3,510 Rep Power: 0	I'm looking at the abit nf7-s v2.0, and OCZ pc3500 ram.