How much is to much on NF7-S version 2.0 + 2500+ AMD barton

I have read alot that some chips (being the Barton 2500+ AMD) are not able
to reach the following overclocking speeds. I am running right now the
follow listing of settings. My question is what is a safe voltage for the
CPU. I have read articles of "DO NOT GO OVER 1.8 volts". Right now below
is what I am running...any and all opinions or suggestions I would
appreciate on where or not this is safe to do.

Thanks....and below are my settings:

I am running a Barton 2500+ AMD overclocking with that best/latest bios from
ABIT board of NF7-S verson 2.0. I also wanted to add that I just purchased
a ThermalTake 480 watt Silent Purepower from NewEgg. I previous had a
350watt Antec which could tell did not take the cake so to speak in
supplying power...(go to this sight to see more on just how much power you
need http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/).

200X11 = 3200+ overclocked and this is with a Barton 2500+ AMD.
Voltage is set at 1.85 volts.
FSB/DRAM setting is AT SPD (registering at 400mhz)

I thought that these settings would not be stable as I have read before that
"some" chips such as the Barton 2500+ do not reach the 3200+ mark in
overclocking. I though this as I was able to run stable at 191X11 at volts
of 1.8v. I found out that above settings are able to run 3200+ overlcock
settings, but at higher voltage and has yet to crash or freeze....is this
"OK" or am I a bold daredevil of foolish nature with these settings...THANKS
FOR THE INPUT.....


Dean

 

CPU. I have read articles of "DO NOT GO OVER 1.8 volts".

What a joke. I run my 1700+ at 1.9v @2.4ghz all the time. I have
carefully monitored temps of both the power mosfets on the board as well as
the cpu.

This is quite a high Vcore for a minor overclock. Try this: raise the
Vchipset to the maximum setting, put the memory timings on manual at
whatever they are spec'd for, disable spreadspectrum and enable cpu
disconnect and cpu interface, put Vcore back down to 1.65v and start raising
it slowly. I.E., the impediment may not necessarily be the cpu at this
point.

rms

 

I used to run my duron at 1.85 volts. After about 6 months at 1.85
volts it's overclock ability reduced by about .5 %. There is an
electronics term for what happens when running at excessive voltage.
I think it is 'electron migration' but it's been awhile - maybe
something else. If your willing to accept the degradation in long
term performance, go for it...

Forrest

Motherboard Help By HAL web site:
http://home.comcast.net/~hal-9000/

 

Total joke.
I run my 2800+ at 2.13v for 2.53 GHz on air.

 

Yes, but it makes your posts come out in the wrong place.

Chip

 

You're a bold daredevil alright. I run my Barton 2800+ at 2.1V Vcore. This is
the required voltage for me to run at anything approaching 2300Mhz. I'm using a
Thermalright SLK900U so I don't experience any overheating problems -- at least
not during the winter. It'll be interesting to see if I can run my system this
summer though.

-Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)

 

I fried an old 1200 Tbird running at near this Vcore (maybe 2.15). This was on
a NF7-S v2.0. But I had severe overheating problems.

-Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)

 

I'm running my Barton-core XP2500 at 10.5 X 211MHz FSB (2.2 GHz) with
just the stock heatsink/fan w/ a cpu voltage of 1.725 volts, and it's
very stable. Temperature never gets above 55 C at full load. Of
course this is summer... come December, it may just be the winter of
my discontent.

-worm

 

Hi,

the heat is the thing you should be worried about, not the vCore. I had a
Barton running at 1.9vCore with no issues. Some people are able to
overclock their XP2500+ Bartons to 2.2GHz using default voltages, but I
guess I was unlucky in that respect and had to use 1.775vCore to make mine
100% stable. No biggy really as long as you have nice cooling. . .

It's not always vCore that stabilizes an overclock, sometimes you need to
add more volts to the Northbridge or Memory. Try to keep below 60°C load
and you will be fine. Most hardcore tweakers don't like load temps much over
40°C