possibly dumb question... possibly not...

Mar 16, 2003, 05:03 PM

"ABIT SoftMenu™
The overclocking function includes CPU frequency, Vcore, multiplier, chipset & DDR voltage and AGP VDDQ voltage adjustment available to maximize your system performance"

ok... for those of you with this mobo or have had it (DriveEuro) does this mean that you dont have to unlock the CPU to change all this? As i said i know that this may be a stupid question... but i was curious

~~DriveEuro~~ · Mar 16, 2003, 05:42 PM

OK. All athlon xp processors are unlocked by default by this motherboard. So with your XP2100 you don't have to do squat. You can change clock speeds without modding the chip.

Mar 16, 2003, 06:20 PM

From the words of cartman "Sweet"

~~DriveEuro~~ · Mar 16, 2003, 06:23 PM

BUT, with that ram that you have..... You won't be able to overclock too much at all. What brand is the RAM? Generic? If it is generic then you won't go too much faster.... Hell! You won't be able to overclock much at all. XP2100 Palaminos are hot as hell. They can't overclock much cuz they are simply too damn hot to begin with.

-={420}=- · Mar 16, 2003, 07:03 PM

Not too hot I hope. Will my Koolance CPU-200G and pcToys Arctic Silver III be enough to cool it down? I read a review on the pcToys Arctic Silver III and it actually decreases the temperature by around 15°F versus standard heat compound. That's pretty impressive!

~~DriveEuro~~ · Mar 16, 2003, 07:15 PM

It CAN drop the temps by 5C. Not everyone will see that type of temperature drop.

Mar 16, 2003, 08:40 PM

yea i dont think i have polomino though... and i plan to get faster RAM PC-3200. And the ram i have now is generic (AIB) and just generic (i have 2 X 256)

~~DriveEuro~~ · Mar 16, 2003, 10:19 PM

General. You have palamino. We went over this. You bought your processor right when I bought my 2100 Palamino. At that time the 2100 T-Bred B hadn't even been released. Well, if it was released I doubt you woulda bought it cuz the 2100B craze didn't come until January.

Mar 16, 2003, 10:28 PM

ok... thank you for clearing this up for me. i dont actually remember ever going over it though... oh well. with my extra b-day mulah ($90) i might get an 80 CFM heatsink/fan... that should cool it off a bit eh?