xp 2600b any good for o/c'in ?

EyesOnly · 30-07-2003 8:46pm #1

Hi guys/gals

just wondering if the XP2600B is a good overclocker as i've just ordered 1

Col_Loki · 30-07-2003 10:09pm

The great overclocking chips at the min would be the Xp2500+ & Xp1700+ Tbred b Dltc3.

The Xp2600+ should hit 2.4ghz with decent cooling (ie Slk800/900 & TT smart fan), if your real lucky it will hit 2.5ghz (not that lightly unless you go for water cooling or very noisey air cooling). It depends on what board your using, what PSU you have, and of coarse RAM. If you post more might be able to give you more info......

Loki

EyesOnly · 30-07-2003 10:32pm

i have the asus a7n8x deluxe
q-tec gold 550watt psu
and 2x256mb kingston (pc2700) ram

sci0x · 30-07-2003 10:46pm

Originally posted by TheRealEyesOnly
Hi guys/gals

just wondering if the XP2600B is a good overclocker as i've just ordered 1

Not really. go with a 2500+ if your gona do that. the 2600+ is near a max temp/speed

Col_Loki · 30-07-2003 10:55pm

Your have a good board & PSU for overclocking. You will prob have to set the ram to run at 80% of the FSB as your ram is 333Mhz (166Mhz FSB) rated.

Would recomend setting your FSB to 200Mhz , setting your ram to 80% of FSB (and up the Vdimm one notch, and tighten the timings - if you want to post your existing ones should be able to suggest ones) , lower your multiplier to 10.5 (2100Mhz).

Thats a good place to start. Then try upping your Multiplier & Vcore to get higher speeds. Common view is not to push your Vcore to over 1.8V, unless you have very good cooling or are willing to take a risk

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You wont have to worry about any PCI or AGP locks, which is a good thing. When you thing your system is stable run Prime95 and that will confirm it for you (or most of the time itl tell you your not stable) either higher your Vcore or back off the overclock a little.

Its just a matter of playing around with FSB * Multiplier. Reason i said 200Mhz is it will run your ram @160Mhz. If you use 166Mhz FSB then you will run outa multipliers (max 12.5 AFAIK on that board unless u unlock the higher level ones).

Another option would be to go to 170-180 FSB and see if your ram can handle it.

Loki

EyesOnly · 31-07-2003 5:18pm

ok tnx loki
should be gettin the chip sometime next week x fingers

Col_Loki · 31-07-2003 7:05pm

No probs, glad to be of some help.
Run into any probs, gimme a shout & ill do me best to sort ya out.

Loki

xp 2600b any good for o/c'in ?

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