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Harry Muscle
I was wondering if someone could verify if this kind of a setup is possible:
I'm thinking of getting an Athlon XP Barton 2500+ and run it on a Asus A7N8X
Deluxe board. However, since the board can handle 200MHz FSB, I'm hoping to
be able to run my chip at that FSB speed, but I'm not the overclocking type.
So here's what I wanted to do:
Change the FSB to 195MHz
Set the Multiplier to 9.5
My chip would now be running at 1852.5Mhz as opposed to the origianl 1833.
This I'm comfortable with. Obviously I would require PC3200 memory to do
this.
However, the parts that I'm confused about are ... there was an article on
Tom's Hardware about the Barton core and they mentioned that they tried
running the chips at 200MHz FSB, however, they were unable to get it stable.
From what I understand they changed the FSB as well as the multiplier in
order to not overclock the chip. From the chips point of view, does it
really matter what the FSB and multiplier are set at, as long as the actual
speed is the same?
Also, are Barton chips multiplier unlocked? Or do you have to do that
"connect the two pins" thing in order to choose a different multiplier?
Thanks,
Harry
I'm thinking of getting an Athlon XP Barton 2500+ and run it on a Asus A7N8X
Deluxe board. However, since the board can handle 200MHz FSB, I'm hoping to
be able to run my chip at that FSB speed, but I'm not the overclocking type.
So here's what I wanted to do:
Change the FSB to 195MHz
Set the Multiplier to 9.5
My chip would now be running at 1852.5Mhz as opposed to the origianl 1833.
This I'm comfortable with. Obviously I would require PC3200 memory to do
this.
However, the parts that I'm confused about are ... there was an article on
Tom's Hardware about the Barton core and they mentioned that they tried
running the chips at 200MHz FSB, however, they were unable to get it stable.
From what I understand they changed the FSB as well as the multiplier in
order to not overclock the chip. From the chips point of view, does it
really matter what the FSB and multiplier are set at, as long as the actual
speed is the same?
Also, are Barton chips multiplier unlocked? Or do you have to do that
"connect the two pins" thing in order to choose a different multiplier?
Thanks,
Harry