overclocking amd 2800 athlon xp

I agree with Ohballz the 6800GT is one rockin' card, 3x the price of my 6600GT but worth the money

 

My temps are in celcius. They fluctuate from 35-69 or so, and i dont even play games. I dont know how it gets that high. I guess i'll buy artic silver.

 

Hey all. Nice to be on the thread again, been REALLY busy so I haven't been able to keep up with it like I like to. Anyways, does anybody know if there is really any difference between the Volcano 11+ and the 12. The only difference that I can see is the fan speed, but all of the other specs are virtually identical. Well, and the 11+ is a few $$ cheaper.

Well now that I look a bit more closely, I see that the 12 has 66 fins compared to 40 on the 11+ and the dissapation charts show like -10 C/W over the 11+, so is that the difference, the 12 is just a tad better at cooling? What is really amazing to me when the stats are compared is how the 12 moves 72 CFM at 5500 RPM, and the 11+ moves 75 CFM at its 4800 RPM which I assume probably has to do with the 6 blade fan on top vs. the 3 blade; however the noise level is the same which is not suprising... I guess just the # of fins is probably the real difference here, CFM asside. On thermaltake's website, they call the 11+ the "Highest Performance Cooler" but I bet they just say that as a marketing ploy since it must be cheaper for them to manufacture [having fewer fins] but still has similar results to the 12?

 

welcome back technow.
the volcano 12 is not just the 66 copper fins but also the 3 blade fan is said to push more air intto the center of the heatsink.
reguLAR fans 6 more blades have a blind spot on the center of the heat sink all air is thrown to the sides and then down.

notice that new amd cpu semprons the fan has a side cover to direct all air to heaqt sink.

is not just air is art...

 

Awesome, thanks XP. Looks like I'm getting the 12 then. I can't imagine what 48 Db is going to be like cuz my DragonOrb is like 34 Db right now and it makes my office sound like a server room. I was hoping to find a really good [nearly]silent cooler but is seems you either pay for it in cooling or you gotta spend a lot of $$ to get something sophisticated like a tower/water cooler.

 

Seriously, i think thermaltake should hire us. We do more advertising for the Volcano 12 than any other place lol.

 

You have a good point kalunjoku, I think your right, like half of the people have it in their signature (as will I soon) and its been mentioned so many times that this thread would probably show up in a search engine search eventually...

 

you are right kolanjoku and they should send us free stuff to test it
jejejejeje
technow that fan is loud dude like kolanjoku said if is loud it means its working.

 

Well it actually sounds about half as loud as my DragonOrb, but I think the difference is that the Orb has a really high pitched whirring noise because its a little fan doing 6500 RPM and the Volcano's pitch is much lower, so for me much more tolerable. Also the Volcano droppped my operating temps by 10ºC all around. I'm very happy with it!

Changed my sig too!

 

Hey I got some good news! I got another 512 stick of Kingston PC3200 RAM, which puts me at 1 GB. It's fast man...HL2 finally doesnt take forever on loading times!!!

 

Well, I had my 2800 oc'd at 2450 but was unstable. I kept dropping it down but still system unstable. I wish I new what the magic numbers are.

 

Hello my xp 2800+ is running really solid and stable overclock to 2.4
i just need another 512 stick to get 1gb and a couple of sata drives to get rid of my two ide.

 

i can finally say my system is kick-ass and stable after hours of grief (not just from the missus!).
my system is as follows:
ASUS A7N8X-DELUXE MOBO BIOS REV 1012
XP2800+ O/C 2500Mhz (12.5*200) voltage 1.85(max for board)
modded coolermaster aero7pro cooler w/ arctic silver5
1Gb pc3200 @400Mhz 1:1 timings 6-3-3-3
MSI GF6800GT o/c core 410 mem 1120 driver ver 71.84 (3DMark03 12107)
2* 80Gb SATA--- Raid-0
Creative 5.1 surround card
logitec 5.1 surround sp.
550w Silent Psu
any suggestions on how to make this faster would be greatly appreciated, i will get round to getting the volcano 12 eventually (thx xp) but a new case is higher up the shopping list and the modded aero7 is doing its job. anyone with ideas on a case with good airflow, i have been looking for awhile but dont want to break the bank, and i dont want something with lots of stupid plastic.. has to be class. thx all

 

Can someone give me some reliable numbers based on my mobo. I must not be doing something right.

 

hELLO ohballz thats nice it cant better than that!!! there are few people that manage to boost an athlon xp 2400+ or 2500+ to 3ghz using liquid nitrogen (no2) imagine that!!! 2.5 is a lot for an xp2800+ you are in a elite group not many people can get there (including my self) but im working on that jejejeje guess every system is different.

here a few computer cases (i love xtreme cases i dont know if you too so ill sent you a few) a case with good air flow is very important.

http://www.xoxide.com/xblade3.html

http://www.xoxide.com/x-styler-case-blk.html

http://www.xoxide.com/chenming6021.html

http://www.xoxide.com/scmis.html (this is the one i have its really good)

and last but not list the most perfect cases for overclocking the thermaltake a little bit xpensive but they worth every penny:

http://www.xoxide.com/thermaltake2.html

 

Hi Ohballz, what about Coolermaster cases good air flow, solid build, and oh so easy to put your kit in to as it's mostly tool less...as to making your system faster do you mean 3d mark score or just generally ? you could try a different driver on your 6800GT ( top card ) say the XG[1].win2kxp76.44 HD from tweaksrus worked really well for me or you could try lower cas memory...

 

i have an asus a7n8x and a amd 2800+ but what do you mean by "overclocking"

 

In very basic terms, overclocking is getting the best out of your processor, memory, or videocard without buying a better one. This would also mean making it run harder than usual while being at a stable state.

 

nice cases xp, i found a site that just deals in cases, (xcase.co.uk..... im from england) and found an aerocool magic case, in silver, tell me what you think with some UV and blue lighting (PIMP MY CASE!!) as for the elite part XP.. thanks but i wouldnt say elite...more done lots of homework and been very lucky, i was stuck below 2.35 for a while but that was on an asrock k7s8x, still have the board with 2500+ oc 3200+ my gf uses it, the reason i got the asus board was i didnt want to pay for 64bit mobo & cpu when i had loads of room in the 2800+ £59.00asus VS £150.00+ for AMD 64bit for the same performance. thats why we overclock i think.

 

Well, seems I'm having trouble oc'ing with manual settings. My mobo has dynamic overclocking function that allows the cpu to run at normal sp under no load but oc when I run programs. I've tried some of the manual settings some of you have posted but to no avail. I guess I'll have to look into an Asus mobo. It's only money after all. Bah!!!!