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    Athlon 2500 XP Temperature/Overclocking issues ....

    Yeah xomcat ... But, until what speed should I go with PCI/AGP bus speeds ? I do not want to damage my video card by increasing the AGP speed too much (over the 66 mhz) ... Until what frequency it can go approximately without being damaged ? I thought of buying another board, but looks like I...
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    Athlon 2500 XP Temperature/Overclocking issues ....

    The only problem now is that I got the worst board possible for overclocking ... GA-7VT600-l. You cannot change the multiplier, only the FSB, which isn't locked ... The board becomes very unstable after the FSB modification ... I.e. : at 200 Mhz FSB the PCI/AGP - 40/80Mhz ... I think I will...
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    Athlon 2500 XP Temperature/Overclocking issues ....

    Damn. I just updated the BIOS and the idle temperature is 44 degrees instead of 53 ... That explains a lot of things.
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    Athlon 2500 XP Temperature/Overclocking issues ....

    Hello folks !! First let me thank you all for the interesting inputs on the subject. Today I went and bought a tube of AS3. I removed the CPU and cleaned the old mess, re-applied a really thin layer on the CPU and Heatsink : two together are as thick as a sheet of paper, as it has been...
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    Athlon 2500 XP Temperature/Overclocking issues ....

    Yeah micker377, that is what I was thinking too, however maybe that is not the only problem in my case. I think the thermal grease I put is too thick and not of good quality ? Xomcat : ambient temperature was 34 and while the cpu was at 62. Mobo is Board is Gigabyte K7 Tritron (via 400). Vcore...
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    Athlon 2500 XP Temperature/Overclocking issues ....

    Hello folks ! I have just purchased an Athlon 2500 XP and I want to overclock it ... The problem is that the temperature is already way too high in opinion : Idle/Full Load - 59/64 Celsius ! I have a Volcano 9 fan, and I have applied thermal compound when I installed the fan. I also tried...

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