davjak Posted July 13, 2001 Share Posted July 13, 2001 I was wondering if anyone has a Abit KT7A (possible RAID) system running a Duron 900/950 CPU. If so could anyone tell me if they have overclocked and if so how much extra have they been able to achive? Any feeback/suggestions or other system configurations that ppl would like to mention would be appreciated Cheers Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxicfume Veteran Posted July 16, 2001 Veteran Share Posted July 16, 2001 although i haven't touched durons, and dunno how good they are when overclocking(i'm not a overclocker nerd myself) but since you asked, i have had several friends who have that combination(KT7A RAID), and are not very happy with their results, they get to somewhere about 1ghz but i know a guy getting it quite abit higher, i can't recall how much exactly, but his results were quite satisfactory i guess.. these guys used normal fast coolers, no special waters coolers or anything...(a risky setup of peltiers might get u decent results), infact the guy who had acheived good results had no proper thermal compound, so he went for vaseline! LOL! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shalayer Posted July 16, 2001 Share Posted July 16, 2001 i have a KT7A with a Duron 900 now and as far as my results go i get 200 Mhz more (1.1 if u cant add :D) i have previously had a 750 and a 700 and both of these have gone 200 Mhz more althougth i have had upto 233 but this hasnt been as stable. They are easy to overclock just use a graphite pencil to draw over the L2 (dont quote me on that cant remember exactly) bridges. Then play about with ur bios! if the clock speed doesnt show as you set it in the bios then you didnt draw over the bridges properly so do it again and again and again. Im dont personally play about overclocking but i saw it as a cheap way to get a gig!! :cool: AL oh yeah i got a cheap fan recommended for athlons up to 1.3 and cheap heat sink compound! i did actually try arctic silver but that heated it up 5 degs! and dont get the latest bios!! even tho thats nothin to do with the thread! just a warning! i didnt appreciate the 9 degree increase on cpu temp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davjak Posted July 17, 2001 Author Share Posted July 17, 2001 Thanks a lot for that. Just the kinda responses I wanted :) I've seen all the online guides etc, but those are by people who know how to do it and who are given parts to test. Its the average user like you and me who I wanted to hear from to see whats really going on :) Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxicfume Veteran Posted July 17, 2001 Veteran Share Posted July 17, 2001 Shalayer, i don't think it's the L2 bridges, it's the L1 bridges where you have to use a graphite pencil to shade. (not quoting you :)) And that is done just for unlocking the bridges (not sure on this one myself :rolleyes: ) so you are able to overclock :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davjak Posted July 17, 2001 Author Share Posted July 17, 2001 Its the L1 bridges. I've done tonnes and tonnes of research on it. Athlonc.com : Unlocking The AMD Socket A Thunderbird and Duron Processors GideonTech : Unlocking the AMD Socket A Chip KickAssGear : Overclocking T-bird Processors I like the GideonTech approach better, but only cos its a more permanent solution All articles are worth a look tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davjak Posted July 17, 2001 Author Share Posted July 17, 2001 Originally posted by Shalayer oh yeah i got a cheap fan recommended for athlons up to 1.3 and cheap heat sink compound! i did actually try arctic silver but that heated it up 5 degs! and dont get the latest bios!! even tho thats nothin to do with the thread! just a warning! i didnt appreciate the 9 degree increase on cpu temp. Sounds like someone mighta made a bit of a mistake in the latest bios version. 9 deg is a bit much :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davjak Posted July 17, 2001 Author Share Posted July 17, 2001 Yeah your lucky. I got 1 sub standard system :( I'm dying to get my new system. As for the core of the AMD's. Yup every post I see about them say they are 'extremely fragile' .. Shoulda used a shim I guess.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxicfume Veteran Posted July 17, 2001 Veteran Share Posted July 17, 2001 I recommend any new overclockers(i am one myself :p) or even experts, if possible to get a shim. You'll be glad you got it, since AMD's cpus are know to be easly crushable. one of my friends has already broke 2 of his AMDs! Also try not to get HSFs with hard springs, they'll most probably be the cause for your cpu to crush. THere was one at tom's hardware coolers review, where they hesitated to fix in the HSF properly, since they spring was so hard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
configure Veteran Posted July 19, 2001 Veteran Share Posted July 19, 2001 What do you mean by hard spring?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxicfume Veteran Posted July 19, 2001 Veteran Share Posted July 19, 2001 Those latches u have on all HSFs(in the heatsinks to be precise)..which connect to the CPU socket. What they do is attach themselves atop the CPU tightly so heat is transferred well between them(ofcourse through the thermal compound). :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
configure Veteran Posted July 20, 2001 Veteran Share Posted July 20, 2001 Toxicfume: Yes, I know that, but how do you determine whether if it's hard or not? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
configure Veteran Posted July 20, 2001 Veteran Share Posted July 20, 2001 Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted July 20, 2001 Administrators Share Posted July 20, 2001 Mine is really hard :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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