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Old 30th November 2004 | 02:02
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Naples Air Center, Inc.
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timmcat,

If you are happy with the overclock and it is running stable, I would leave it where it is.

Right now I am running one of the new 90nm Athlon64 3000+s with a 425Mhz overclock on the CPU (from 1.8Ghz boosted to 2.25Ghz) and the RAM running at 100Mhz above spec. (Supposed to run at 400Mhz and is now running at 500Mhz.) I am using the Thermaltake Polo 735 Heatsink which is still running in whisper mode even with the overclock.



I know I could push it higher but it is running great and not to mention quiet, so I have left it there. If I were to crank up the Fan on the heatsink for a higher overclock, my comp would sound like a 707 cleared for takeoff.

There are good boosts in performance from overclocking. These are the 3DMark2001SE scores with the overclock:

3DMark Score 24,585

That is more than enough to run any software on the market so I decided not to push it.

Take Care,

Richard

P.S. 1.4Ghz is about the limit of the PIII Based Celeron. You would have a lot of trouble pushing it much more.
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