AMD Athlon 64 3000+ AM2 Overclocking

[lukeqsee]

Does anybody know how far the 3000 will go on stock cooling?

Luke

[Zelig]

No guarantees, my CBBID 0504GPMW 3000+ topped out at about 2200 MHz, but every chip is different, and newer cores tend to clock better.

[JohntechUPi]

You can look up you CPU on http://www.overclockers.com they used to have a data base of CPU's and how well they over clock. Let me know if you cant find it I will look for it, but there should be a link on the main page.

[lukeqsee]

thanks for the help guys, I will end going with the Sempron 3000+ for that good ole' money reason
Luke

[Major_A]

What motherboard? If you are using a cheap board then don't expect much, if anything. The only way to know how far the CPU will go is to test it. Unfortunately overclocking isn't an exact science.

[lukeqsee]

Asus M2N-E SLi (I will upgrade processors in the next year or so)

[Major_A]

It should clock pretty high. I have a Sempron 2600 on a 754 board that will clock from 1.6Ghz to 2.4Ghz with minimal voltage changes.

If you do get a Sempron make sure you try and get one with 256Kb of cache and not 128Kb.

[lukeqsee]

Major A, you're a lot of help, thanks! I'm getting the Sempron 3000+ for AM2 (1.6GHz, 256KB L2) all of this overclocking is with the stock cooler right?

[Major_A]

Sorry I forgot to add that, no I'm using a Zalman 7000 AlCu. I have a Scythe Katana on another computer and I think it works better with less noise. It was cheaper too.