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    Question Barton 2500+: How far can you push them?

    I've just order myself a pair of Barton 2500+ and a pair of XP-TMC for my main rig. Since I'm using the Tyan Tiger MPX, FSB overclocking is out of question and they'll be using a 133MHz FSB. However, I want to find out how far people have managed to push the CPU so that I've a good idea how far I can push the multipliers.

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    Most people can achieve 2.2ghz with a modest increase of voltage, and people have been maxing out with an average of 2.5ghz.

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    Excellent... I'll duely report my progress when I get down to business...
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    How much was XP-TMC and where from? You should find 2.0ghz (15x133) easily doable and almost certainly with stock voltage. After that take it 1 step at a time throughly testing at each step to ensure stability. If you find instability you need to work out whether it's heat, CPU or mobo's multiplier support. If it's heat get a better HSF, for CPU up the voltage (Barton I'd say 1.70v absolute tops again SMALL STEPS) and for mobo mult try using a lower (stable) mult with an increased FSB (but keep an eye on PCI & RAM speeds).

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    My Barton 2500+s arrived this morning still no sign of the XP-TMCs... They shouldn't be long now - just a matter for the air-mail to get here.

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    I pick them up from Bytewize Computer in Canada.
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    http://www.titaniummicros.co.uk/ are supposed to stock it but still have no sign of it. I also considered Bytewize so let me know how you get on, IIRC pricing was £24 for the adapter alone and £33 for the HSF too, that's all inclusive (P&P, taxes etc). Out of interest, what mobo and chipset are you using the TMC with?

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    At last!! My pair of XP-TMC have arrived this morning. Each comes with a customer cleat extender which means that I can use my existing HSFs... The plan is to experiment with the MSI K7D Master to see if it works and find out how far I can push things. After that, and if successful, I'm planning to move my entire Main Rig onto the K7D and use the Tiger MPX has my 2nd dual Athlon rig.
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    Not heard of a TMC either.

    Many early 2500+ bartons were said to have a hard time getting past 2Gighz.

    I took my brothers to 2.1Ghz and 58C before I decided not to try any more at that heat. The same heatsink cooled a 2.2Ghz TBirdB at <58C so basically I would say watch the heat with a 2500+. You may find the chips peak (at increased volts) outstreaching a cheap heatsinks capability to cool it.

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    Originally posted by Stoo
    Forgive my ignorance, but what's an XP-TMC when it's at home?
    "AMD Athlon XP overclocking and upgrade adaptor

    The XP-TMC overclocking and upgrade adaptor can let you not only adjust multipliers for overclocking but also for enabling new Athlon XP CPU's to run in Socket A boards which only support upto FSB 100Mhz. With the application of XP-TMC overclocking and upgrade adpator, you can adjust the multiplier for reaching the actual clock frequency of a new XP CPU. The CPU upgrade can be done so easily."

    http://www.bytewizecomputers.com/products/7/9/104/3105

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    $49.98 = £30-33 = better off buying NF7s

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    Originally posted by Trickle
    $49.98 = £30-33 = better off buying NF7s
    More like £22.50 - Canadian dollars

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    Originally posted by deanjamin
    More like £22.50 - Canadian dollars
    Not a bad deal, me think...
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    Originally posted by Stoo
    Forgive my ignorance, but what's an XP-TMC when it's at home?
    Try this site... And more specifically, this page.
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