Overclocking on an Abit BX62.2...

[SteveC]

Hey guys, I have an abit bx6r2.2 and wanna get rid of my PII-333 running at 515Mhz for a PIII 550 or something and then overclock stupidly again. So... does anyone here run a 500/550 (or similar) on an Abit BX6r2.2 and how high can they clock it?

Or is it time I got a new board (athlon?)?

Cheers guys!

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Cheers,
Steve

"Life is what we make of it, yet most of us just fake"

[Maniac]

Check the database www.overclockers.com

[surferpop]

SteveC
I was thinking about getting a 750 but looking at the database at overclockers.com
the 650 looks to be the way to go.Much cheaper and lots of successes at 866 and above.
Hmmm....I think I just convinced myself to spend some $.
To answer your question...
I got my p3550(katmai) to 117 fsb on my
bx6r2.Very stable. I got it to 124 but
left my divider at 1/3 and did some damage
to my hard drive.I think with better cooling(air)it would do 124 easily.I don't know if the board is stable at higher fsb's.




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[Thundrchez]

I had my p3-450 oc'd to 558 with my bx6r2, but now I've moved on to my Athlon.

[Trashman]

I've got the Abit BX6r2 with a 550E-Slot1 overclocked to 733Mhz, had basically no problems getting to 133FSB. It didn't like to run my memory at Cas2 @133 FSB, I just changed settings to Cas3. Just keep in mind some of your older AGP cards don't like the higher bus speeds.....I've got a G400max and had no problems there.....I very happy with my current setup, shes stable and fast..Just make sure to get the latest BIOS from Abit.

Good Luck

[Trashman]

DOH.....sorry for the double post..my bad

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[Guyver]

I had my BX6R2 at 129Mhz FSB with my old PIII-450 and stock voltage, cooling...

Guyver

[SteveC]

Cheers guys. I was just wondering if my old Abit board can keep up with the rest in the 700Mhz+ arena these days. Looks like it can if I can find the right chip - the Slot1 550E looks like the way to go.

Anyone know how to tell the difference between a Slot1 550 and Slot1 550E? The slot1's are 'open' one side now, aren't they? So, on the E version, I won't be able to see the external cache?

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Cheers,
Steve

"Life is what we make of it, yet most of us just fake"


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[Brian R.]

Yes, the two external cache chips are missing on the 550E. Also, the required voltage stated on the plastic case of the 550 is 2.00 V and the 550E has the voltage on the outer case as 1.65 V.