Axia ?

Daza

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Jul 10, 2001, 6:56:42 PM7/10/01

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Hi,

This bloke in a good comp shop in town told me that you should only ever
attempt to overclock an AXIA Athlon. Anything else will kill the
motherboard. (thats what he said). He also said that RAM prices would
be going down in two weeks (as if they're not low enough already) and
that only a few KT7As run at 266fsb. He said I was lucky in having a
KT7A that supported the higher bus speeds. I tried to tell him that it
is the regular KT7 that is slower but he wouldn't budge.

See I got this Athlon 950 in the post that I was going to do my first
bridge locking exersize on. Should it only be done it it is an AXIA ?
What the hell is so special about AXIAs anyway ?

I want it to run at 133fsb but without lowering the multiplier then that
means it will hit over 1200 ! Tempted to get a super orb cooler, coz it
looks cool (lol). Would that keep the thing cool at that speed ?

How fast have you seen a stable athlon 950 running ?

Thanks

Daza

Chuck

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Jul 10, 2001, 7:24:59 PM7/10/01

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The guy was a twit. Just read this newsgroup (please) - guys here are
overclocking everything! AXIA's are a particular breed. I have one, they
overclock very well for Athlons... Something that's rarely said about the
950 you have. Your 950 will overclock, possibly not much, but that only you
can tell. Every CPU is different. Your 950 will run at 266, but probably
not at the default multiplier. Just make sure the L1's are joined and you
can lower the multiplier accordingly.

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Daza

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Jul 10, 2001, 7:34:42 PM7/10/01

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Thanks Chuck

Looking for some overclocking encouragement :)

Echo

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Jul 10, 2001, 7:51:54 PM7/10/01

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Wrong, all Athlons over clock, some steppings are better then others,
AXIA is a stepping of the CPU.
I doubt RAM prices will go up any time soon too!
KT7A can run at 200 or 266 MHz FSB, KT7 only 200 FSB.

A 950 on a 133MHz bus?: 133 x 9.5 = 1263.5 MHz, good luck getting it
to run stable with just air cooling! I would unlock the L1 bridges (if
no connected already) and try for something more in the lines of
1130MHz (133 x 8.5) first.

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Andrew Bullock

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Jul 10, 2001, 9:04:59 PM7/10/01

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7.5 x 133 I think he was being more realistically too ;) rather than 9.5 x
133 :)

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Daza

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Jul 10, 2001, 9:40:26 PM7/10/01

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Ahh, you read a previous post of mine :)

David D

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Jul 11, 2001, 9:57:36 PM7/11/01

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Stay away from the orbs, they are junk, go with a swiftech 462 :)

Daza

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Jul 12, 2001, 8:51:17 AM7/12/01

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David D wrote:
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> Stay away from the orbs, they are junk, go with a swiftech 462 :)
>

Okay, I'll check it out, Ain't go the cooler yet. Am also thinking
about the Volcano II

Thanks

Jonathon Doig

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Jul 16, 2001, 12:23:47 PM7/16/01

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I have just got an Athlon AXIA 1.0 Gig. I run it at 1.4 (140*10) that's a
system bus speed of 280. I only have air cooling (thermosonic fan). Goes
like a train ...

JD

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