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Subject: Safe Limit

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Name: 13EAR
Date: January 29, 2008 at 19:25:10 Pacific
Subject: Safe Limit
OS: Windows 2000
CPU/Ram: Pentium 3 318MB
Model/Manufacturer: ASUS CUSL-2

Comment:

I'm wondering what the safe limit is for a Intel Pentium 3 1GHZ. I got:
318MB of Ram
20GB HDD
ASUS CUSL-2 motherboard
Running Windows 2000
Socket 370
Ive already overclocked it to 1100MHZ but i don't want to kill it. Whats a safe limit?

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Response Number 1

Name: jam
Date: January 29, 2008 at 19:45:09 Pacific
Subject: Safe Limit

Reply: (edit)

Just make sure to limit the PCI bus to no higher than 38MHz.
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware...

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Response Number 2

Name: jackbomb
Date: January 29, 2008 at 23:17:54 Pacific
Subject: Safe Limit

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1.13GHz is the safe limit for a P3-1000. You'll be running the FSB at 150MHz, AGP at 75MHz, and PCI at 37.5MHz.
You may need to increase the CPU voltage to hit this speed without running into problems, since 1.0-1.13GHz is pretty much the limit for the Coppermine core. Intel did make a 1.13GHz Coppermine, but immediately pulled it from store shelves. It was not a stable processor.
The lean, mean, movie playing P3 machine
P3-S 1400 @ 1.66GHz, 158MHz FSB
2GB PC2700 DDR
7950GT AGP
Optoma 1280x720 projector
JBL 5.1 amp and speakers
Now storing 114 HD movies

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Response Number 3

Name: 13EAR
Date: February 4, 2008 at 11:26:07 Pacific
Subject: Safe Limit

Reply: (edit)

Hey thanks. I got 1125 MHz out of it. The tempature is about 75*F. Doin good for a $50 computer. So thanks for the advice.

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