Thanks NTCompatible for the heads up on this fine review over at PCStats.
Yes, I've learned my lesson, NO MORE SHIM'S for me! I've also decided to retire my old Global Win FOP-38 (with the terrible clip) and replaced it with Thermaltake's Dragon Orb 3. It's more of a sidegrade then an upgrade since the Dragon Orb isn't much better in terms of cooling but it's got a much more user friendly clip and a copper base.
My old 1.4 GHz chip topped out at around 1.65 GHz, which wasn't really too bad, I was rather disappointed that it didn't hit 1.7 GHz. Well, actually, I wanted 1725. Is that too much to ask? A meesly 325 MHz overclock? After all, being spoiled with my old 1 GHz T-Bird that would do 1.5, I guess it inflated my expectations a little bit. Anyway, back to the present, I was brimming with new found hope, but unfortunately this chip let me down too. AYHJAR with 3rd line Y, and the highest I could get was 1620 MHz!!! What's with all the rumors going around that the AYHJAR's doing 1.7-1.8 GHz? Was I doing something wrong? Up'ed the Vcore to 1.85, using a Swiftech MC462-A with my idling temps around 34 and full load at around 41, what's going on?
View: Overclocking the 1.4GHz Athlon @ PCStats
