Overclocking

I have a P200mmx. What is the maximum I could safely overclock it to? I have a Cyrix 6X86 Heatsink and fan, so keeping it cool is not a problem. Thanks David Cane

Check out http://www.tomshardware.com and go to the overclocking section. This should answer all of your questions. I had a 166MMX that went up to 290Mhz without a problem. It even stayed pretty cool. From what I have heard, the 166MMX and 200 MMX are the two best chips to over-clock. Regards Dave

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>I have a P200mmx. What is the maximum I could safely overclock it to? >I have a Cyrix 6X86 Heatsink and fan, so keeping it cool is not a problem. >Thanks >David Cane

You should be able to run it at 233 (66 bus x 3.5 multiplier) and be pretty stable. I wouldn't push it much further than this. Depending on what bus speeds your motherboard supports, you might also get pretty good results with a 225 configuration (75 bus x 3 multiplier).

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>I have a P200mmx. What is the maximum I could safely overclock it to? >I have a Cyrix 6X86 Heatsink and fan, so keeping it cool is not a problem. >Thanks >David Cane

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>I have a P200mmx. What is the maximum I could safely overclock it to? >I have a Cyrix 6X86 Heatsink and fan, so keeping it cool is not a problem. >Thanks >David Cane

Like some of the other posts, I have to say it depends on your equipment. I upgraded to a 200mmx chip, but put it on an Asus TX-97 motherboard which will run a bus of up to 83.7mhz. Then, I added 64meg of SDRAM. I put the fan on you are talking about, but then added two additional fans, since cooling is so important. Once we got everything installed and started overclocking, the benchmark my friend and I used to check performance was run off the scale at 256mhz (when I boot up it does say 250mhz). But before going any farther, remember that most benchmarks are full of sh*t, so I wouldn't put all my faith in what they say. But between my new motherboard, chip, ram, and the 24x Creative Labs CD rom, my system pretty much has run very well, with no problems, and all the while, a TON faster than the non MMX 166 with a different mother board I was running before at an overclocked 188mhz. Bryan

Where did you put these ohter 2 fans???? On top of the CPU or in the case

>>I put the fan on you are talking about, but then >>added two additional fans, since cooling is so important. >Where did you put these ohter 2 fans???? >On top of the CPU or in the case Since the motherboard is an ATX style of board, (socket is moved due to old boards having socket right behind slots, so if you put in many longer cards, the heat sink will be in the way) the case is obviously ATX style. In my case, I had a place to add two, one on the top of the case, and one on the bottom front, so it would suck air thru holes in the very front of the case. I set this fan to suck in , and the other fan on top and in the back, to blow out, so it creates a draft that runs thru the case. Both of these fans are IN the case. Bryan