Dothan overclocking thread

[Spajky]

@ bigNewb : CM350J is a Dothan core! step.C0 IMHO should hit 200Fsb (stock adapter cooler): it has almost 15% less heat dissipation than PM at the "same" Cpu clock, 0,1Vcore less (default) than PM & "only" half L2, which are "features" that from few past years history proofed like to be a key to better OC, if your are not really unlucky to get a bad Cpu example ... [Addendum: P_M & C_M on Dothan core have almost same heat dissipation (C-M maybe max a W less) on same frequency/Fsb & Vcore & accordingly approx.25% less than the same frequency Banias core!] ...

Yes, probably won´t start @ 200Fsb @ default Vcore (since is lower than PM one), BUT :
there is always available to set the Vcore higher & if the setup doesn´t apply it right @ boot, there is always a possibility of tricking it to think, that Cpu has a higher default Vcore via "socket VID pins hole wire trick mod" or instead of using very very thin wire to do that, using a silver conductive pait to interconnect proper VID pins to set Vcore higher @ boot. With adding more Vcore than from Bios & better cooling, IMHO you could OC more than 200Fsb later to reach frequencies higher than 2,6GHz ...

That 180MHz Fsb barrier someone mentioned before, IMHO was the problem of a native PM chipset on desktop PM "native" boards, which IMHO looks alike is really not a problem with Asus base ... :-) [my wrong statement!]

IMHO for such as cheap Cpu like CM350J (90$) & half the price as PM730, it is worth a try & at your place, I´d go for that, but its your own choice naturally! Later if no joy, you can still sell the chip & buy PM7x0 instead ... just my 2c ...

Regards, http://www.spajky.vze.com