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Extreme AMD Athlon XP overclocking
Extreme AMD Athlon XP overclocking
Now that Intel and AMD are pushing their next generation products onto the market, we see a performance gap between older generation CPU's and the new breed. We try to give the Athlon XP an eXtreme performance boost so it can keep up!
Author diamonddog
Editor jmke
Date 2004-02-03
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  Introduction:

With the release of the P4 "C" and the new AMD A64 it was time to give my old Athlon XP a boost. There are numerous possibilities on how to approach this, one could upgrade his air cooling to a Thermalright SP-97 for example and win some Mhz. Next step would be to water cool your CPU. This can give you a nice increase in speed. Adding a peltier to the setup will furthermore up the total CPU Mhz.

Onwards and upwards we go, phase-change cooling is, at this time of writing, the best and most “extreme” cooling out there, it can push a 3Ghz P4 over the 4000Mhz peak, but the downside is it huge cost. nVentiv’s Mach I and II as well as Asetek’s Vapochill are 2 pre-fab solutions which provide you with below zero temperatures while keeping the installation and operation relatively easy. But to buy one of those units to give an older system a “speed boost” would be a bit counterproductive as the cost of such a unit finances an A64/P4 setup with ease.

So here I present you with my cooling material used on my poor Athlon XP:

  • Danfoss SC15D filled with R404a
  • 715 W electrical power
  • 300W @-40°C
  • Danfoss TS2 TEV with 0X -60°C/-25°C
  • Flexible tubes

    Parts where bought from ebay and some from shops, the Evaporator head is a design by Nikolauzi from Loewe

    Mandatory pictures of the setup:

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    The Danfoss hooked up:

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    Installation and isolation of the evap-head:

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    Up and running:

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