how can i overclock my gigabyte 7vaxp ultra mobo

[Crazy Hawk]

I have a Gigabyte 7vaxp ultra I want to know how i can overclock it. im currently using a xp2700 cpu 3 sticks of 512mb of ram(samsung)pc2700 i believe. i want to also know if i switch over to the xp2500 barton and add 2 sticks of 512 pc3200 if that will work
any suggestions will help im at wits end and almost budget end lol

[naughty]

dude - rather keep the cpu and replace the board with an nforce2 and change your ram to two sticks of pc3200 to run dual channel - that should end your overclocking woes - im sure an nforce2 mobo is a little more than a cpu but if you sell that gigabyte mobo (evn if you make a loss on it) you should land up better off - and if you can sell the chip too and get yourself a 2500+ you have the best of all worlds in an overclocking sense

my gigabyte couldnt go over 185 fsb and my abit nf7s v2.0 is running at 200fsb for 24/7 operation and can even boot up at over 230fsb for extreme overclocks - and thats with a 2100+ (aiuhb) cpu

[MercutioUK]

Originally Posted by naughty

dude - rather keep the cpu and replace the board with an nforce2 and change your ram to two sticks of pc3200 to run dual channel - that should end your overclocking woes - im sure an nforce2 mobo is a little more than a cpu but if you sell that gigabyte mobo (evn if you make a loss on it) you should land up better off - and if you can sell the chip too and get yourself a 2500+ you have the best of all worlds in an overclocking sense

my gigabyte couldnt go over 185 fsb and my abit nf7s v2.0 is running at 200fsb for 24/7 operation and can even boot up at over 230fsb for extreme overclocks - and thats with a 2100+ (aiuhb) cpu

The Abit certainly seems the way forward at the moment... anyone had any BAD experiences with this board?

[MercutioUK]

Originally Posted by MercutioUK

The Abit certainly seems the way forward at the moment... anyone had any BAD experiences with this board?

Excellent...that sounds like a no
2 weeks and counting till I have my grubby mitts on NF7-S and a barton 2500+

[Crazy Hawk]

Originally Posted by naughty

dude - rather keep the cpu and replace the board with an nforce2 and change your ram to two sticks of pc3200 to run dual channel - that should end your overclocking woes - im sure an nforce2 mobo is a little more than a cpu but if you sell that gigabyte mobo (evn if you make a loss on it) you should land up better off - and if you can sell the chip too and get yourself a 2500+ you have the best of all worlds in an overclocking sense

my gigabyte couldnt go over 185 fsb and my abit nf7s v2.0 is running at 200fsb for 24/7 operation and can even boot up at over 230fsb for extreme overclocks - and thats with a 2100+ (aiuhb) cpu

thanks for the reply i kinda figured as much but wanted to check with the pros

[LBJGH]

I've had two NF7-S motherboards.

The first one was crap - completely unstable
The second one was fine but undervolted the Vcore by about .075v.

Also my current Epox 8K5A2+ consistantly overclocks my current CPU the highest.

Originally Posted by MercutioUK

The Abit certainly seems the way forward at the moment... anyone had any BAD experiences with this board?