Reply 20 of 86, by ProfessorProfessorson
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wrote:wrote:The old k6-2 core(with no on-die cache) is already capable of 550mhz with 250nm process, but k6-3 can only reach 450mhz despite voltage officially increased from 2.2 to 2.4, hindered by its on-die cache. k6-3+ and k6-2+ are 180nm process, therefore capable of 600mhz with on-die cache, but not much higher.
Anyone have long term success running an AMD K6-III-450AHX (or AFX) at 500 MHz? What voltage was necessary to facilitate this speed and for how long was the system run?
There was a retired guy I used to know that sold systems out of his home, and he would sell overclocked K6-3 systems at 500 mhz or a tad above. I honestly cant say what voltage he used, and the success rate varied, regardless of the fact that he'd use the same line of motherboard most of the time. I honestly never even understood why he bothered with the overclocking and tweaks to begin with, because most of the people buying them were his customers looking for basic systems to browse the net or other typical non-demanding stuff.
Here is a couple of links regarding K6-3 overclocking if you care to take a look.
http://www.cpu-central.com/Articles.asp?artic … =8&decor_int=28
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/kryotechk63550/page4.asp