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Cyrix MII-400GP @100MHz 2.3v - Is it safe?

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First post, by jasa1063

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I finally was able to get a Cyrix MII-400GP CPU. I have been looking for 2.2v Cyrix MII for quite some time. It had large number of bent pins, luckily I was able to carefully straighten them all out. I am running it @100MHz 2.3v effectively giving me a Cyrix MII-433GP. Does any have experience with this CPU in this configuration. I just want to make sure I am not pushing the CPU over it's limits and may eventually cause any damage. So far it is running OK.

Reply 1 of 2, by Horun

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Nope never played with a MII-400. And as you know OCing any cpu can cause faster electron/molecular degradation so probably won't last as long as not OC'd but as long as you can keep the core cool you should be OK....
and 2.3v vs 2.2 v is nothing (thinking of those who crank a 1.8v core to 2.1v eek) 😀

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Reply 2 of 2, by jasa1063

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Horun wrote on 2023-07-23, 01:13:

Nope never played with a MII-400. And as you know OCing any cpu can cause faster electron/molecular degradation so probably won't last as long as not OC'd but as long as you can keep the core cool you should be OK....
and 2.3v vs 2.2 v is nothing (thinking of those who crank a 1.8v core to 2.1v eek) 😀

Thanks, my real concern was that Cyrix had pretty much maxed out the MHz like the AMD K5 PR200 and were not known for overclocking.

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