Overclocking the Athlon XP-M 2500+ Processor @ TechReport

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after reading the article, I tested my normal XP 2500+ Barton to see what is the lowest voltage it runs at. It was quite surprising. The lowest voltage I can set is 1.375V (Abit AN7 mobo) and it ran perfectly at 2600+ speed! (1.925GHz). Temps were 26C idle, 30C load, ambient was 17C. (using onboard sensors and a baby thermometer) It almost runs at 2.4GHz, 1.75V with air cooler: Speeze CopperEagle H/S+Fan. Top temp 46C. Its currently running as a 3200+ at under 1.6V. idle is 32C, load 36C. I'm putting the finishing touches to a hehe, really home made water cooler. Its the first prototype, using a PC heatsink inside a plastic water block. Has tremendous potential, hope it works as well as I'm thinking it should. I'll be doing a few triicks to improve the final version, this one is slapped together just to prove the idea has merit. The plan is to push this cpu somewhat further without busting my wallet out too much.