CPU Temps & overclocking

[deepblue_diver]

Hi all.

I'm totally new to overclocking and need some advice.
I have overclocked my AMD 2100 from 1730 to 1820 by upping the FSB to 140 and it is running at about 44 deg. If i push it to 144/145fsb it starts blue screening, what other ways are there to overclock it some more?
I have heard about upping the CPU voltage but am a little cautious about trying this at the moment.
I have a pretty beefy heatsink (would a Zalman be better) but want to know when the CPU temp should start to concern me.
I have added additional 80mm fans for cooling/extraction (1 x rear, 1 x side and 1 x top, with plans for 1 x intake from the front) all connected to an akasa fan controller to try and keep the noise down when the case is cool enough.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Gary

[Mntsnow]

Welcome DeepBlue Diver :) (I take it your into Scuba? If so thru what agency? PADI, NAUI ect)

well the XP2100's can handle more heat than your listing so I would probably try upping the voltage a touch and see how that helps you. Btw What Motherboard? What Video card? What memory?

[deepblue_diver]

PADI Divemaster + IANTD Advanced Nitrox. Do you dive?

MB is Gigabyte GA7-VAXP Ultra, video is Nvidia Geforce2 and memory is 512MB PC3200

[Mntsnow]

Yes I dive :) PADI Assistant Instructor #82047 :)

With your hardware I would not worry about pushing the voltage a touch to see if you get some system stababilty. Also double check your PCI/AGP dividers because running either out side of spec can cause the blue screening that your complaining off as well. since at the 140+ FSB you are out of spec on both the PCI and AGP busses

[n7vxj]

If your running a Pally core, don't expect a lot of o.c. out of it, especially since they're locked.

[slowEJ6]

cpu temp 44C?

thats not bad at idle......my comp used to idle higher than that - XP1800 w/ retail heatsink/fan @ 2000+ spec.

if it starts going towards the upper 50's, id get a little nervous.