The first settings i tried were a multiplier of 11 and a front side bus of 200 which would give the equivalent of a Barton XP 3200+ (2200 mhz). The final Vcore to keep it stable was 1.625 that's .25 volts less than the desktop default Vcore!
The fact that it could achieve the same speeds as the fastest AMD Barton CPU available makes this worth the purchase. Anything higher after this is just icing on the cake!
From this point on i started raising the multiplier only. The reason for this, is i know that the current ram in the test system, Corsair XMS pc2700, won't do more than 200mhz. Not too bad considering its stock settings are 166 mhz.
The next setting i tried was to raise the multiplier to 12X. That setting booted up into windows no problem. No need for raising the vcore either. At this point i ran various benchmarking and stress tests such as prime 95 to check that the system was stable. The system ended up being stable so i moved on. Nice! Equivalent to a Barton Xp 3400+.
Raising the multiplier to 12.5 required raising the Vcore .25 to a Vcore of 1.65. The system booted into windows no problems. So i started testing to see if it would fail, but it passed hours of stress tests and benchmarking.
So this is where i ended up in the end. A Mobile Barton 2500+ overclocked and stable at an equivalent of a Barton 3500+ (2500mhz) at 1.65 Vcore. This processor still has plenty of room for more overclocking. The Vcore can still be raised more and with faster ram the front side bus could be raised above the 200mhz mark.
The cost of the mobiles are about 10-30$ more than the desktop OEM versions, but hey, low vcore and unlocked multpliers you can't go wrong.
Pros:
-Overclocks Very Well
-Great price
-Unlocked Multipliers
-Low Vcore 1.45
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