DarthDazDC
An Alright Guy
Has anyone overclocked their processor to a stable speed with gud temperatures, as I'm thinking of overclocking my processot to a 3.4 or 3.6. My pentium 4 processor is a Northwood core.
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I gave my mother a computer with an overclocked Athlon T-Bird; 1 GHz @ 1.13 GHz. Been like that for more than a year; never had a problem. Runs cool too.
That's a simple multiplier overclock though, I never changed the FSB.
That's a simple multiplier overclock though, I never changed the FSB.
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DarthDazDC
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well im interested in what i can do with a 3.2 northwood processor, but i dont know how i can do this. Besides it probably will be noticable when I compare it to benchmarks in 3d mark and sum time demos in doom 3, unreal 2004 etc
Key point. If it doesn't benefit "real-world" use then it's not worth it imo.DarthDazDC said:
RJARRRPCGP
The Rocking PC Wiz
Yep, I'm overclocking too. I got 2370 mhz right now out of my brand spankin' new Athlon XP T-bred 2400+ processor, which is a green one, instead of a more
familiar brown one! Probably a new stepping. I wouldn't be majorly surprised if I can get to at least close to 2.5 ghz with better cooling. My Athlon XP T-bred 2400+ processor seems to be literally one of the hottest processor chips!
Without a doubt, I was having a problem with that sucker getting hot like Phoenix
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familiar brown one! Probably a new stepping. I wouldn't be majorly surprised if I can get to at least close to 2.5 ghz with better cooling. My Athlon XP T-bred 2400+ processor seems to be literally one of the hottest processor chips!
Without a doubt, I was having a problem with that sucker getting hot like Phoenix
.cooliscool
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I'm running my P4B 3.06 at 3.5 stable.. it's not the best OCer out there either. Your P4C (or prescott) should be able to hit pretty high.
This thing sure is fucking fast though. :happy:
This thing sure is fucking fast though. :happy:
james.miller
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it's in the sig baby!
I already tried on my XP 3000+
The normal speed is 2.17GHz (166x13) - 333FSB
Since I got a locked multiplier, I can only overclock via the FSB, so I got it up to around 2.35GHz (180x13) - 360Mhz FSB, stable, but if I try to put higher, whatever I get a windows boot failure or I get the bios boot failure screen (secure boot - basic - to flash the bios) or it boots , but restarts when starting windows or going in the bios (was hard to reset it back .....)
The normal speed is 2.17GHz (166x13) - 333FSB
Since I got a locked multiplier, I can only overclock via the FSB, so I got it up to around 2.35GHz (180x13) - 360Mhz FSB, stable, but if I try to put higher, whatever I get a windows boot failure or I get the bios boot failure screen (secure boot - basic - to flash the bios) or it boots , but restarts when starting windows or going in the bios (was hard to reset it back .....)
Stezo2k
S-2K
DarthDazDC said:
The northwoods are better for overclocking due to them having lower temps, you should get a fairly good overclock out of that
Highest i've got my A64 3000+ is 2.4 GHz on the default voltages, but it is kind of unstable at that speed, so i'm staying at 2.2 Ghz (around 3300+) at the moment, it's fast enough at the moment
Doomulation
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It seems the newer athlons are multiplier locked? Mine is in any case.
I haven't overclocked it any; it's running at normal speed for a good reason - I can't overclock!
Since it's if barton core, the FSB is running at 166 MHz. If I increase it only 1 more mhz, the whole system locks up... :huh:
Meh. However did you get 180 MHz FSB? It's probably one of the components which are freaking out at this speed...
But in the past, I've overclocked. Oh damn it's nice...
I haven't overclocked it any; it's running at normal speed for a good reason - I can't overclock!
Since it's if barton core, the FSB is running at 166 MHz. If I increase it only 1 more mhz, the whole system locks up... :huh:
Meh. However did you get 180 MHz FSB? It's probably one of the components which are freaking out at this speed...
But in the past, I've overclocked. Oh damn it's nice...
RJARRRPCGP
The Rocking PC Wiz
Doomulation said:
Probably your motherboard sucks or your RAM sucks.
Jigga0o7
Overclocking Junkie
RJARRRPCGP said:
Sounds like ram to me. I do 227fsb 2-2-2-11 all the time but it's because I have BH5. And 180mhz sound like pc2700 to me. And if you can't get over 166mhz fsb, start playing with your volts and ram timings. 2.8v on vdimm, raise chipset voltage to highest available, and raise cpu voltage as necessary.
Finding out the limit of hardware can take days.
I have noticed something with my PC when I overclock it, (I never do in summer due to the heat) the system temp is always 50 degrees celcius whether run at its stock speed of 1.53Ghz or clocked to 1.67 (its a 1800+ Thunderbird) previously it would not go above 1.57Ghz I added a stick of PC2700 so theres a 128 at PC2100, a 256 at PC2100 and a PC2700 at 256. Just a confusing one maybe the PC2700 rams extra speed in someway compensates for the slower ram in the FSB increase?
Any thoughts on this?
Alth
Any thoughts on this?
Alth
RJARRRPCGP
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altharic said:
BTW, there's no such thing as an 1800+ Thunderbird.