Found my limits with stock cooling

[aXeR]

Looks like ive finally got things running as fast as they will go, current setup:

P4 3ghz @ 3.6ghz with stock retail cooling

FSB: 240

Core Voltage: 1.725

DRAM Voltage: 2.85

DRAM Freq: 320

DRAM FSB 192x2

Cas Rating: 2-3,3,6 burst:8

And all settings on my P4C800-E Deluxe bios set t turbo

I need to ask a question tho and please answer honestly. I am worried that spending all this money on phase cooling wont achieve me anything. On idle im running at arround low to mid thirties and on load i peak at very low fifties. Yet it seems the thing thats stopping me from overclocking more is crashes adn reboots etc, like wen i try to log in to windows, at 3.7ghz it hangs, or at 3.67ghz wen running 3dmark01 my system reboots.

Will this still be a problem wen i get phase cooling and ill still be stuck at 3.6ghz only £400 worse off?

Thanks aldready guys!

 

[Brwmogazos]

Hi mate

First of all your Vcore is too high for air cooling...you dont want to end up with a dead cpu do you?

Some cpus due to high vcore tend to clock lower and lower over time so thats something you need to be aware of as well...

Personally i found that phase change will get you where you want provided your setup is capable of high fsbs,your psu is not QTEC and your ram able to run dividers or not etc.

I never thought of going back to water or air ever since i used phase change and the Mach 2 GT will be my 3rd phase change unit.

So imo yeah its worth it...

BTW 1.7 -1.75V is supposed to be the max voltage for 24/7 with phase change even though the M0 cpus love higher voltages and seem to be fine with 1.8-1.85V...

 

[aXeR]

if i lower the voltage my PC is unstable tho...

 

[Brwmogazos]

u have to lower your fsb then mate

 

[aXeR]

nooooooooooooo cant i just run at 1.725

 

[Ferret]

Mine used to stop at 3.5GHz with a max load temp of 39ºC under load with my water cooling setup. Electronics LOVE being cold as its 100% stable at 4GHz now.

I completed a 20hour prime test whilst trying to get my Glastonbury tickets the other day (got 2 1 hour before they ran out).

 

[aXeR]

thx ferret, that was the kind of reassurance i needed to hear

and im glad u got your ticket, i know my friend was waiting ages also

oh and im still running stable at 3.6ghz with my slightly high voltage no mess ups, no winamp crashes, nothing !

 

[gorby]

1.7v!

that seems like a lot of voltage to be throwing @ a 240 fsb clock, what p4 u got malay / week wise? Mine only needs 1.66 @ 262 fsb 1:1. I only start needing 1.7 + 300 fsb when dividing

 

[aXeR]

SL6WK

FPO/Batch: 3410A140

wot mobo u using gorby? i heard asus's sux for any voltage within the 1.6 category.

Also seems that wen its running hot (on load at 50 deg) it crashes winamp

 

[Brwmogazos]

Its the Vchip producing 1.66v instead of 1.6...

i cant remember why but its not asus fault for that...

The asus canterwood and springdale boards are the best ones at the moment offering stability and high fsb speeds

No 1 choise for overclockers...i moved from an IC7-G to the P4C800 E Deluxe myself and i have always been an Abit "man"...

Well if it crashes on load then ...lower your voltage and fsb...your rig aint stable enough better be on the safe side than sorry...

 

[aXeR]

yeah i guess, once i get prometia this shud go away tho, hes?

 

[Brwmogazos]

woot you still havent ordered one?

now get saving...you wont regret it

 

[aXeR]

yeah yeah im waiitng for my pay cheque

 

[Dazboots]

re phaze change

Looks like ive finally got things running as fast as they will go, current setup:

P4 3ghz @ 3.6ghz with stock retail cooling

FSB: 240

Core Voltage: 1.725

DRAM Voltage: 2.85

DRAM Freq: 320

DRAM FSB 192x2

Cas Rating: 2-3,3,6 burst:8

And all settings on my P4C800-E Deluxe bios set t turbo

I need to ask a question tho and please answer honestly. I am worried that spending all this money on phase cooling wont achieve me anything. On idle im running at arround low to mid thirties and on load i peak at very low fifties. Yet it seems the thing thats stopping me from overclocking more is crashes adn reboots etc, like wen i try to log in to windows, at 3.7ghz it hangs, or at 3.67ghz wen running 3dmark01 my system reboots.

Will this still be a problem wen i get phase cooling and ill still be stuck at 3.6ghz only £400 worse off?

Thanks aldready guys!

hi there i had a p3ghz used it on prometeia

and i could bench test at 4166mhz

u would get good overclocks from ur p4.

u would never look back.

but if u can afford it go for the

mach 2 Gt its the mutts nutts.