[Help] P4 Overclock

[Ralm]

Hi everyone,

Since Im going to buy a new computer very very soon, I was wondering if I can Overclock my old computer. ( basically just for fun)

I have a Asus P4S800D as motherboard and an itel Pentium 4 3Ghz stock.

Any tips?? XD thanks

 

[Ralm]

Ok people I found out. I see that the Pentium 4 are blocked, so the only way is to increse the Bus Speed. It cames Stock at 200Mhz (with a locked multiplier x15) I was able to do a small OC, setting at 215Mhz getting a core speed of 3228MHz, no more because at 220 I was getting an error at Prime and more then that the system dont start properlly.

By the way, where is the file Stress.txt that Prime talks about?

Thanks all

 

[ionicle]

that processor will do 4GHz, should be quite easiely...

3.8 was the top prescott that was made

just beware, they were known for melting down the world...and then some

 

[ZodiarK]

need more voltage i would think p4 can do 4 easy

 

[ionicle]

aye, 1.6 should do it, and with the chip still being 130nm (if i remember correctly) then it will take that quite easiely, just make sure you have it attached to some form of decent cooling, or it will go chenobyl on you

 

[Ralm]

yeah XD

I did it a bit for fun, since Im about to buy a new computer.

About coller is Stock. And now is at 64ºC MAX. And if I found something really cheap like 20 € I maybe buy a cooler.

Them about voltage I dont have control about it. There is only 1 option that allow voltage to oscilate 0.1v, and it does. My processor does from 1.4V to 1.5v

By the way is theis voltages normal?? looks high comparing with a i7.

I will try to lower the Ram speed, because as I reaise the Base clock, it raises everything.

Edit:

Will be impossible to found a Socket 478 cooler LOOOL

 

[Ralm]

Ok people, Laught a bit XD

 

[ionicle]

my cooler on my athlon 64 would fit lol

but yeah, that will do 4GHz easiely, it should run at 80*c consistantly without doing it any harm

1.6v max

 

[Ralm]

The problem is that if I raise more (the base Clock) the system just dont boot! Dont load the windows. Is it because of the Sata Harddrives?? I saw some people talking about it that raising the Base clock would change the speeds of everything else in the system.

 

[ionicle]

ahhh, thats a bugger, you need some faster ram ...

 

[Ralm]

Well because of Ram what I tryed to do was, set Ram speed to 333Mhz (they are 400) to compensate de Overclock but the same.

And Im getting System Breaks a bit often. Dont know what is not likeing the OC. =S

I disable that option ( Voltage offset 0.1 at the Vcore) to get something more fixed and stable. Is the same. But voltage is more regular now, max 1.42v instead of 1.5v.

 

[ionicle]

having a fixed multiplier makes things difficult, you need a ratio on the ram ...

like ...ahh, im struggling to remember this

1:2, ddr400, runs at 200MHz, but its shown as 400 cos its double data rate, but if you put a ratio of 1:2 on it, it runs at '800' even though it doesnt...

then with 800, that gives you a lot more manoverability for overclocking, it just causes a backlog of data in your buffer

if someone else remembers better than me, feel free to correct that if i remembered wrong

 

[Ralm]

I didnt fully understand what you said. I was talking about processor OC. When I say my Ram is DDR 400Mhz is not what is shown at CPUZ is the final speed. At CPUZ ( at Ram section) I have:

DRAM Frequency: 212Mhz

FSB: DRAM : 1:1

Latency 3-5-5-9

All those values are Auto.