Safe o/c voltages

[bennywidag]

Hi guys, you seem to be the masters of the art of the overclock, so id thought id ask you a little question.

i have a p4 550, and the max i could get it to with the 17x multi, is 3800mhz (around), i lowered the multi to 14x and got 4032 mhz, though not stable, on crud air hsf, and 1.5175 v.

i am getting water soon, and wondered what is the safe max i can push the vcore, ddr2, fsb, and other voltages up to, as i am not sure what to do.

cheers guys

 

[Phil Stanbridge]

1.6 tops with water ideally, you can push it slightly higher for benchmarking, but for general useage keep it at 1.6 or less.

Phase-change can go off the scale I've seen benchmarks @ 1.9v cpu vcore.

 

[bennywidag]

wow, nice. that could be why the 288mhz fsb isnt stable, ill try more volts when i get the kit through, cheers phil. 1.9v, blimey

 

[maverik-sg1]

I agree with all that is said here - phase/water allows you to use more as phil stated - but on air stick with what is advised.

Cheers

The Coach