magekillr Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 any1 wanna help me find my maximum oc? specs: Intel P4 Prescott core 3.0E Ghz (heat sink that came with it)...prolly gonna upgrade to water cooling soon though... Asus P4S800D-X mobo Corsair 2x 512 DDR PC3200 Ultra X-Connect 500 watt PS any input would be appreciated...as stated earlier ill prolly switch to watercooling since i prolly wont get much ocing out of this heatsink...since my idle temp atm is at 110*F ty :D PS: if u have the same proc and made it stable at 3.5GHZ+...tell ur specs plz 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magekillr Posted April 5, 2005 Author Share Posted April 5, 2005 oh...and i have 2 antec LED 80 MM fans...one in front and back and the side panel fan on the case my case is an Ultra Dragon Series ATX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyro Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 It depends on what you want to do. The easiest way to do some basic overclocking would be to increase the FSB slightly, reboot, and run a Prime95 test. If it's stable, reboot and repeat. Not all processors are the same even if they have the same core, so there really isn't an optimal level that you can skip to and try. Most likely you'll need to modify memory timings to get anywhere, but for more info you should probably look into reading some guides about this subject. Mistakes could permanently damage your hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magekillr Posted April 5, 2005 Author Share Posted April 5, 2005 well...my memory is of course running at 400 MHz at a cas of 2.5 i want the memory to be able to keep up with the proc...so w/e the highest possible OC would be for these two to be insync i guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyro Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 In that case you better get started on raising the FSB (I'm assuming the multiplier is locked, since it's an Intel) ;) Really, there is no magic number that will tell you how far your CPU will go. Overclocking is time consuming, you'll have to experiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magekillr Posted April 5, 2005 Author Share Posted April 5, 2005 In that case you better get started on raising the FSB (I'm assuming the multiplier is locked, since it's an Intel) ;) Really, there is no magic number that will tell you how far your CPU will go. Overclocking is time consuming, you'll have to experiment. thats wat i figured... i put it up from 200 to 220 making it run at 3.6 Ghz...though it was idle so it wasn't a real test ty for the help...and as always tip.it rules :D any1else is free to give some input 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magekillr Posted April 5, 2005 Author Share Posted April 5, 2005 and as always tip.it rules :D well...except for the part that my post count didn't go up for a while...and the fact that it should be over 2000 :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magekillr Posted April 5, 2005 Author Share Posted April 5, 2005 ...and as always tip.it rules :D except for the fact that my post count should be over 3000 :wink: and that i can't edit my own posts for some reason :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonda Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 and as always tip.it rules :D well...except for the part that my post count didn't go up for a while...and the fact that it should be over 2000 :wink: Certain boards don't add to your post count, like the market place. Who cares anyways, I think post counts should be elimantated, they only encourage spam :? ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magekillr Posted April 5, 2005 Author Share Posted April 5, 2005 well it used to count market place since that's mostly where i got all of my count...guess it doesnt anymore oh well...back to ocing people :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_counda Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 Check out http://www.ocforums.com if you need some serious help. Their really geeky over there (I mean this in a good way) :wink: I don't think you need water cooling... Running a thermalright xp-120 (Around $60 I believe), and a decent fan (another $15-20) can get very similar performances to a $200 (basic) watercooling setup. Water cooling is also a lot of work... Cleaning your radiator, getting all the air out of the line, etc. With a 3.0E and an xp-120 (with a decent fan) you should be able to get 3.6 stable without a doubt, possibly up to 3.8 if your lucky :) Good luck with your overclocking adventure :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magekillr Posted April 6, 2005 Author Share Posted April 6, 2005 Check out http://www.ocforums.com if you need some serious help. Their really geeky over there (I mean this in a good way) :wink: I don't think you need water cooling... Running a thermalright xp-120 (Around $60 I believe), and a decent fan (another $15-20) can get very similar performances to a $200 (basic) watercooling setup. Water cooling is also a lot of work... Cleaning your radiator, getting all the air out of the line, etc. With a 3.0E and an xp-120 (with a decent fan) you should be able to get 3.6 stable without a doubt, possibly up to 3.8 if your lucky :) Good luck with your overclocking adventure :P yeah i was also considering a pure copper heat sink of some sort as well as the water cooling...ill check out that heat sink though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubarina Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 All i have to say if you are getting serious about gaming is please dont put your computer in the refridgerator before a LAN party or sumtin. I know some of freinds who got water condensation on the motherboard and other stuff. Lets just say it was not a pretty sight to see their comps fry like KFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magekillr Posted April 6, 2005 Author Share Posted April 6, 2005 ty for the heads up :D 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 All i have to say if you are getting serious about gaming is please dont put your computer in the refridgerator before a LAN party or sumtin. I know some of freinds who got water condensation on the motherboard and other stuff. Lets just say it was not a pretty sight to see their comps fry like KFC. They should have used real water cooling and not makeshift. With only a cheap kit ive got my CPU down to only 33ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâðc on average Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyro Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 All i have to say if you are getting serious about gaming is please dont put your computer in the refridgerator before a LAN party or sumtin. I know some of freinds who got water condensation on the motherboard and other stuff. Lets just say it was not a pretty sight to see their comps fry like KFC. They should have used real water cooling and not makeshift. With only a cheap kit ive got my CPU down to only 33ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâðc on averageWhether your cooling system is good or not doesn't really matter, because odds are your box will die if you put in the fridge no matter how great it is :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magekillr Posted April 6, 2005 Author Share Posted April 6, 2005 All i have to say if you are getting serious about gaming is please dont put your computer in the refridgerator before a LAN party or sumtin. I know some of freinds who got water condensation on the motherboard and other stuff. Lets just say it was not a pretty sight to see their comps fry like KFC. They should have used real water cooling and not makeshift. With only a cheap kit ive got my CPU down to only 33ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâðc on averageWhether your cooling system is good or not doesn't really matter, because odds are your box will die if you put in the fridge no matter how great it is :P :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 nah frezzer prolly wouldnt hurt anything... i mean if you put it in a bag, frezeers dont get cold enough to seriously hurt anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 hrm no edit o well. read the user comments not the paragraph on top http://laptops.engadget.com/entry/5452458581381003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 gah one more sorry for spamage, on second thought i dont think its such a good idea to frezee drives something most liklly will break in there. so many small things, remeber the german tanks all froze up and broke because of Russia's "general winter" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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