Intel® Core™ 2 Duo/XE; Core™ Duo; Pentium® 4/D/XE/M; Celeron® D/M: Overclocking

[death metal]

if you hit 165Mhz and unstable, I'm afraid you can't push your RAM that high since the CPU will conk out even before you hit a pretty good high frequency for the RAM.



at 54-56c, you're pretty hot already. i suggest you review your case ventilation, and of course, your room ventilation. no need for costly aircon, and don't place a fan to blow inside the case. A nice circulating air within the room, with a good path/exhaust for the escaping hot air will be sufficient.



as for the vtt, this is the main reason why i skipped Abit. vtt is buggy with Abit, I'm not sure with the later releases, but early ones report a wrong value. guides on vtt mod abound so it's up to you to try and mod your board.

[pbatacan]

matanong kolang. bat kya 1.488 lang vcore ko? stock po ito. 32-37 deg full load. running 1.8@2.4. maybe i can still push this to 2.6 with my new mobo. nakakataka lang bat 1.488, prang prescott hehehe

[death metal]

pbatacan, not sure of the actual specs of your CPU but you can check out some details of your CPU here:



http://processorfinder.intel.com/scripts/list.asp?ProcFam=483&CorSpd=ALL&SysBusSpd=ALL&PkgType=ALL



You can also check your CPU's box if you still have it...

[pbatacan]

is this a good overclock?

[death metal]

why yes indeed =)...~700Mhz OC isn't too bad...

[pbatacan]

oo nga ano? hehe. my temps arent too high. 33 idle 45 load. ung sa ram ko naman, Im using AM1 ddr333. pero umabot siya sa 378. i can hit higher than that pero I have to relax my memory timings. pero ayaw ko eh. tama na cguro toh hehe. 1.8 to 2.5 na ako. I'll stay here muna. meron pa akong problema sa bagong mobo ko. ung bios eh sana i flash ko to the lates version



pero bka ma bad flash nanaman ako tapos pwede bang gamitin kahit ano na bios flasher basta AMI lang? kasi ung link sa ASrock sa bios software nya is dead. gus2 ko sanang gamitin ung flasher sa ECS website pero pang AMI parin. pwede po bah yun? kasi naman merong bug tong mobo ko na ndi gumagana ng maayos ung mga testing utilities like aida at tsaka sisoft.



weird pa kasi nakalagay sa bios date ko is 05/14/2004 version 2.90

walang 05/14/2004 na bios sa asrock pero merong version 2.90. nag dududa ako kapag i flash ko to latest version 3 bka ndi successful.



isa pa. ung version 2.80 nakalagay dun sa website nila na SiSoft Sandra and AIDA testing utilities should work correctly. pero ndi parin. it will take mga 1 minute bgo maka access ang cpuz. minsan pa nga hindi eh. so pls help me kung i flash ko bah or ndi. kasi bka masira nanaman. ano bah din mas maganda gamitin? gf2 mx400 or intel extreme graphics? sorry OT ako ha.



ndi bah masyadong mataas ang vcore na 1.6? kasi i want to push it pa eh pero ndi ko malalaman realtime temps ko kasi nga merong problema mag access ang mga testing utilities dito sa P4I45GV. so pls help! thanks a lot!!! aasahan ko reply ninyo

[pbatacan]

ok lang bah i relax ang memory to 2-3-3-6 or 2.5-3-3-7? or even 2.5-3-3-8? malaki bah impact nito? kung mataas na latency?

[pbatacan]

bump

[pbatacan]

yipeeee



I did pushed it a little more!!! hahaa look.













I'm using AM1 PC2700 running in ddr400. hehehe. I'm aiming at 2.8 ghz. A 1 ghz overclock. Considering mine is a C1 stepping.

[death metal]

cool =)...that's value for your money =)...congrats and nice OC...

[pbatacan]

thanks haha. but i tweaked my mem timings more. nasa 2.5-3-3-5 na siya. hehe. thats all i can get. temps 41 load. pero may aircon sa room. pag wala. it shoots up 58. but not more than 60. stock HSF ng prescott. nasira kasi ung northwood fan ko eh. naka bili ako new HSF ng intel. tag 450.

[pbatacan]

ehem, guyz. ndi stable sa prime95 oc ko. ok lang bah i bump ang vcore to 1.8? kasi binalik ko sa 1.6 eh. stable lahat except prime95. my temps does not go up above 55. pero ung nag 1.8 ako, alang isang oras nasira psu ko. bago na psu ko. takot ako bumalik sa 1.8

[death metal]

1.8v is a tad high for a northwood...the best way is to check your sSpec, look it up at Intel's web and check the rated voltage. if 1.7v is the stock vCore, you can try 1.8v, but of course, when you touch the vCore you should know that no matter how little you add, there's always the danger of killing your CPU. it's just the consequence of overvolting....



i'd stick with the best stable OC at stock vCore....

[pbatacan]

53c load ko. dami na ngang fans eh. 5 fans lahat. 2 psu+ 3 exhaust fans. by the way, gamit ko na HSF is ung stock ng prescott hehe. nalaman ko na stock ng prescott un kasi iba ung shape tsaka nakita ko sa net na pang prescott nga.



kung 1.6v lang ako 5 seconds lang error na sa prime 95. pag 1.77-1.8 nag iiba kasi eh ok naman. stable na stable. pero weird, kasi pag mag prime95 ako or mag seti ung 12v rail ko umaakyat hanggang 13.26. di bah ito delikado???? ung +5 ko naman nag didip to 4.60. 350 watts na ung PSU ko.

[pbatacan]

OMG! ngayon ko lang nalaman na 100 watts pla kinakain ng cpu ko. take a look. totoo kaya ito sinasabi ng sandra??? kasi sa spec finder at default, my spu eats 66 watss of power, so cguro totoo nga na 100 watts. noh? mine runs @ 2.7ghz. hek hek hek. air cooling lang ako. ala me pera mag water cooling. para plang prescott tong northwood ko.

[death metal]

100w, wow!!!



you'll need more than a generic PSU for that baby ;)....

[pbatacan]

hehe 350 watts lang. generic nanaman. kasi naman desperado ako magka psu ulit eh. ma miss ko pc ko ndi ko mapandar isang araw. meron ako laptop P3 mobile 700 mhz. di ko masyado type gamitin. heheh. i'm just using stock cooling. temps never hit 55 above. C1 stepping lang toh. SL6SN Philippines. I love this baby!



100Mhz more para 1 gig overclock. pero ndi na ata kaya ng cpu ko. maski 1.8 na ndi na aakyat. my mem is not the bneck ksi i set it to 1:1 ratio. di na talaga. kaya balik ko 3:4



takot din ako sa N.S.D.S (northwood sudden death syndrome)



pero grabe talaga 100w! dibah ung EE 103 watts? malapit ko na maaubtan ung wattage nya hahahah.



di naman ako mahilig mag case mod or mag water cooling. pero na abutan ko ito heheh. my first overclock is ung Amd-k6 2 450 ko.

Im curious kung ano ung mga maliliit na switch sa mobo. nag kalikot ako tapos pag on ko wow naging 500! hahaha later nalaman ko na nag overclock na pla ako. heheh tapos muntik pa nasunog cpu ko kasi pinakealaman ko ung vcore. di ko alam mataas na pla un. naamoy ko na sunog na plastik. pag tingin ko sa bios nya 103c!! pero ok pa naman hehehe. binalik ko lang ulit.



after ilang months nag flash me ng bios. mali ung bios file ko stupid me talaga. goodbye PC. after that bumili mama ko ng 1.8A with ECS P4Vmm2. wala isang araw inopen ko case bahala na ma void warranty heheh inudjust ko agad jumper. jumper lang kasi ung sa ecs eh. wooot naging 2.4Ghz agad haha. 6 months ko nagamit nun. then nag flash ako ulit!! what happened??? error daw,, ngek, pag restart ko blanko ang screen. arrrghhh. bili ako bago mobo eh! Asrock P4i45GV



ito na ako ngaun. naabot ko na pina ka taas na OC ng CPU ko. Im sure hinihingal na itoh!

[pbatacan]

hay, post ko nalang overclock benchies ko like sandra. mahirap na ksi ngaun eh. pwede nang ma fake ung mga screenies. hehehe

[death metal]

just added some more contents...

[Savant]

Death Metal,

Thanks for the effort and initiative with regards this article! I'm just a "newbie" when it comes to overclocking and just going to start today... with regards everything I've searched sa Google, pre parang sayo pa din yung pinaka complete and helpful!



Kailangan mo na ng sariling Website pre! Thanks again and will post results later! Hopefully I can OC good with my P4 2.6 and ASUS P4P800 Mb.