Pentium 4?

[alexsabree]

I have a P4 with 1mb cache and default 2.8 ghz

Say if i was to overclock it, how much would i over clock it to and how much juice should i give the vcore?

I currently have it overclocked @ 3.0ghz with
VCORE- 1.4875
EXTCLOCK- 220

And it is about 50C idle

What do u sugest i OC to?

 

[Apokalipse]

what's your motherboard, and RAM?
what core is the CPU? (Prescott, Northwood)

 

[reggie_da_man]

That temp is a little high. You might want to invest in new cooling before you go any further.

 

[Nukem]

Sounds like a Prescott... they run hot normally... I've had a 2.8 Northwood on an Abit board up to 3.3x with a zalman 7000, so with a prescott you should be able to handle that and possible a little more with the proper cooling. Oh, and I didn't touch the Vcore at all while doing it.

 

[mophead740]

yeh thats quite hot!
if u do too much overclocking u could damage it
so maby its beta to leave it at wat it is because wat u could safly do would not be much and it problaby be not worth it
assuming u didnt upgrade ure cooling
if u did it might become more worthwile

 

[alexsabree]

o man... i do have a prescott, and an ABIT as8-v mobo (i believe) and 756mb ram corsair (256x3)

So how hot is to hot?

 

[Apokalipse]

for a prescott, start worrying at about 70-75

 

[joshd]

dont touch the vcore untill you actually need to, you should be able to go a fair way without upping it at all. only up it when it gets unstable. remember upping the vcore ups the heat output, lots.

 

[reggie_da_man]

Only up the Vcore in little increments, basically to reduce heat and prolong the life of your CPU.

 

[RGELLIS]

Yeh those prescotts are rediculously hot! They are quite happy to run hot though, I have seen some prescotts get over 80 degrees, and quite happy chugging along with out it even becoming unstable! I would get a better cooling system for it though as when overclocked they go wild!