OK, i've been reading about O.C for months now or for how long i've been a member of this board. I really don't wanna screw my computer up so i've been putting off overclocking for quite a while. I just took of the stock heatsink and installed a Zalman 7000B-AlCu and it decreased my temps by about 6-7 degrees when idle. Below are my system specs for overclocking
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CPU Properties:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4A
CPU Alias Northwood, A80532
CPU Stepping C1
Engineering Sample No
CPUID CPU Name Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
CPUID Revision 00000F27h
CPU Speed:
CPU Clock 2405.39 MHz (original: 2400 MHz)
CPU Multiplier 18.0x
CPU FSB 133.63 MHz (original: 133 MHz)
Memory Bus 167.04 MHz
CPU Cache:
L1 Trace Cache 12K Instructions
L1 Data Cache 8 KB
L2 Cache 512 KB (On-Die, ECC, ATC, Full-Speed)
Motherboard Properties:
Motherboard ID 10/28/2002-I845PE/ICH4/IT8708-P4PE
Motherboard Name Asus P4PE (6 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DIMM)
Chipset Properties:
Motherboard Chipset Intel Brookdale i845PE
Memory Timings 2.5-3-3-7 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)
SPD Memory Modules:
DIMM1: Kingston K 512 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM (3.0-3-3-8 @ 200 MHz) (2.5-3-3-7 @ 166 MHz) (2.0-2-2-6 @ 133 MHz)
DIMM2 512 MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM (2.5-3-3-7 @ 166 MHz) (2.0-3-3-6 @ 133 MHz)
BIOS Properties:
System BIOS Date 10/28/02
Video BIOS Date 11/09/04
Award BIOS Type Award Modular BIOS v6.0
Award BIOS Message ASUS P4PE ACPI BIOS Revision 1002
DMI BIOS Version ASUS P4PE ACPI BIOS Revision 1002
Graphics Processor Properties:
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Sensor Properties:
Tsystem 29 °C (84 °F)
Tcpu 41 °C (106 °F)
Fcpu 2220 RPM
Fcase 3169 RPM
Fpowersupply 1940 RPM
Vcore 1.62 V
Vaux 1.62 V
Vio 3.33 V
So i'm taking it that i start with the FSB (because my multiplier is locked) by raising it up by small increments and the test the stability of the system by running Prime 95 after each small increments. I hear alot of talk about locking the APG??? Whats this all about? and how can you lock it? After i've O.C the the cpu to as fast as i can i then need to look at the Ram. Now concerning the Ram i Have 512 Kingston DDR400 PC3200 and 512 generic DDR333 PC2700. I know i have to O.C my Ram but i have no clue especially about Ram Timings, can anyone give me some advice on this? Any other information on O.C your computer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the help......
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CPU Properties:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4A
CPU Alias Northwood, A80532
CPU Stepping C1
Engineering Sample No
CPUID CPU Name Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
CPUID Revision 00000F27h
CPU Speed:
CPU Clock 2405.39 MHz (original: 2400 MHz)
CPU Multiplier 18.0x
CPU FSB 133.63 MHz (original: 133 MHz)
Memory Bus 167.04 MHz
CPU Cache:
L1 Trace Cache 12K Instructions
L1 Data Cache 8 KB
L2 Cache 512 KB (On-Die, ECC, ATC, Full-Speed)
Motherboard Properties:
Motherboard ID 10/28/2002-I845PE/ICH4/IT8708-P4PE
Motherboard Name Asus P4PE (6 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DIMM)
Chipset Properties:
Motherboard Chipset Intel Brookdale i845PE
Memory Timings 2.5-3-3-7 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)
SPD Memory Modules:
DIMM1: Kingston K 512 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM (3.0-3-3-8 @ 200 MHz) (2.5-3-3-7 @ 166 MHz) (2.0-2-2-6 @ 133 MHz)
DIMM2 512 MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM (2.5-3-3-7 @ 166 MHz) (2.0-3-3-6 @ 133 MHz)
BIOS Properties:
System BIOS Date 10/28/02
Video BIOS Date 11/09/04
Award BIOS Type Award Modular BIOS v6.0
Award BIOS Message ASUS P4PE ACPI BIOS Revision 1002
DMI BIOS Version ASUS P4PE ACPI BIOS Revision 1002
Graphics Processor Properties:
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Sensor Properties:
Tsystem 29 °C (84 °F)
Tcpu 41 °C (106 °F)
Fcpu 2220 RPM
Fcase 3169 RPM
Fpowersupply 1940 RPM
Vcore 1.62 V
Vaux 1.62 V
Vio 3.33 V
So i'm taking it that i start with the FSB (because my multiplier is locked) by raising it up by small increments and the test the stability of the system by running Prime 95 after each small increments. I hear alot of talk about locking the APG??? Whats this all about? and how can you lock it? After i've O.C the the cpu to as fast as i can i then need to look at the Ram. Now concerning the Ram i Have 512 Kingston DDR400 PC3200 and 512 generic DDR333 PC2700. I know i have to O.C my Ram but i have no clue especially about Ram Timings, can anyone give me some advice on this? Any other information on O.C your computer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the help......