2.4Ghz -2.5Ghz??

[alltaken]

ok guys i am not wanting to overclock my cpu much.

i am running a p4 2.4Ghz CPU (533Mhz FSB aka 133Mhz FSB) with 1 Gb of 333Mhz aka 166Mhz ram.


the beginers guide says that syncronous ram is better, so if i were to change my memory to 266Mhz and start from there would that actually (without OCing at all) give me better performance overall due to the ram being syncronised.


the second question is this, how much should i OC the CPU on stock everything (stock heatsink/fan, and 2x case fans) without having a heat issue. i don't want to pay any more for fans or anything else for that matter. i am mearly trying to reduce rediculously long rendertimes.

i was thinking 2.5 Ghz would probably be fine but am not sure.

that would be a 138 Mhz FSB, would i then want to run memory at 138Mhz or would i want to keep it at 166 Mhz for best performance.

thanks guys.

Alltaken

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oh currently my CPU runs at 54 degrees while rendering at 100% and will remain stable at this temp for days on end. if i remove two drive bay covers from the front to allow a bit more airflow i will get 44 degrees constantly.


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[Crashman]

LOL, first of all, is your board dual channel?

Synchronous is only "better" with the P4 when you have a dual-channel chipset motherboard running in dual-channel mode.

In single channel mode, synchronous clocks mean your RAM will only have 1/2 the bandwidth of your CPU!

You don't need PC2100 to run synchronously, you can set PC2700 to run at PC2100 speed. But if you're in single channel mode, that would HURT your performance by reducing memory bandwidth even further.

Ideally, a single channel solution would have 2x the RAM clock as the P4 CPU. But DDR533 probably wouldn't work with any single channel chipsets.

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[alltaken]

ok sweet i thought that was the case

but after reading the guide at the topof the forum i was thinking WTF :S

about the overclockability of the CPU i am wondering what a good amount is that is safe to do.


thanks

Alltaken

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