Overclocking Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz?

kcwa

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Ok everyone....ive decided its not worth spending money on a new processor for socket 478...im new to overclocking and ive benn overclocking my Radeon X1600 pro.....im a newbie :( ....can someone help me over clock my P4?

my mother board is a Seanix 8IG1000MK

im not even sure how much i wanna overclock it....id like to make a difference though for gaming :!:

any help greatly appeciated :D
 

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It's not quite as easy to overclock a processor.
You will have to change the Front Side Bus in the bios, and possibly add a higher voltage setting to your processor as well.
You may be able to get a decent overclock out of a lower end P4, since they didnt run quite as hot as some of the later ones.
 

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Try just upping the FSB for now.
You won't have to mess with the voltage until you get a higher overclock.
Start by upping it slowly, since going too high can kill the system.
 

uwisuwerme7

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Yea. Just take the FSB up a few, then restart.
You will need to get a program to test the stability of your system.
There are plenty of overclocking pages on here.
Just do a search.
 

kcwa

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alright thanks....and did u mean like a temp monitor or a performance monitor or something ive never heard of?
 

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You won't fry your computer that fast. If you go to high the worst thing that will happen is it shuts down. Just always keep your voltages at or below the max voltage for that cpu. And don't let the temps get to high. If you do those 2 things it won't fry ever. If you are going above those it will still last a while.
 

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There are stress test type programs that you can run on your system to make sure that it's going to be stable.
Overclocking your system can make it less stable, that is the reason for running the program.
Tomshardware did two articles on overclocking about two weeks ago.
I'm not sure of the program, but you can find the information in the forums.
 

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Use prime 95 for stress testing. I don't know how your going to monitor your temp because all the temp programs I know of don't support that cpu. Speedfan maybe, it's just not the most accurate.
 

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so i wont fry my comp instantly no matter how dumb i am?...okay...il figure out the top voltage for the 2.4 P4...and slowly raise FSB...but for some reason i cant find an FSB in BIOS :( :(
 

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yer it was hell loud could hear it even with headfones on but i encoded vids to nero digital and only got 4fps encoding speed so i need it hell clocked, now wit my core 2 duo i get 24fps
 

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Hey ... I have 3.06GHz P4 Northwood CPU and want to OC it too ... :D ....
(Using Abit VT7 board)

Problem with it is that I cannot change the multiplier (x23) .... Want to maximize the use of PC3200 (DDR 400) RAM....

Tested it at 3.3GHz but not stable ... PC kept crashing with MEMORY_MANAGEMENT error.... (did raise VDIMM to 2.7 - 2.8v while original is 2.65v) .... FSB raised from 133 to 143MHZ...

Any suggestion?
 

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I actually built a few systems recently with old 2.4ghz chips not sure the series - i think they did not have HT.

The systems have been in use 3-6 months, no problems running 2.93ghz , i think? it was over 2.90ghz with asus p4s800d-x.

i took out the chips out the old systems and rebuilt them - they run pretty good for cheapy gaming systems
 

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I actually built a few systems recently with old 2.4ghz chips not sure the series - i think they did not have HT.

The systems have been in use 3-6 months, no problems running 2.93ghz , i think? it was over 2.90ghz with asus p4s800d-x.

i took out the chips out the old systems and rebuilt them - they run pretty good for cheapy gaming systems
I run mine(2.4A) on a P4C800E-Deluxe 24/7(pretty much) @3726. :) It makes the power meter on my house spin pretty good, but it performs admirably....obviously nothing like an Athlon x2 or C2D. :oops:
 

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YES FINALLY FIGURED OUT THE FSB IN BIOS!!!...now...how far u think i can change it before i need to adjust voltage?
 

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YES FINALLY FIGURED OUT THE FSB IN BIOS!!!...now...how far u think i can change it before i need to adjust voltage?
If you're just using the stock HS/F and a decent case(good airflow), you can probably get ~3.15- 3.30(175-183FSB) on stock voltage. Do increase the FSB incrementally, though. i.e. Bump the FSB by ~10MHz then test for stability and watch temps. Then another 10MHz, etc. Once you get to the point were it won't POST(boot) or starts crashing out of programs... go back into the BIOS and start dropping the FSB 'til you find a stable setting. You should check out this overclocking article...you'll find it interesting. GL :)

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjAzLCwsaGVudGh1c2lhc3Q=
 

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I got my brother's P4 up to 3.1Ghz on stock voltage. It would have easily went to 3.4+ if his motherboard would have had a voltage option....

As to 1tanker, congrats nice O.C.

As to sbinh, I would check to see if you can change the frequency of the ram. By overclocking your processor, your ram is also being pushed faster, and could be the source of your problem.


Best of Luck
 

sbinh

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Thanks ... Cannot directly change the RAM freq .. but can set the RAM-PCI ratio (it depends on CPU-AGP-PCI ratio also)

I will play around with it when have time ...
 

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i cant even reach 2.6 GHZ (220 fsb and 12 multiplyer)without it crashing.. after a bit......the tmep only increases from about 25C to 30 about....i dont think thats much but hey...im a newbie