Tom's Hardware > Forum > Overclocking > CPUs > Spanking My P4 System
Word :    Username :           
 

Hey,

I've put together a spare system from old parts I had lying around and bits i've gotten cheap off ebay etc..

It consists off:

Intel P4 2.8ghz (socket 775 processor model 511)
Gigabyte 965p-ds3
MSI 8500GT
3gb mixed DDR2 800 ram (2x1gb (1gb samsung/1gb hynix) + 2x512mb (both corsair)
10gb Seagate IDE Drive
Normal DVD Writer + Floppy

It's all housed in a modded XClio A380 Super tower and the cpu is being cooled via a corsair nautilus 500 external water cooler.

The PC cost next to nothing to build and serves no real purpose, after an XP Pro install it only has 2gb free of HDD, so not much cop... the only thing I mainly use this for is for testing dodgy applications, etc...

I want to try and max out this system and see where we can go bascially.

I currently have the cpu at 4.20ghz (200x21) which brings my memory to its DDR2 800 setting, however I have the CPU at 1.5v, which is a fair bit over the 1.4v stated as the max by intel, howevr with this cooling unit the CPU never, ever, even stuck under a desk in a warm room exceeds 50degrees, and that is when the room is BAKING... were normally talking under 40degrees even while stressing, and idle at 25-30

Since I jumped on the intel band wagon aroun the pentium D stage I never really played with P4's much so I'm not sure of there O/C ability...

Can someone advise me as to how far they think I can push this chip? and also does anyone have any experience with P4 O'Cing?

cheers in advance!

Alex.

------------------------------ DFI DKX48-T2RS + Q6600 Lapped @ 3.4ghz - 2 x Sapphire 4850 XFire 512mb - 4gb Patriot Extreme DDR800 @ 850MHZ
1T Samsung F1 - CM HAF-932 - OCZ Vendetta 2 HS
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.

your hitting the p4ds stride; also you should know that you are stressing electrically the other components, and since you said they are cheap or old could be a risk ( you probably already know this) -i fried a hdd once through the old ide power pins by overclocking a celeron d 2.53 to 3.2ghz; props for getting it that far

Reply to silversurfernhs

Imo, if you have the budget you could get a new P35/P45 board and a E5200 and OC that to about 4Ghz which would leave the P4 in the dust. But at any rate, if you don't mind killing the P4 go all out with some vmods,etc.

------------------------------ http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2617/3815217176_0a5be7955d_o.gif
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3553/3818083596_1a772f7162_o.gif
Reply to Shadow703793
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Overclocking > CPUs > Spanking My P4 System
Go to:

There are 1224 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them