Does OC'ing 2.4 to 2.53 seem unreasonable?

Yes, I think it will go to 2.53 without problems. But do you think that you are going to notice 5% overclocking?

let us see the sites. I agree with the other person overclocking 100mhz is nothing. You will not notice anything

In that case, I assume myself, Fugger, Raystonn and aarona have your permission to <i>really</i> laugh at you? (Since we all have OCed 1.6As)

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No doubt about it. But since I have a good amount of cash to burn (not to mention this computer MUST last at least 4-5 years).

That's why I'm waiting for PC1066 RDRAM and the 533 FSB. I don't feel like paying an extra 200 bucks for only 133 more however. That's why I'd increase the FSB to 141 from 133.

Anyone think this increase will destabilize my system? Overclocking my pentium 900 to 1200 didn't work to well, and I had to bring it back down because it couldn't run anything 3d without crashing, though it did normal 2d applications fine.

Thanks.

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Does anyone know how much the PCI/AGP slots can be raised until they cause trouble?

Also, do you think going from 133 to 145 (not 141) would require a Vcore raise? 2600 seems kinda even to me though this may be too much.

My case has excellent ventilation and airflow (4 enermax 3000 RPM case fans, enermax 465 psu, and big chieftec tower, but I plan only on using the intel stock HSF.

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Word. The faster the bus speed the better the performance. You would be well advised to get all the bus speed as possible. This applies to the memory bus as well, RDRAM overclocks right now to PC1066, and PC1066 will hit the streets soon. At that rate DDR400 is left in the dust, can't be overclocked very well. since you're building later, you should be on the lookout for DUAL CHANNEL DDR solutions which should hit the market at about the same time as the NW-"B". Dual Channel will make up for DDR's lack of bandwidth and still has the low latency advantage over RDRAM. You could run at 166MHz FSB with two DDR333 modules at a 1:1 ratio, and with Dual Channel have a bandwidth match to your P4. I don't think the 2.4 will overclock that far. The 1.6 will run 2480 at 155 and run circles around the 2533 do to it's faster bus, as long as it still has a 1:1 BANDWIDTH ratio, which would require Dual Channel. Bye.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

Yes...that is my prob...my silly ol' NIC...anybody wanna tell me what nic's go good in those ungodly overclockers? I'll be tryin' a Belkin, as the D-Link nogo. I like the overclock...but without my network connection, I consider my pc a dead pos.


If I don't get my 90THz AMD Quadraplex system soon, I'm afraid I may just combust right here.

133 to 145? That’s 9% overclocking..... still think wont be noticeable. We are talking about P4 2.4 GHz!! Do you think that there are a lot of software applications able to use all that power and make it easily noticeable, I mean “eye noticeable”?
I’m not attacking you, but just think that a reasonable OC is the one you can really see day by day and not only when you benchmark. (and that is P1.6 to 2.2)

NP lol. I'm an OC'ing newbie, and seeing how I couldn't even overclock my 900 celeron by 5% without it crashing 3d games, I'm kinda weary about it.

Does a motherboard NIC also get affected like a PCI NIC?

About those guys who go from 1.6 to 2.2, do they use special things to keep their PCI/AGP speeds down, or do they set it to a frequency that is also a PCI/AGP divider?

Normally I wouldn't make a big stink about 9% Oc'ing, but I couldnt' even do my Celeron 900 at 953 without it crashing a game! Back to 900 and all games work fine..... =P

Thx


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Because it's not my computer, I just use it like once or twice a weak to play starcraft. I was just curious about OC'ing. Building it was fun though. Who woulda thought that a socket 370 HSF would be such a b*tch to get on the socket?

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Okay here's a tougher one.

Does 2700 MHZ seem possibly using the stock HSF? That's 150x18. I figure that will keep my AGP/PCI cards okay. This is a pretty expensive computer I'm building but I'm paranoid and don't have time/extra cash to buy a 2.53 or higher.

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I have no clue, but I'm interested in overclocking a 2.4 Northwood B, not a Northwood A.

I think Raystonn saying it hard to overclock a 2.4 to more than 2.6, but I forget why, and I don't think he was talking about the 533 FSB.


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Some CPUs are harder to clock than others. Personaly, I wouold look at a 1.8 or 2.0A and simply throw it on a 133 FSB board when they come out. You might have to tweek the vcore a bit, but nothing major, and you'll get a very noticable clock increase.

However, it is your computer, so do what you feel comfortable with.

It's still connected throught he PCI bus, just an onboard built in version(Usually), so yes.

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and the 1.6A guys can laugh at the 1.8A guys that are laughing at you

If my response is brief and vague its because the info you provided is too!

I'd have though, since you need to get PC1066 and a 533FSB mobo anyway, that a late stepping Northwood A and good cooling would be be a better cost/performance option run at 133 FSB (or higher). A 2.0A should probably run (note I haven't done this, do some research first) at 133 FSB to give you a very nice 2.66 system and the 2.0A is only $325 now... I think the P4A/B will be very much the same issue as the PIIIs were in with 100 and 133 FSB chips.

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Yes, Abit's P4 boards lock the PCI and AGP at the same time.

Newegg sells Samsung RDRAM now? Didn't realize that. Kingston won't overclock nearly as well. Do you really need 1GB of RAM, though?

Two chips at the same clockspeed and voltage should produce the same heat, regardless of the FSB/multiplier difference.

OCing a video card is only OCing the RAM and GPU, not the AGP port. Having an OCed AGP port should affect the video card OCing.

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dont see why the 2.4B will be any different from the A core wise... just different markings and multipliers.

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