The Official OC (OverClocking) Thread!

Ill look around for that and post back.

 

i was lucky with this mobo too i guess, not bad, 2 good boards and 2 that sucked.

they have all the info on overclock.net for the giga p35 boards but from what iv seen people are having mixed results with the droop mod, some are even getting an increase in volts under load lol.

 

Marsey you should go ahead and post that link in the building thread as well. There's lots of folks that have that mobo and would like to know the info that site brings. I'm not sure most people should mess with the 'vdroop' mod but some of the other info is great....

....gm

 

gm there are lots of threads on oc.n that could help many people with info for nearly all the popular boards and graphics cards on the market.

 

GM ducks away to learn more about his mobo. (P35-DS3P)

...gm

 

Im new to trhis whole thing so if you need to know anything else just ask.


I want to overclock my cpu.But this is my first time so need help here


Here is my pc specs(i took it from other topic but nothing is changed only i added 512 mb ram(kingstom))


CPU


PROCESSOR

Name:Intel Pentium 4
Code name:willarnette Brand id: 9
Package:Socket 478 mPGA
Technology:0.18 um Core voltage: 1.712v

Specification: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU 1.60 ghz
Family: F Model: 1 Stepping: 3
Ext Family: F Ext Model: 1 Revision: EO
Instructions: MMX,SSE,SSE@

CLOCKS(CORE#0)

Core speed:1597.3 MHz (and changing )
Multiplier: x 16.0
Bus speed: 99.8 MHz
Rated FSB: 399.3 MHz


CACHE

L1 Data: 8KBytes
L1 Trace: 12 Kuops
Level 2: 256 KBytes


CACHE

L1 D-CACHE

Size: 8KBytes
Descriptor: 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size

Trace cache

Size: 12 kuops
Descriptor: 8-way associative

L2 Cache

Size: 256 Kbytes
Descriptor: 8-way set associative,64-byte line size



MAINBOARD


Motherboard

Model: P4X266-8233
Chipset: VIA : P4X266 (VT8753) Rev. : 01
Southbridge: VIA : VT8233A
LPCIO: Winbond : W83697HF

BIOS

Brand: Award software international,Inc.
Version: 6.00 PG
Date: 05/29/2002


Graphic Interface

Version: AGP version 3.0
Transfer Rate: 2x Max supported : 4x
Side band: not supported



MEMORY

General

Type: DDR
Size: 256 MBytes

Tirning

DRAM Frequency : 133.2 MHz
FSBRAM: FSB+## MHz
CAS# Latency(CL): 2.5 clocks
RAS# to CAS@DELAY (tRCD): 3 clocks
RAS#Precharge (tRP): 3 clocks
Cycle time(tRAS): 6 clocks


SPD

Memory slot selection

Slot #1: DDR (other 2 slots are empty)

Module Size : 256 MBytes correction: none
Max bandwidth: PC2100 (113 MHz) Registered: no
Manufacturer: Kingston Buffered: no
Part number: KVR266X64C25/256
Serial Number: 0414F904 Week/Year: 37.02


Tirnings Table

Frequency: 100 MHz : 133 MHz
CAS# Latency: 2.0 :2.5
RAS# to CAS#: 2 : 3
RAS# Precharge: 2 : 3
tRAS: 5 : 6
Voltage: 2.5 V : 2.5 V



i need to know how much and how to overclock (without buyng a new cooler)

 

I'll be blunt here. It's a P4 Willamette. It isn't worth it.

 

So its no point??

 

They're not fast CPUs to begin with and they won't be easy to overclock, especially not on a basic VIA motherboard like the one you have.

 

i wouldnt go that far sam, an oc will help any proc and an aging one you would really feel the differnce. having said that your spot on about the mobo, that chip should be able to do about 2.2ghz on the vcore its getting right now but only if the mobo/ram will go as far.

i think clockgen would be your best bet to get any kind of oc from your setup mate.

 

So i can do the overclocking???Yes??Then how..And do i need to buy a new cooler?I just bought a 512 ram so i don't have money right now..I'm a real newby when its about overclock !Heres my system manual and it just like marsey99 sayd supports 2.2 ghz cpu speed!So that from 1.6 ghz to 2.2 to me its a HUGE difference!

 

You just need Clockgen

http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=189

Download it and bump up your frequencies. Do it a little bit at a time and keep an eye on your temps. Then you can know how fan you can go without getting a new cooler.

 

@im1992

Thought I would let you know I haven't forgotten about posting the BIOS settings, just been real busy lately. I get them up asap.

 

np man
i am in no hurry
-thanks

 

Like others might say, it isn't much, buts thats cause most here are comparing to new or especially gaming overclocks. Any system can stand from some sort of OC as long as the parts are good for their time. I got one of them 1.6 s478's to 2.4 on air so it is a good core and rev/stepping. Just need a good mobo to take it there. Not gonna' be much fun on a VIA chipset. Look for an older, but die hard workhorse !875P "Canterwood" chipset for that CPU and tight 2-2-2-5 PC-3200. Any PC4400 on up is way cool and most clock down to DDR400 @ 2-2-2-5. Thats' really all you need to get started.
Also, any Quality PC-133 can hit 150FSB in 1:1 since thats about the best you'tre gonna' get for 2.4GHz as 150x16. Unless the multi is unlocked so you can use 200*12 for 1:1 DDR400.

 

after a google i would really keep an eye on your temps sleepy, its a shuttle and it will have sucky airflow.

nuck has had more exp with the older intels than me so i would listen to his advice on the mobo too.

have fun with it tho

 

So what do i ned to buy new video card,motherboard or proccesor??I only ned to get the cpu speed up to 28 mhz so i can play nfs ps

 

28MHz? 2.8HGz or 2800MHz? 2.8GHz is a long shot fo that core unless you went water cooling. I never had one go more then 2.6 and that was pushing 1.7v wich is hard to get out of mosy chipsets But the 1875P certeinly can and you will nedd 500w+ of PWR. 400W with strong amps can get you 2.4GHz nicely on air w/ under 1.488v If for gaming, yES, more then likely need some kind of new GPU. Thats not my strong area, but I had a MX4000 leadTec back then and it was cool for early AGP 4x. If you got hold of a nice ASUS P4C800 w/ ATI Radeon 9800 Pro .08v AGP 8x, that'd be nice for the time. I had that set up in 2003. I still have it. lol!

Anyways, for learning to OC, I'd leave GPU out of it for the time being. On a good mobo, it will not have any effect on your OC to leave the cheapest GPU of AGP or PCI in there for now. I had some low end boxes with cheap GPU's OC'd just to number crunch and vid transcoding, and they did great.

OC'n for gaming is the upper most demanding route. It challanges and stresses everything in the entire system right back to the optical drive.

If you can spare a little here and there, and want to learn, I'd focus on the mobo 1st and formost otherwise, you'll just be hittin' a wall in no time. 350W w/ good clean amp is OK, 400W is better, but 500W is a good deal to run nice !875P "Canterwood".

EDIT: actually, the mainstream medium priced Sprigdale mobo as !!865PE Pro is a better bargin for that CPU and has almost all the stability of !875P but some added new BIOS options only cause it was binned out later, if from ASUS or DFI of that time, mid 2004.

 

Um, you still won't be able to play pro street as you won't have a decent graphics card. Sorry.

 

same ffs lol, it will play it runs on onboard but it may be a slide-show :0