The Official OC (OverClocking) Thread!

sleepy - you need to take the link that says 'direct link to image'.
Edit: much better.

 

Ty.I haven't used the photobucket for couple of months

 

Ok, well your current CPU is using a very high voltage so don't bother overclocking that. The best CPU they make for socket 478 is a 3.4GHz Pentium 4, which costs around $170 shipped on Ebay. Not worth it at all. A 3.2GHz CPU though is around $60. I still don't think it is worth it but I guess if you are against getting a new one its the best you can do. As for the RAM, DDR RAM is very expensive now, a 512 may cost you $30 - 40 against the DDR2 RAM which costs like $20-30 for 2GB. I can't tell what your video card is with the CPUz settings.
http://search.ebay.com/search/searc...trt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=32&fsoo=2

 

so this would work right??http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-Pentium-4-3-2GHz-512-L2-Cache-800-FSB-Socket-478_W0QQitemZ110249341549QQihZ001QQcategoryZ14293QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247


an 3.2GHz cpu is god for me

 

It's not going to play Pro Street. Hell, it probably wouldn't even play Underground 2. IIRC the 1.6Ghz Willamette was king of the hill around 2001/2002, and the sort of cards that were top end then were the Radeon 8500, 9000 Pro and GeForce 3 Ti500. Since the MINIMUM requirement for Pro Street is the 9500 / FX5950 which didn't come along until several months after, even if this PC was cutting edge when it was built, the video card will still need to be upgraded, as will the CPU as it won't overclock to 2.8Ghz. Long story short getting this PC up to the required grade to play pro Street will cost a similar amount of money to building a new one that could play it with ease.

 

I agree with Sam. Other than the CPU, Double check that your motherboard supports HT and 800MHz FSB. What video card do you have?
BTW, this is a cheaper processor:
http://cgi.ebay.com/INTEL-PENTIUM-4...ryZ14293QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

@ Sam: The processor will play Underground 2 at minimum or so. I ran it on a 2.4 P4 with 32MB Video RAM and a Celeron D 2.93 and a XFX 5500.
To max it out I have trouble with a 9800 Pro, it takes a couple seconds or so in the beginning before it stops lagging (on the Celeron D). A 6800 GT does it fine though.

 

sleepy92: Put your link on another line so it actually hyperlinks itself.

 

Well im planing to upgrade the cpu and then the video card.I don't even know where do you live but in my country is cheeper to upgrade pc not buy a new one.Like now i bought a new kingstom 512 mb ram it coasted for me like 10-15 euros!

if you could core2kid tell me what do i need to look!I mean im not going to buy the cpu in ebay but in a pc shop so ill need to know what do i need to buy.What do i need to look fore.Its ot like all pc's have the same cpu???

 

No, you need to first make sure your motherboard supports the CPU. Then when you go to the shop ask for:
"Socket 478 Pentium 4 - 3.2 Giga-hertz with Hyper Threading"
or:
"Socket 478 Pentium 4 - 3.4 Giga-hertz with Hyper Threading"

Whichever you feel is the best price/performance ratio at the shop.

They also make 3GHz, 2.8GHz, 2.6GHz and so on (down by .2) so whatever is the best you can ask for.

I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH, CHECK MOTHERBOARD/CPU COMPATIBILITY FIRST!

 

Thank you for checking.
There you go, With a max FSB of 400MHz, its not worth upgrading that board. All the newer processors have a 533 or 800MHz Bus. You'll need a new motherboard if you plan on upgrading.

 

http://www.digit-life.com/articles/viap4x266/index.html
I checked and it does look like the max FSB of the board is 400MHz. AGP is also maxed out at 4x which won't give you good graphics at all. It is time for a new build.

 

Did you ever do that vdroop mod?

 

No I didn't I just left my overclock at 3.07 stable. I don't need any more.

 

Again, for inexpensive upgrade in small affordable steps, 1) motherboard, 2) CPU (or OC yours) 3) GPU. Lookf for used ASUS P4P800 on !865PE Pro ($50.00 or so on eBay) w/ OC ability to DDR600, FSB 350MHz and make the best of your current parts till you get the rest. As for CPU, the best for price v/s performance is hands down the P4E 3.4GHz Prescott on 1m L2/800HT. If you're looking to OC like I think you do, this bad boi can do 4GHz easily on air and 4.2+ w/ water. It can be had from $150.00 ~ $200.00. 2nd best for OC is also a Presscott, the P4E 3.2E or 3.0E as long as it is has PRB (multi unlock) enabled so you can use the 14x multi to gain FSB of 266+. These 3 cores can run DDR533 in 1:1 for HT1066 just like most moder rigs. It has all the SEE instructions needed for today and few years to come. It is essentially the same chip insade as recent P4 6x series same as P4 650 (on LGA775) but w/ no EIST. So the CPU overclocks great.

Your CPU on the ASUS P4P800 will se a difference of night and day. You should be able to play most games, just not as compared to w/ others here hold standards to. 1.6v is average for the 1.6/1.7, but they can take 1.8 w/ good cooling, but shuoldnt need more then 1.72 to get 2.4GHz.

Try to get highest spd RAM before your CPU as it will just hold you back on OC. Look for PC-4400 or like. If it must or can only be PC3200, get tighest possable ie: 2-2-2-5. Lots of video cards can be had for cheap, even a modern nVidia 8 series PCI will be better then old AGP 4X in general performance. But you can get an nVidai 8600 8x AGP. The GPU will be your most expensive upgrade is it usually is in any gaming build.

As I said, use this as a stepping stone. As you save, later can easily move to a DFI w/ newer LGA775 socket utilizing all your old hardware, then move to DDR2 and PCI-E x16 and SATA-II on new chipset later there on as it becomes possable.

Let me know if this helps?

 

Oh, I was under the impression of wanting to also learn to overclok.

OK, just paly it safe and get a use P4 2.8GHz/512kb/400 stepping SL7EY of s475 since the mobo will no dought allow for much of any overclocking aboe a 5% FSB increas. it actually is the last cores of its generation and uses much less vcore to under 1.475 but can still handle 1.6v to go over 3.2GHz on the right mobo.

 

lol, just as i said b4....how about a pin mod? I thought there was a pin that can be removed on 400mhz fsb cpus to make them run at 533mhz fsb...
-im1992