How Far Can I Go??

SuicideMayne · 06-20-2005, 08:56 AM

Whats up guys i have a intell p4 prescott 3.4 and im overclocked to a 3.8 do u think i can go to a 4.0?? My temps right now on idle are 50 and load about 67-68.... I just would like to know thanxx...specs below.

**apj101** · 06-20-2005, 10:33 AM

depends a lot on cooling. That mother board (assuming its the one in you sig) is a s478 which mean your prescott is alway going to suffer from heat issue. I suspect the chip will take you there but your cooling will lag well behind. Your temps are already looking a bit high

**Praetor** · 06-20-2005, 03:50 PM

Cooling and power my friend

The Psu there is decent (http://www.antec.com/specs/sl400_spe.html) but i generally dont do any serious overclocking with anything more than ±3% voltage tolerance. But 4GHz should be doable.

SuicideMayne · 06-20-2005, 06:47 PM

How much heat can a prescott handle??

691175002 · 06-20-2005, 06:59 PM

Probbably somewhere around 80c but I wouldn't push it much higher than you already have.

**Cromewell** · 06-20-2005, 07:21 PM

The maximun casing temperature for a Prescott is 73.5C

SuicideMayne · 06-20-2005, 07:40 PM

im better off just leaveing it at 3.8 then im shure im not gonna see a crazy difference in 4.0..

**Cromewell** · 06-20-2005, 07:45 PM

No not likely, I wouldn't think you see a huge difference going from 3.4 to 3.8 (I'm sure you see something but it's not huge) but a 200MHz boost in CPU speed really wont mean anything. Are you using the stock cooler or do you have some aftermarket cooler?

SuicideMayne · 06-20-2005, 09:09 PM

im using VANTEC AeroFlow VP4-7245 90mm Ball Cooling Fan .

**Praetor** · 06-24-2005, 10:34 AM

Quote:

No not likely, I wouldn't think you see a huge difference going from 3.4 to 3.8 (I'm sure you see something but it's not huge) but a 200MHz boost in CPU speed really wont mean anything

Depends on what you're doing: a DVD encode with a 400MHz advantage will yeild a noticeable drop in encode time ... but you are indeed right about it not being a generally noticeable change

06-20-2005, 08:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
SuicideMayne Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New York Age: 22 Posts: 169	How Far Can I Go?? Whats up guys i have a intell p4 prescott 3.4 and im overclocked to a 3.8 do u think i can go to a 4.0?? My temps right now on idle are 50 and load about 67-68.... I just would like to know thanxx...specs below. __________________ System Processor :: AMD Athlon 64bit 4000+ @ 2.6Ghz (Custom Danger Den Water Cooling) Memory :: 2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC4000 @250Mhz (3-3-3-8) Video :: Evga 7900 GTX 512MB Superclocked 700/1800 Motherboard :: LanParty UT nF4 SLI-D Hard Drive :: 200Gb Western Digital Hardrive Power Supply :: PC Power & Cooling 510 SLI ready Case :: Lian Li PC-6070APLUS Sound Card :: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 OS :: Windows XP Pro x64

06-20-2005, 10:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
apj101 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Age: 26 Posts: 9,166	depends a lot on cooling. That mother board (assuming its the one in you sig) is a s478 which mean your prescott is alway going to suffer from heat issue. I suspect the chip will take you there but your cooling will lag well behind. Your temps are already looking a bit high __________________ What did one snow man say to the other? can you smell carrot? The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. How you do anything, is how you do everything!

06-20-2005, 03:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 19,954	Cooling and power my friend The Psu there is decent (http://www.antec.com/specs/sl400_spe.html) but i generally dont do any serious overclocking with anything more than ±3% voltage tolerance. But 4GHz should be doable. __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

06-20-2005, 06:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
SuicideMayne Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New York Age: 22 Posts: 169	How much heat can a prescott handle?? __________________ System Processor :: AMD Athlon 64bit 4000+ @ 2.6Ghz (Custom Danger Den Water Cooling) Memory :: 2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC4000 @250Mhz (3-3-3-8) Video :: Evga 7900 GTX 512MB Superclocked 700/1800 Motherboard :: LanParty UT nF4 SLI-D Hard Drive :: 200Gb Western Digital Hardrive Power Supply :: PC Power & Cooling 510 SLI ready Case :: Lian Li PC-6070APLUS Sound Card :: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 OS :: Windows XP Pro x64

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691175002 Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada Age: 17 Posts: 376	Probbably somewhere around 80c but I wouldn't push it much higher than you already have. __________________

06-20-2005, 07:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
Cromewell Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 10,193	The maximun casing temperature for a Prescott is 73.5C __________________ You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til ya understand who's in ruttin' command here. I must plug a couple comics because they are good :D: www.ctrlaltdel-online.com www.userfriendly.org

06-20-2005, 07:40 PM	#7 (permalink)
SuicideMayne Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New York Age: 22 Posts: 169	im better off just leaveing it at 3.8 then im shure im not gonna see a crazy difference in 4.0.. __________________ System Processor :: AMD Athlon 64bit 4000+ @ 2.6Ghz (Custom Danger Den Water Cooling) Memory :: 2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC4000 @250Mhz (3-3-3-8) Video :: Evga 7900 GTX 512MB Superclocked 700/1800 Motherboard :: LanParty UT nF4 SLI-D Hard Drive :: 200Gb Western Digital Hardrive Power Supply :: PC Power & Cooling 510 SLI ready Case :: Lian Li PC-6070APLUS Sound Card :: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 OS :: Windows XP Pro x64

06-20-2005, 07:45 PM	#8 (permalink)
Cromewell Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 10,193	No not likely, I wouldn't think you see a huge difference going from 3.4 to 3.8 (I'm sure you see something but it's not huge) but a 200MHz boost in CPU speed really wont mean anything. Are you using the stock cooler or do you have some aftermarket cooler? __________________ You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til ya understand who's in ruttin' command here. I must plug a couple comics because they are good :D: www.ctrlaltdel-online.com www.userfriendly.org

06-20-2005, 09:09 PM	#9 (permalink)
SuicideMayne Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New York Age: 22 Posts: 169	im using VANTEC AeroFlow VP4-7245 90mm Ball Cooling Fan . __________________ System Processor :: AMD Athlon 64bit 4000+ @ 2.6Ghz (Custom Danger Den Water Cooling) Memory :: 2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC4000 @250Mhz (3-3-3-8) Video :: Evga 7900 GTX 512MB Superclocked 700/1800 Motherboard :: LanParty UT nF4 SLI-D Hard Drive :: 200Gb Western Digital Hardrive Power Supply :: PC Power & Cooling 510 SLI ready Case :: Lian Li PC-6070APLUS Sound Card :: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 OS :: Windows XP Pro x64

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