finished my first OC

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98vert6spd

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heres the prior specs

p4 3.0 prescott 200 x 15
p4p800se asus
corsair value 3200 512x2

6800gt
idles between 34-38 depending on room temp


got it to 220x15

so a 10% OC

idles at 1degree above where it was when i started so not much change there

I am curious to how much these chips can be pushed but I am a greenhorn still so i want to play it safe


I am using a thermaltake silent tower for cooling

think i should try for 20%?
 
well considering it only idles one degree above from where u started i would personally go a bit more. but others might say differently
 
ok im up to 245x 15
so 3.675

i think ive reach an upper limit cause i cant get into windows at 250

must be the cheap ram

i havent bumped up voltage at all

I just let it automatically configure voltage so that may indeed be the problem

what do you guys think?
 
i havent used any pci agp locks

all i did was jack the bus speed

I had to back it down to 240 cause i had a restart during a game i was playing

under heavy load ive seen as high as 49

im able to idle basically where i was idling

las night I let it idle and it idle at 34 and 34

so heats not really an issue

How do you find out what the weak link is?
I think i can push this more

Id like to hit 4gig

whats the next step?
i need to get the bus to 266
which is kinda high but thats my goal
 
I USED ASUS AI PROBE FOR A WHILE

that lets you OC from your desktop but i bet it only works for ASUS boards

and i couldnt hardly get an OC out of it

I got 200mhz with it before it went unstable

OEM computer are generally built do that you cant OC them

thats 1 of the benefits of building your own system
 
super_xero said:
is there a program which you can overclock from your desktop if you have a oem meachine
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i know ClockGen from the makers of CPU-z let you overclock from within windows. Im not sure if you can if you have an OEM machine, but i would think so. You just need to know your mobo mfg.
 
i have the silent tower by thermal take

im using this case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811156021

i cut a hole in the top for an 80mm fan

and put a 60-80mm adapter o nthe back for an 80 mm fan there and thats it

those are both exhaust fans

i unplugged the fans on the bottom of the case below the window and dont have any intake fans at all



My goal is 4ghz

I just read a rediculously lengthy article on prescott cores and i think they are being ignored by the OCers possibly unjustly

I had heat problems on the stock heatsink with no thermal paste but that problem disappeared when i cut a whole i nthe top of my case
and then it got even beter with the addition of a 40$ cooling unit


i dont know as much as most of you yet about OCing but im not having any heat issues at all

im idling as low as 34
and under rediculous loads ive seen as high as 49 but it doesnt stay at 49 very long

I got it to 3.675 and it was mostly stable but it restarted in the middle of a game i was playing

it passed the 5 antivirus programs running system scans simultaneously but failed the side miers civ4 game test

i have all the voltages set to auto in the bios im wondering if its time to start messing with them

I am using el cheapo corsair value 3200 ram
and i suspect that is holding me back as well

anyone have any good benchmark programs to test my cpu only?
I have a 68000gt that will skew most of the tests i know about

anyone have any sugestions?
 
If you really want to test your CPU in full burn try S&M, I havent been able to get it to work cause i'm dumb, but it puts so much stress on the CPU that A64's have been hitting 55* stock. OCCT, Superpi 32M, and prime95 are also good stability testers, prime95 torture test stable for 12 hours is basicly good enough for anything in the real world.
 
I have practically the same comp as u cept my mobo is bifferent.With that memory i was only able to get up to 3.3ghz, then i had to set a divider to get it to 3.8 cuz it wouldn't oc at all..btw ur idling at 34-35 what temp is ur room? i know when its rediculously cold in my room it idles at 36-35 but when its not it idles 38, i love tt towers, theyre the best no doubt.
 
its around 70 in my room

the trick is (i think)

there is a fan literally 5 mm from the tt tower that is pulling all of that heat right out the back of the case

so there is a fan in the front of the tt tower pushing air through it and one at the rear pulling it right out the case

also i cut a whole in the top of the case right above the proc and behind the power supply that is sucking hot air right out the top of the case

so any hot air left inthe case is coming from the gpu and main board

which now that i think of it maybe ill put an exhaust fan on the window right by those


i got it up to 15 x 250 in bios but couldnt load windows

i suspect these prescotts will OC to extremely high numbers

i read an article yesterday about how they were originally intended to go into the 4-5 ghz areas

what kept you at 3.8ghz?

im trying tog et to 4.0

but i cant figure out how to set a divided on my asus main board

it only lets me pick the ram speed

and i dont want the ram running at 200 when i get get it to run at 240 stable

am i better off with a proc runnign at 4gig and ram running at 200bus

or better with a proc running 3.6 and memory at 240bus?

id guess the latter
 
I know for a fact that you take a performance hit when u set a divider with the ram. See if u can find in ur asus manual if there is a section about setting a divider, i know its in mine. If not and no one can help you try an email to asus, im sure they can help. Also i notice at about 70 degrees my cpu idles 37 and have the same type of fan setup u do. the only one i dont have is a top exuast fan which i think ill be adding during my thanksgiving break. I love the fact that hitting 3.8ghz i didnt notice an increase in my proc temps at all, i did notice that on my chitty psu and even my new ultra xconnect, that when playin video games the psu hit 70+ and ste my alarm off.
 
doh 70 + on the power supply is high

heat rises right?

thats why i cut it up there and it made a pretty big difference

if you remeber any of my posts from back i nthe day i use to idle around 45-49


i thought maybe i had a bad case
turns out i did they jsut put the fans in inconvienient locations

heat that got to the top of the case basically had no way to escape unless it got sucked throught the psu which was already getting hot enough without pulling hot air through it

im considering jsut buying some better ram

i really really really want tog et to 4.0ghz
based soley on ego i guess

im running just fine in civ4 @ 3.6ghz but now that i went from 3.0 to 3.6 i want to go further


what do you think about setting the voltage to auto?

thats what ive had it add for ram and proc

what would be a good voltage to start at if i set it myself?
 
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