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tomb08uk

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Hi,

My system is reasonable new and was considering over clocking it and was just wondering if anyone knows what limits i would be able to get it to.

My system is:

Intel Pentium 4 3.2 HT LGA775 SOCKET
Kingston 1024 MB 2x sticks 3200 400mhz
Geforce 6600 256 PCI-E

their is obviosuly more but the above things would be the ones which would be of interest.

Also to do this hoo would be the best way to do it (as in witha prgramme?or BIOS, also have a gigabyte motherboard which comes with a tool for overclocking) and is water cooling the best collant?

Thanks

Tom
 
You expect me to bother readin all of that? You think anyone as bothered reading all of that? I bet you even havent.
 
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You expect me to bother readin all of that? You think anyone as bothered reading all of that? I bet you even havent.
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err, yes i have read all of it and much much more on the subject. And if you intend to oc then your going to need to know all these things at a minimum. Ocing is not like pressing a button and if you dont know what you doing you will damage your cpu, ram, or both. :eek:

You asked how to oc your p4, well it cant be written any smaller than in cpu101
I recommend you read up, you'll be glad that you did ;)
 
ok folk lets keep this on topic, if he doesnt want to read it then he doesn't have to.

But i do recommend you read tom it is useful. And to keep on topic i will answer you questions

Hi,
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hello
My system is reasonable new and was considering over clocking it and was just wondering if anyone knows what limits i would be able to get it to.
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no one will know, it is imposible to to tell (covered on cpu 101), if i were to take a guess id say agressively you could get it up to 4 ghz. But then it all depends on your silicon

My system is:

Intel Pentium 4 3.2 HT LGA775 SOCKET
Kingston 1024 MB 2x sticks 3200 400mhz
Geforce 6600 256 PCI-E

their is obviosuly more but the above things would be the ones which would be of interest.
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Your motherboard is key, choice of mobo has a huge effect (covered in cpu101)

Also to do this hoo would be the best way to do it (as in witha prgramme?or BIOS, also have a gigabyte motherboard which comes with a tool for overclocking)
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BIOS is where its most frequently done (thats covered in cpu101)

and is water cooling the best collant?
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best compared to air, yes

Thanks

Tom
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your welcome
 
of course it is, and this can be quite useful as you may not need to reset bios as often. However bios ocs tends to be more stable and have more fine tuning options, you can also be more aggressive.

Also you may find a oc that you think is stable for windows. Only to find out on your next power on that it is not stable enough fot boot. Resulting in a need to go into bios anyway.
 
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tomb08uk said:
You expect me to bother readin all of that? You think anyone as bothered reading all of that? I bet you even havent.
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You ask a question apj101 gave you the answer. If you want to be a jerk find anouther forum to go to. You have no bussiness overclocking if you not even willing to read a few pages.

In my opioun apj101 was way to nice to you after saying what you did. luckly you wont last that long here with your atitude when the admins get on to you.

This is no place for people with a maturity of a 2 year old.
 
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You expect me to bother readin all of that? You think anyone as bothered reading all of that?
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Dont think he was expecting you to do anything really but help you and to help yourself.

I bet you even havent.
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Never know. It is also entirely possible that he does not need to :P.

Now as for your expectations from overclocking... Well that would be somewhat different for everybody even with the same hardware really. Best bet is to overclock and see what you get. As for tools there are entirely too many to list and depending on what component you are overclocking you may not need any tool. I would search for all your particuler parts via google to find several tools for each component and deciding the best or perhaps easiest to use.
 
if someone took the time to write all the 101's then please don't disrespect them. have fun overclocking if you don't wanna read up on it.
 
Ok, Tom, if you're going to overclock without reading 101, you are on your own, but if I were you, I would overclock in no more than 5 percent steps and not going past 4 gigas.
 
tomb08uk said:
Hi,

My system is reasonable new and was considering over clocking it and was just wondering if anyone knows what limits i would be able to get it to.

My system is:

Intel Pentium 4 3.2 HT LGA775 SOCKET
Kingston 1024 MB 2x sticks 3200 400mhz
Geforce 6600 256 PCI-E

their is obviosuly more but the above things would be the ones which would be of interest.

Also to do this hoo would be the best way to do it (as in witha prgramme?or BIOS, also have a gigabyte motherboard which comes with a tool for overclocking) and is water cooling the best collant?

Thanks

Tom
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Yes water cooling is the best cooling for overclocking.


But the real best is liquid nitrogen cooling :eek:
 
Yes water cooling is the best cooling for overclocking.
But the real best is liquid nitrogen cooling
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1. Phase change coolers are better for overclocking
2. Contradictions less than 1 sentence apart dont work so well
3. If you really think you can run a system with N2(l) constantly .... you need to read up on N2(l) :)

@faaj & dragon: lets stay on topic
 
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