ive got everything to lose

jimkonow

jimkonow

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...literally though. ive got this old machine that i use every day; its a p4 1.8GHz and 256kb of l2 cache. ive managed to OC it to 2.0GHz and keep it under 33C. i also have realllly old RDRAM that's OC'd to 440 MHz from....333, i believe. i wanna see how high i can get this thing to clock before it kicks the bucket, but i also want some advice on voltages before i start messing with that.
anybody wanna help me fry and old P4?
 
oh, i know that silly :P
i just wanted to know if there was a formula to follow when overvolting...i know how to change the voltages from the bios.
 
as a rule of thumb dont go over 1.55 V, and always watch your temperatures, downlaod some stress test software like orthos
 
Once your computer becomes unstable after an overclock, you either need to raise the CPU voltage or the RAM voltage. You should be able to tell which is unstable with ORTHOS. Once you find it out, raise the desired voltage up one by the lowest increment possible. Run your CPU/RAM stressing program again, and if last time you only changed the FSB by 2-5MHz, it should be stable.
 
well, here's the results:
its stable!!!!! 1.85 volts and 2 ghz. ive only seen an AMD take this kind of beating, but i guess intel did good with this clunker. i cant improve it any more with this board, so thats it. i cant do any more.
 
uhhh...how do i not have a voltage.
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jimkonow said:
well, here's the results:
its stable!!!!! 1.85 volts and 2 ghz. ive only seen an AMD take this kind of beating, but i guess intel did good with this clunker. i cant improve it any more with this board, so thats it. i cant do any more.
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That's hella cool. Only AMD. They'll bounce back.

jimkonow said:
24 hours in a day. 24 beers in a case.
coincidence? i think not.
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I think not... :P
 
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