Max o/c for 3Ghz?

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Hi!

I have a p4c800 dlx mobo and a 3Ghz cpu, along with Corsair XMS 3700 (DDR
466).

At first, I cranked it up to 3.7 Ghz, but it was unstable. Finally, I
brought it down to 3.62 ghz which seemed fine. However, things got
complicated when I started to play UT2004. The system started to hang. I
brought it down to 3.5 ghz and everything went back fine after... The thing
is, just for the fun of it, I tried to push it back to 3.6, which was not as
heavy as 3.7. However, the system did not want to boot at all at this
speed!! How come this? It used to boot at 3.7, but now it does not want at
3.6, even at voltage 1.65. Is this normal?

Many thanks!

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Daniel
www.dromadaire.com/cimetiere/english

 

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How about enjoy the speed the processor was shipped as, because anything
over 2.5 GHZ is virtually unrecognizable.

Or keep on overclocking it until your $500 processor burns over. Be my
guest.

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Cory "Shinnokxz" Hansen
http://corysplace.silius.net

 

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"cimetière" <cimetiere@moncanoe.comsapmmmmmmm> wrote:
>I have a p4c800 dlx mobo and a 3Ghz cpu, along with Corsair XMS 3700 (DDR
>466).
>
>At first, I cranked it up to 3.7 Ghz

You either know what you are doing when you overclock, or you don't.
Temperature, voltage, process variation, phase of the moon, line
voltage, yaddah, yaddah, yaddah. Also note that when you play a game
or do other CPU intensive stuff, the CPU will heat up more, and become
less stable. CPU, memory, and other major chipset components may have
interacting reponses when you fiddle with clock speed, voltage, and
memory timings. Try some of the overclocker's forums, but I suspect
they are just going to tell you the overclocker's creed: "Just fiddle
with all the knobs till it appears to work for a while."

You are "successfully" overclocked by 17 percent, did your frame rate
increase by 17 percent? Why not?

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William Smith
ComputerSmiths Consulting, Inc. www.compusmiths.com