Neophyte

[VMoura]

Hi everyone.

I have had the following computer since last August, and I went to squeeze out the most I can before I follow one of Tom's or Anand's guides and by the latest and greatest box sometime next year. Here it is:

P4 2.4C (Northwood) (with the default cooling that came in package)
2x512 MB RAM DDR400
GeForce 5800 (which they dont make anymore)

The reason I bought that specific processor is because I heard it was good for overclocking, even though I have never overclocked anything in my life and I am cool to admit that I dont know jack about it.

I am hoping you fine people can tell a neophyte how I can take that up to 2.8 or 3.0 without screwing s*** up. Will it be able to run at that clock indefinitely without melting? As you can probably see, I am completely ignorant in this regard. Help a brother out 🙂

Thanks so much, and all the bloody best.

Victor

 

[Cybercraig]

Unless it's real good DDR-400, try the following:
Set ram speed to 333mhz and reboot. This should force a 5:4 CPU to ram ratio. Now start raising your FSB 6 mhz or more at a time until you're back at a ram speed of 400mhz. Viola, you're CPU speed should be at 250mhz. 12 X 250 = 3.0ghz. You should be able to get your lowest ram timings here too. You may have to raise your CPU Vcore along the way too. Start it out at 1.65v and maybe lower it after you're stable at the speed you want. Read Scottchen's guide for P4 overclocking all the way through. You can try a 1:1 ratio first by feeding your ram 2.7 or 2.8v and loosening your timings. Just raise the FSB a little at a time until you can't post. Back it off from there. Good luck.

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