overclorking and intell

[dudeofdahouse]

hi
i just got new computer... and i putted the intell pentium 4 630, i wanted to know if its okay to over clork it with the reqular fan, i have nice air flow on my computer they are 4 fans inside, if its okay to over clork it, how much should i do it?
thank you

 

[MrJangles14]

Read the sticky at the top of this forum, there is a whole write up devoted to the overclocking of pentium 4s.

 

[Crashman]

Yes, you can overclock with the stock cooler, but be aware that if it does get hot it will underclock on its own.

 

[Scout]

I have a 630 running at 3.4 GHz and under load (Folding@home) it sits at 58C with the stock cooling. The fan speeds up some so it's a little nosier under load, but that's an acceptable temp for these chips...

And Crashman is right, these chips will slow down before they hurt themselves. There's a program called Throttlewatch that will let you monitor if your chip is overheated and throttling down.

Also note that I used Arctic Silver V instead of the stock "mat"...

 

[Crashman]

The stock stuff is really good! Tom's showed it works better than AS5 early into use, and the AS5 barely catches up after it's "settled in".