P4 2.8Cghz bad choice for OC?

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I think I made a mistake by ordering this processor. (I hope not after your answers) :) Well, I will OC it but I heard/read that the 2.4Cghz and/or 2.6Cghz is better for OC. However, I will not overlock more than 15% because I don't want to make the unit unstable. Here is a question. If I reach to 3.2ghz with 2.8ghz and if I do the same with 2.4ghz/2.6ghz the percentage of the OC will be less with the 2.8Cghz. Does it mean the CPU will not be pushed as much as the 2.4Cghz/2.6Cghz and that will result in more stable computer overall? Please explain since I am new to OC. One other question is what is the best OC percentage wise to see the OC difference but still have stable computer?

Other parts are:

ASUS P4C800-E DELUXE
Intel P4 2.8Cghz 800mhz
GEIL 1GB Ultra Series Dual Channel PC4000 500mhz
ATI/Sapphire 9800XT 256mb
WD Raptor 36.9GB 10Krpm

THANK YOU!

P.S. A friend will OC for me.
 
well I got my 2.8 up to 3.5 running on the same board as you have listed. At 250fsb you will have no problems running your ram at a 1:1 ratio, which is nice. Hitting 250 is a piece of cake (just make sure you have adaquate cooling). Anything over that gets very difficult.

As to your first question, I'm not sure but it makes sense that clocking a 2.8 to 3.2 will place less stress on it that if it was a 2.6. That really depends on the physical differences between the two chips, and the more I see, the more I'm not sure if there really are any, besides just a higher label.
 
You'll need some nice heatsink or watercool to get up to 3.5G, with stock you'll have no chance. Prime95 will tell you if your computer's stable or not. 3.5G is a struggle, most of the HyperThreading series could reach 3.3G, so you gotta have really nice cooling, so your CPU doesn't burn when you increase the voltage to 1.7

-Intel PIV 2.6C @ 3.575G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Copper 2x256 4000EL memory @ 275mhz 3-4-4-8 -Sapphire 9800np @ 432/760 -SB audigy -120G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 S-ATA150 hdd -450 Enermax PSU
 
I really don't want to push it to 3.5. If I do 3.2, can I use the stock heatsink? So, the 2.8C has nothing better than 2.4c or 2.6c if they are clocked to 3.2? And the memory is too much since the CPU will not reach its speed? (You mentioned something like that in anohter post, scottchen)
 
There are advantages to using the 2.8 over processors with lower multipliers, such as better RAM stability at a 1:1 ratio, tighter RAM timings, or the ability to use less expensive RAM.

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Then again the more expensive memory with higher FSB gets slightly more marks and frames in benchmarks. And therefore more bragging rights.

-Intel PIV 2.6C @ 3.575G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Copper 2x256 4000EL memory @ 275mhz 3-4-4-8 -Sapphire 9800np @ 432/760 -SB audigy -120G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 S-ATA150 hdd -450 Enermax PSU
 
Is OCing also kind of luck to get some high ghz results?What should I expect the 2.8cghz to go to without any stability loss with GEIL Plat. PC4000 memory? OK, maybe I can spend more for a better cooling :)
 
If you get SP94 with Tornado then you'll probably get to about 3.5 even 3.6 maybe, more than that water-cool's required to keep it cool enough. I mean i can go beyone 3.6 with my current setup but not stable.

-Intel PIV 2.6C @ 3.575G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Copper 2x256 4000EL memory @ 275mhz 3-4-4-8 -Sapphire 9800np @ 432/760 -SB audigy -120G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 S-ATA150 hdd -450 Enermax PSU
 
Nearly any 800 bus P4 should hit 3.2GHz on stock cooling.

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Nearly any 800 bus P4 should hit 3.2GHz on stock cooling. Your 2.8C should hit 3.4GHz on slightly better cooling. Getting to 3.5GHz usually requires more work.

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almost all 2.4, 2.6, 2.8 800FSB can't hit 3.2 with stock cool. Because the stock cool doesn't have copper base, and CPU runs TOOO hot during applications, crashes too much. A friend of mine has this problem, Hardwareboss' running into overheating problem at 3.0G

-Intel PIV 2.6C @ 3.575G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Copper 2x256 4000EL memory @ 275mhz 3-4-4-8 -Sapphire 9800np @ 432/760 -SB audigy -120G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 S-ATA150 hdd -450 Enermax PSU
 
Ah, I must have found some faulty information...I thought all the C's came with the copper core Intel cooler.

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Gah! There goes my winning streak, I'm batting 900...

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MUHAHAHAHA

-Intel PIV 2.6C @ 3.575G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Copper 2x256 4000EL memory @ 275mhz 3-4-4-8 -Sapphire 9800np @ 432/760 -SB audigy -120G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 S-ATA150 hdd -450 Enermax PSU
 
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