Intel 2.0 GHz PIV...

[Liquid]

I'm wondering what everyone thinks I would be able to get by overclocking my CPU? I just have the standard Fan/Heatsink that came with the Processor, and I don't want to kill it... I have an Asus P4B533-E MB, if anyone is curious... I have been thinking of over clocking for awhile now, but I do run some DC Clients, and have heard that overclocking can mess up some of the results... What are your thoughts?

[Radical Dreamer]

I think OC is ok if you cool it properly and also do it in moderation, a few (1-200mhz) isnt going to hurt anything, but when you start OC'ing 300+ then if you dont fry it you are definately going to shorten the life of the chip

[Liquid]

How often do you think I should upgrade if I do decide to overclock to the max? I know guys who do it at least every year... Though I don't have the budjet for that.

[MacGyver]

The P4 Northwood's can be overclocked easily. However, if you're concerned about cost, then I'd advise not overclocking for a couple of reasons:

Overclocking a 2GHz chip by 200MHz is only a 10% speed increase - not as impressive as overclocking a 300MHz Celeron to 450.

You will increase the heat output of your chip. This can be a concern if you do not have air conditioning.

You always run the risk of breaking something when overclocking, so if you rely on your computer for daily work/business, overclocking is not a good idea.

If the idea of replacing a CPU when it fails, shelling out the big bucks, does not appeal to you, then don't do it.

I for one, could never figure out the desire of somebody who didn't have much money, to overclock the one CPU they scraped cash together to buy, and risk toasting it, and not having any money to replace it with.

[Rifleman @ Layman's PC]

P4s OC fine to the Max as long as you watch your heat. Heat kills all things electric with time OCed or not. Don't rely on stock cooling to do the job. and don't think OCing the CPU is only going to get the CPU hot. when you OC the CPU the memory normally goes up with it (depending on the board sometimes the AGP and PCI bus too, which will really limit your OC) the clock generator chip will get hotter, and so will the northbridge chipset.

My P4 has been OCed now since they started making the 2.4Bs and I'm running it at 3.1+Ghz with DDR433@433MHz
Never a problem with heat thanks to a CoolerMaster Copper Heatpipe with a 6000RPM fan (along with 11 other fans throughout the system), and stability isn't an issue with a best uptime of over 2 weeks with no reboots and an average of a week between reboots.

here's some pics

http://users.adelphia.net/~laymanspc...postscreen.jpg
http://users.adelphia.net/~laymanspc...nal_wcpuid.JPG
http://users.adelphia.net/~laymanspc.../casepic01.jpg

If ya want any bench results to compare to, say so.

And I've got another OCed P4 in the works. The C series P4s really have ALOT of headroom.

[dirkpitt]

Hi,

how did you install the two fans on top of the pci slot? I was thinking of installing several fans on the cover with long wirings, do you think this is a good idea? can you post more pics

thanks

[joelen]

If your wife relies on the same computer for her work, email or simply entertainment, then trust me. DON'T DO IT.

Unless you like the couch of course....

[confus-ed]

Overclocking was 'big news' ... back in the 'dark old days' when cpu's were in hundreds not thousands ... For most apps now(except maybe 'some games') starting with a 'moderately' fast cpu (like here) just how much difference will a 'faster' cpu make ? .... zilch !

[Radical Dreamer]

I agree with confus-ed, OC used to mean alot, but anymore, the hard drive and the memory hold things back, especially the hard drives.

[deepblu]

The best , safest, and least crazy-making way to "OC" your processor is to upgrade your processor.

Even that has marginal results.