My MASSIVE overclock! bwhahahaha!!!

[JustinMcG67]

Well, today I was reading around, and noticed, Pentium Prescott processors can operate at rather higher temperatures. So, with me having bought $120 dollars worth of cooling devices, decided to make that CPU work!

My stock clock speed for the P4 is 2.8 GHz, but today, I said, "Screw it! I got ASUS Probe, it'll auto-shutdown the sucker at 75C, why not push the beast?" So, I did just that, with a 30% auto-overclock from the motherboard, and in no time flat I was pushing 3.64 GHz, and only having raised the idle temp a mere 3C, being at 58C idle. I haven't stress tested the sucker in BF2 yet, but in a half hour or so, that will all change. Here's a screen shot to show you guys my new overclock!

 

[jac006]

Very nice... what kind of cooling are you running?

 

[JustinMcG67]

I got one of these on the CPU. I'm thinking of getting some Artic Silver to lower the temperatures. Although I don't know how much it will lower it. Is it worth it?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835151122

 

[jac006]

not that much of a difference...but, yes, there will BE a difference.

 

[JustinMcG67]

Well, as far as I can tell, anythign is better then nothing. Also, is that CPU coller OK? It made mention of it only hadnling P4 Prescott processor up until ~3.6 GHz. Am I OK leaving it at 3.64 or should I lower the clock speed a little?

 

[jac006]

If newegg said that that was the limit, I wouldn't go past that. If you want to go higher, get liquid cooling.

 

[Half Evil]

Or, raise all the rpm's..

 

[JustinMcG67]

Yeah I think liquid cooling will be my next investment. I want to be able to OC the heck out of my processor. Noting like buying a $200 CPU and overclockign it to a $500 CPU.

 

[jac006]

I second that one!

 

[connchri]

Go for it!!! Burn the Fecker out! it's only a P4

Only kidding. Depends on the load temps. You looks at my BFO post then? just make sure the temps stick to around that.