i'm a newbie, just brought a new PC.
intel 2.0 ghz
Asus P4T-533C
256 RDram
Suma Geforce 4MX 440

is it possible to overclock to 3ghz?

i know "details details" is needed badly for this... tell me what details i need... i'll try dig them out from the MotherBoard Box...<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by ieR on 11/07/02 07:35 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

Gotta find out if the cpu is a Willamette or Northwood. With Willamette you'd be lucky to get much of anything out of it. With Northwood it should be relatively routine to bring FSB up to 133MHz for about 2.66 GHz.

-Col.Kiwi

ahaa, here's wat can i dig out,...

intel P4 2.0A something with L2 512k (i think it's northwood)
Asus P4t-533E
Apacer 128mb RDram PC-800 (x2 = 256mb) (with 2 more wierd looking memory card without chips they call dummy)
maxtor 40gb 7200rpm
quantum 40gb 7200rpm
SUMA Platinum Geforce 4MX 440 64mb (ddr 3.6nS)
Creative SB live 5.1 SE dobly digital
pioneer 16x DVD (slot-in)
ermmm does keyboard n mouse matter? logitechs n a Dlink network card. Connect to the internet through my college LAN " )
see does those information gives any help...
thanks " )

no promises for 3ghz, it depends on the chip, but it's possible...you'd have to have great cooling and definitely raise the core voltage up some, i'm guessing around 1.65
you didn't list what hsf (heatsink/fan) you have, i'm guessing it's the stock one. that's pretty good, but you'll need more depending on how high of an overclock you wanna get. test your chip out a little, see how high you can get it at stock voltage, then raise the voltage a little, etc, if the temps get too high then get a new cooler, or just lower your speeds/voltages back to where the temps are acceptable

you have asus probe installed right, cuz that'll help you monitor your cpu temps. i'd say you want to be at 50*C or lower under full load for a while

well, my friend came over n give me a little help here... with a little "setting" he set.. walaa it's now running at 2.4 ( he told me the mainboard n processor recommended to be clocked at this speed, even tought i don't understand ) temp is still under 50 c under full load, 35 c when idle... yeap i'm think i'm using the original heatsink provided by intel but my friend did a little thing to it...( using sand paper "smoothen" the contact area with the cpu, i think, then using what artic silver thingie on it, he say it will help a lot ) then i notice something about my casing... it has 4x 8cm fan in front, 1 large (12cm i think) fan behind, then my Power Supply has 2 fans one sucking in, one out... my friend told me i have a good power supply, if correct 430Watt... is it good? is it enough? because i hear u need a lot of power if want a stable overclocking... " )... does many devices like 2 harddisk a DVD rom n a CD writer could make the power unstable?

ohya my friend told me that i might gotten the wrong original heatsink cause the P4 2.0 heatsink fan issit that big, i might gotten the 2.2 or above one... well who knows... "( don't know it's good or bad news " )

n thanks a lot for the infomation " )


there's few more thing i have to make sure before i go any futher until 3.0

what/will it effects on my graphic card/sound card etc when i overclock?

what is the proper temp of CPU n mainboard ( my mainboard mostly follows the room temp)

thanks a lot in advances " )

You'll be lucky to get 2.66GHz out of it with stock cooling. But only a little lucky. They tend to max out somewhere between 2.5GHz and 2.7GHz, unless you use some outrageous cooling method. And even then, going beyond 2666MHz will probably require more voltage than you should use on anything built around the .13 micron process.

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