Help! C1 P4 2.4B o/cing like crap and terrible temps!

[jiffylube1024]

My buddy just got a C1 P4 2.4B and it o/cs like junk! Running it on an ASUS P4PE-L at stock voltage (which the ASUS ups to 1.584 V), the chip runs at 2.7 stably, however it is 45C idle, and 55+ at load! This is with the stock cooler with well applied AS3. Does anyone else have any apparent dud/hot running C1 chips out there, or is this more in line with what to expect from this CPU?

Is a better HSF necessary for better cooling? If so, what is a good (not too loud) HSF I can tell him to look into.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, as well as your results with a overclocking a C1 P4.

 

[THUGSROOK]

actually that OC and temps are right on par

 

[jiffylube1024]

Are you sure about that thugs? You're not just displaying "C1 envy" ? I've read on different forums/posts that people are hitting 3 GHz pretty easily with C1 chips.

 

[THUGSROOK]

its the same old story ~ what they get isnt nessacerily what you get
besides most of what youre reading are "DELL pulls"

also the P4PE aint the best board to use ~ it has its own issues.

many C1 2.4bs aint getting past 2700....

you wanna send the cpu to me for testing?

 

[yhelothar]

what's your system temps? if your system temp was 35C -40C, your CPU temp is actually very cool.
and what voltage is it running on?

 

[Eymar]

I agree with THUGS as my C1 experience seems to favor Dell pulls over retail (granted I only tested 3 C1 cpus). The P4 2.4B C1 I had was able to do 2.9Ghz, but needed 1.75 volts. The oem 2.0a from a Dell does 3ghz @ 1.65v as did a 2.66 C1 that also came from a Dell (same temp range as your friend's chip). The C1 may be on a newer process, but if the chip comes from a low perfoming yield there aint much you can do about it when it comes to overclocking it.

 

[Elvis2]

Same 'ol story. Most of the time it just comes down to 'luck of the draw".

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
what's your system temps? if your system temp was 35C -40C, your CPU temp is actually very cool.
and what voltage is it running on?

System (case) temps are pretty low- I think they're around 25-28C

 

[oldfart]

Same 'ol story. Most of the time it just comes down to 'luck of the draw"

Thats about my luck too. I've never gotten a real "dud", but I never get one of those "super overclockers" either. I usually get an "average Joe" CPU. 2.7 is not that bad really. Pretty typical, and a very fast CPU no matter how you look at it.

 

[Goi]

Well, you're either lucky or not. 2.7GHz isn't a bad overclock, you still get a 300MHz overclock...and still have one of the best CPUs on the market now...only the 2.8 and 3.06 are above your speed right now...

Personally, my 2.4B is doing 3.02GHz, but it needs 1.7V to do so.

 

[CraigRT]

you should only us AS thermal grease when the heatpad is pulled off the stock cooler... if the stock black heatpad is still on the cooler, you could be hindering it's cooling ability by adding AS grease...

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: Yield
you should only us AS thermal grease when the heatpad is pulled off the stock cooler... if the stock black heatpad is still on the cooler, you could be hindering it's cooling ability by adding AS grease...

Hmm, perhaps you misread my first post. I said "Stock cooler with well applied AS3". I figured this implied I knew what I was doing and took the pad off, cleaned the surface and then put on some AS3 (just with a not-aftermarket cooler).

For the record, I took off the stock pad, cleaned the surface and then put on AS3 .

 

[Duvie]

Have you tried more??? I think ppl are reading far too much into this...I even think you have read far too much in this...."o/cing lkike crap"!!! Huh??? You are at stock voltage at 150fsb...You still havea bout .12v of boost in my opinion and still have a safe oc.

Thugs uis right about a few things...1) Dell pulls seem to be the big winners, and that in itself pisses me off. What is intel pulling here!!! 2) pe mobos have been doing extremely poor with often reports of chips that run at stock voltage fine then once they have to boost vcore they can't get stability.

I got a 4g4a+ mobo and a powerhouse 4bda mobo that is waiting for a c1...

 

[oldfart]

got a 4g4a+ mobo and a powerhouse 4bda mobo that is waiting for a c1...

EPOX 4BDA still rocks. One of the best P4 boards to date. I'll be sticking with mine for awhile yet.