Help with over clocking

[Lothar1974]

I have never attempted to over clock a processor before. I currently have a P4 2.53 processor and its on a Asus P4S8X. Does anyone have any suggestions as what to set this to and have a breif discription how to overclock it. I believe I know computers well enough to do this, I built this PC without any problems, I have just never attempted to over clock one before. Any help would be great!!! Thanks.

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[myocardia]

1. Get an Intel chipset
2. Lock pci bus to 33 mhz, and agp bus to 66 mhz
3. Start raising fsb in 5 mhz steps.
4. Repeat as necessary, or until system becomes unstable
5. Raise vcore to a max of 1.7v, but 1.65 is much safer and usually yields almost as high of a clock
6. Run Memtest86 & Prime95 torture test to test for stability at each frequency

 

[wkabel23]

Originally posted by: myocardia
1. Get an Intel chipset
2. Lock pci bus to 33 mhz, and agp bus to 66 mhz
3. Start raising fsb in 5 mhz steps.
4. Repeat as necessary, or until system becomes unstable
5. Raise vcore to a max of 1.7v, but 1.65 is much safer and usually yields almost as high of a clock
6. Run Memtest86 & Prime95 torture test to test for stability at each frequency

In addition to those 2 tests, I'd run some games to test for stability. Also, I suggest you use google to get some more research on overclocking and procedure. Like myocardia said, take it slow.

 

[WA261]

Yeah, it is funny to see peopel with no clue what they are doing just try to jump in a do oc. It is a good idea to learn as much as possible 1st. So you have an idea of what is up if something does not go right.

 

[Lothar1974]

Thanks for the info, I was planning on doing alot of research before trying this. Do you usually see a difference when overclocking?

 

[wkabel23]

Originally posted by: Lothar1974
Thanks for the info, I was planning on doing alot of research before trying this. Do you usually see a difference when overclocking?

I see a difference in things like gaming and audio/video stuff. Just surfing the internet you can't really notice a whole lot...