How do i overclock?

[orrm]

Hello all,

i want to overclock my nice system....
P4 2.53ghz
MOBO Gigabyte 8IHXP
pc1066 by Corsair rdr - 1gb
Hercules Radeon 9700 Pro

how can i overclock?
should i overclock?
what do i need to do?

my cooling is Thermalrigh AX478 heatsing with a Thermalright Smart Case Fan 2...
and the 5 original fans from the Coolermaster Atc-201

 

[blcjr]

The ability to overclock will depend on the motherboard and BIOS. The speed of a CPU is the product of two factors -- the speed of the FSB, and a multiplier. The multipliers of P4's (well, all Pentiums for a long time now) are locked, meaning that the only way to overclock is to increase the speed of the FSB. You'll need to look in your BIOS to see what options you have for doing this.

That's the short answer. Achieving maximum performance overclocking can involve lots of other details and BIOS tweaks (such as memory timings, bus ratios or dividers, and so forth). I have zero experience with P4's, so someone else will have to go into the details for you.

 

[pelikan]

I would recommend going to http://www.tweaktown.com and reading their guides.

 

[LED]

You got a P4??? then 1 choice (unless it's 1 engineer unlocked square) and that is to up the FSB (Front Side Bus)

 

[zodder]

Tweaktown linkified

 

[Drsignguy]

I would recommend going to http://www.tweaktown.com and reading their guides. <-------------------------------that is good advise. I would read up a bit before you launch into the unknown. Watch your voltages. Too high, eventually will fry!

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[ChampionAtTufshop]

dont go over 1.7v actual....

here is another one