How good is this P4 ?

[Bharat]

I've just bought an OEM (I know !) P4 2.0A GHz Northwood with the following bits on the actual chip :

2A GHZ/512/400/1.5V
SL5YR MALAY
L146B922-0176

I did try it in my ASUS P4S533 (plus Samsung 512MB PC2700 DDR) for a test, and got it upto 2.4GHz (with simple FSB change really).

Has anyone got some sort of pointer as to how far can I take it ? When the BIOS asked me to specify the speed, I tried the 2663 option, but it would not go anywhere, just kept complaining about CPU being overclocked and memory error.

Any suggestion people ?

 

[Mikki]

The only person that's gonna be able to tell you how far that cpu will go is you. Try bumping it up a little at a time instaed of going for the gusto.....

 

[mechBgon]

How good is this P4 ?

Hold it closer to your monitor, so I can see it better...



Sorry, but CPUs are the luck of the draw, and you will need to discover its limits for yourself.

 

[SupermanCK]

Originally posted by: mechBgon

How good is this P4 ?

Hold it closer to your monitor, so I can see it better...

I think i can see it...maybe if you up the vcore i can see it better...

 

[Bharat]

Mechbgon : Weird that you mention it, coz the chip is actually sitting right in front of the monitor right now, as my original 1.6A is back in the system. I wonder how you cannot see it ? Too much o/c doing harm to your eyes now !!!

Anyway, thanks to all for the replies. I was just wondering if there's some way of looking at bits of information from the chip/package and find out, but never mind.

I'll find out soon, once I decide on which m/b is good enough for me. I am not looking to o/c too much in the new one, something like 2.4 or 2.5 from this 2.0A would be good, but STABILITY and PERFORMANCE are the most important factors at the moment, as this is for my wife, and she ain't too happy with her current system stuttering every so often, what with me being an I.T teccy and all that

Thanks once again guys/gals...

 

[jiffylube1024]

How good is this P4 ?

Well, it rates about a 4.7 on the "goodness scale" ... Seriously, keep pushing it until it's unstable (but at least boots). Then, once you've figured out how high it can, and cannot go, back down the o/c like 100-200 MHz from where it STARTS to get unstable, and you should be good to go!