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How well does a Pentium4 (B) 2.26 overclock?

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VBboy

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I was going to buy an Athlon 2100+ at first, but now I'm seeing how a P4-B 2.4 GHz beats it on most benchmarks, plus it runs much cooler. But it's too expensive for me.

So my question is, will a Pentium4 B 2.26 GHz overclock to at least 2.4 GHz?
If you have the 2.26, how well does it overclock with stock or high cooling?

Thanks in advance!
Links or any info is appreciated.
 
Pundit,

Thanks a bunch for your reply.
I think that the overclock you and those people talk about are too much 😉 I wouldn't want to overstress my CPU. I had a Celery 300A running at 466 and am not generally scared of such high overclocks, but it MIGHT affect the stability...

So I would rather overclock a little. Besides, this CPU is the first (slowest) of the bunch to support 533 MHz bus...
 
A 2.26GHz P4 will overclock to 2.4GHz with ease. All you have to do is up the fsb to 110mhz and your running 2.4GHz. For that small of a overclock all you need is the stock cooler.
 
Ah, nice! It's been SOOO long since I've used any kind of stock cooling 🙂 Stupid CPUs just keep getting hotter and hotter.. I started liquid-cooling when I got my first 286 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Diable
A 2.26GHz P4 will overclock to 2.4GHz with ease. All you have to do is up the fsb to 110mhz and your running 2.4GHz. For that small of a overclock all you need is the stock cooler.
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I was searching thru the 2.26 thread archive and came across this particular one. In regards to your statement, and math, above I need to make a correction.

The 2.26 P4 runs @ 17x133. In order to run close to 2.4GHz you would raise the FSB to 141 to achieve 2397MHz.
 
Originally posted by: VBboy
Pundit,

Thanks a bunch for your reply.
I think that the overclock you and those people talk about are too much 😉 I wouldn't want to overstress my CPU. I had a Celery 300A running at 466 and am not generally scared of such high overclocks, but it MIGHT affect the stability...

So I would rather overclock a little. Besides, this CPU is the first (slowest) of the bunch to support 533 MHz bus...
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If you get a good 1.6A it will hit 2.4 with ease and be 100% stable. Even a "bad" 1.6A will run 100% stable at 2-2.2GHz (and this with the stock cooler, even). Several in these forums have gotten there 1.6As stable at 2.6-2.8GHz. OTOH, the 2.26B also appears to be a good overclocker, and I've heard reports of people getting around 3GHz (or close to it) with air cooling.

Btw, shouldn't this have been posted over in the overclockers forum?
 
The 2.26B are proving to be excellent overclockers. I'm doing 2.72GHz with near default core voltage and the stock HS/F. You may be able to reach a similiar speed with a (cheaper) 1.6A, but the 2.26 allows you to run (default) comparable to AMD's current offerings, so anything else is just icing on the cake. Take your pick.
 
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