overclocking P4 2.0A

[SuperDune]

I did not see anyone overclocking P4 2.0A.

I have a P4 2.0A, Asus P4S533 mb, kingston PC2700 DDR 256MB.

Asus Probe shows 40C at idle (100mhz fsb/33mhz)

I wanted to overclock it to 2.66G by just increasing fsb to 133/33. leaving the rest like voltage the same.

Will that work?? anyone tried?

Thanks.

 

[SuperDune]

another thing, Intel website stated that P4 2.0A max temp is 68C. Does that means that >68C == burnt chip??

 

[CrazySaint]

Unless you've got a really sweet chip, there's no way you're gonna get 2.66 at default voltage, if you CPU will even OC to 2.66 at all. And no, you won't burn your chip. P4s have a built in temp sensor and when they get too hot, they will simply slow themselves down.

 

[o1die]

Not likely. I tried the 2.0a and had to up the cpu vcore to 1.75 to get 2.666. Cpu temps rose only 2-3 degrees celcius to about 53. Not too bad. Try 1.65 volts on your asus board. That setting won't hurt your cpu.

 

[SuperDune]

i have seen quite a number of o/c using asus mb (glad that i brought an asus instead of MSI).

If i set everything in bios...EVERYTHING to AUTO for my voltage etc etc, will the mb increase everything for me
according to what i set for the fsb?? default vcore is 1.5v, will m/b increase AUTO to a higher value??
will the mb "fry" itself or the CPU??

sorry if i asked a stupid question....newbie here.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Mikki]

SuperDune, there's someone having some success with the 2.0a over at AsusBoards

 

[SuperDune]

woohoo!! overclocked to 2.66 with DEFAULT voltage. But when i play WarCraft III, it crash and temp go to 48C from 40C.

Play again and it happen again. Go to Bios, change Vcore to 1.6V and restart....and it never crash anymore!!

This CPU is cool!!!

The final stat:

P4 2000A @ 2667
Vcore 1.6V (Pc probe show 1.65V)
The rest of the bios setting as AUTO.
Idle temp : 40C
100% CPU temp : 51-53C <===========is that too high????
kingston PC2700 256 DDR
GeForce 4 MX 440 64M
SB Live 5.1
2 x Creative CDRW 40-12-40
2 x Maxtor ATA 133 40G HDD
ATX casing 350W with 4 fans.

 

[SolrFlare24]

51-53c loaded isn't that bad and you got a good 2.0a to get it that far..my experience has been dismal at most with most of the 2.0's

I generally try to keep my temps under 50c if possible unless I'm doing a crazy OC on my machine, but 51-53c isn't that high for full load.

That said, you running the retail HSF, retail with Artic Silver instead of the pad, or aftermarket HSF? Just asking because if thats just with the retail with the thermal pad, if you replace that thermal pad with Artic Silver or get a good aftermarket HSF, those temps should drop under 50c.

 

[SuperDune]

I am using the retail HSF.

The idle temp @2000 is 40C and idle temp @2667 is STILL 40C.
Take about 5s to bring down 1C (from 100% cpu to minimum load).

Actually thought of changing the thermal pad with AS.....can't seem to get the HSF off, LOL.

 

[SolrFlare24]

Use a small flat head screwdriver then gently pry the HSF's locking points loose one by one. It will come off no problem. Heh yeah it took me awhile to figure that out too

But yeah if you are just using the pad, then you should get that sucker to drop down a good 3-5c with Artic Silver on it then you should be good. That retail pad is worthless unless all you plan on never OCing the thing(which I don't think any of us here in our right minds would even consider )