overclocking p4 2.4 help

[spurlox]

im tryin to squeeze a little life out of my p4 2.4 by overclockin ....my current set up is 1.5 gigs of ram, geforce 4 6800 gs ,audigy 2, and obviously the p4 2.4... i game alot and suprisingly my comp still seems ok when i play the shooters but for eq2 its a dog i hate having to set everything to low quality setting to play smoothly cause the vid card is pretty decent, they say the game is very processor dependant as well so im hopin to boost the processor for a noticable frames per second increase.i downloaded cpu-z an this is what it shows me...
intel pentium 4 northwood
brand id -9
package-socket 478 mPGA
technology- 0.13um
familiy-f model-2
stepping-7
ext family- f
ext model-2
revision -c1
instructions-mmx,sse,sse2
CLOCKS
core speed 2396.4
multiplier-x18.0
bus speed 133.1 mhz
rated fsb 532.5
CACHE
l1 -8kbytes
l1 trace-12 kuops
level 2- 512kbytes
MAINBOARD
model-p4x400-vt8235
chipset-via,pt800(vt8754)rev 3
southbridge-via vt8235
MEMORY
type-ddr 1536mbytes
bank interleave- none
frequency-166.5mhz
fsbram-fsb+33mhz
cas#latency-2.0 clocks
ras#to cas# delay-3 clocks
ras#precharge-3clocks
cycle time-6 clocks
SPD
slot#1 ddr 1024 pc 2700(166)
slot #2 ddr 512 pc 2700 (166)
timings table
frequency 133mhz 166mhz
cas#lat 2.0 2.5
ras#to cas 3 3
ras#prech 3 3
tras 6 7
any help would be greatly appreciated
im looking at gettin a amd 64 3700 cause they are so cheap now an ill still use my current vid card(agp) and ram. since this p4 is so old now i thought overclockin may be worth a shot. not ready to shell out the dough for new ram an new vid card an everything just yet ,chip an mobo yeah but everything nuh uh

 

[zagood]

What CPU cooler are you using? Power supply? Motherboard?

Those are going to be the most important things to help with a P4 478 overclock.

In general for your system, go into the BIOS (setup) raise the FSB in small increments until it won't post. Then increase the VCORE (voltage going to the core). Temps will start to rise so pay attention to those.

Here's a good beginner's guide:
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/fma/overclocking1.htm

-z

 

[spurlox]

thanks for the tips an links they were pretty helpfull and informative..also i just saw the frys weekend sales add and am gettin a amd 64 4200+x2 and mobo for 179 ...will i be able to find a diff mobo that has agp in that chip sockett version? or is pci express only gonna be supported

 

[myocardia]

AGP is really dead. Not as far as the cards go, but as far as motherboards go. But, were you aware that many people have gotten your particular processor (the Pentium) as high as 3.5 Ghz? Of course, that's only with the right motherboard, the right RAM, the right heatsink, and even the right power supply, and you definitely don't have the right RAM.

 

[imported_Lothar]

You're limited by your RAM.

Intel P4 2.4C @3.42GHz Intel stock HSF 1.55v
Asus P4P800 Deluxe
2x 512MB OCZ PC 3700 Gold rev. 2

 

[spurlox]

really as fast as 3.5! ... so the asus p4p800 deluxe an ocz pc 3700 like lothar is the way to go? standard air cooling or some super duper stuff? i still plan on gettin the amd 64x2 an mobo but dont have the cash to get 2 gigs of super fast latest an greatest ram and a good vid card so it will be sittin in the closet till i peice everything together. so maybe i can get a slightly outdated but overclock friendly asus board an ram you speak of in the mean time to get me going.

 

[spurlox]

ok did some lookin around the p4p800 deluxe looks hard to come by i could only find them on ebay used both tigerdirect an newegg had nada same with the ram and the ram was 2x256=512 not 2x512=1 gig or is that what your runnin? the used board was about $150 with shipping used! and the ram new but only 2x256 512 total was $289 help me out if you have a website that has this stuff at better prices or if there is something youd recomend that they still stock on the shelves plz cause at that priece id be payin $578 just to get a gig of ram i can get my geforce 7950 gx2 for that !!
thanx again

 

[imported_Lothar]

Manage your current system for as long as possible.
Save your money and upgrade to a Conroe system.