P4 1.7 400fsb good overclockers?

[travsav]

I have a P4 1.7ghz 400fsb, no idea what stepping it is... but it's sitting on an El Paso (Intel) D845HV (piece of crap) motherboard, with only pc133 ram... and even with a Radeon 9100 128mb video card, runs games (MOHAA, BF1942,CoD) like crap... if I were to upgrade the motherboard, and ram... what motherboard do you recommend (i want to overclock as much as I can out of it... on air), and what speed ram do you recommend to do this?

Thanks

 

[Wolfsraider]

you would be better off getting a 2500+ mobo and ram rather than plan to upgrade a processor that's been outdated.
The p-4 400fsb processor is most likely the 423 pin (aka willamette) and as such does very poorly compared to newer processors

mike

 

[travsav]

nah, it's the 478... i could get a new 800fsb mobo... and run the 1.7, and eventually upgrade to a 2.4c or something

I already have an Abit Nf7-s w/2500+ @ 210x11 = 2.3ghz... but the 1.7 is my old rig, i'm giving it to my father-in-law, he likes gaming, and I want to get the most out of it, until he can upgrade it or get a new system.

 

[SneakyStuff]

Your old system wouldn't by chance be a dell dimension 4300 would it? Well anyway, if it is, you can't upgrade the mobo, but if it is a standard ATX case, then you could always get this mobo, or something similar. HERE That way you can slap in the 1.7 GHz P4, and the board will support a P4c later on down the road.

 

[travsav]

It's a gateway actually, and I can upgrade it, I had my athlon system in the same case & psu for a very short while.. hey thanks for that link =)

 

[AkumaX]

it could be a williamette

 

[travsav]

Willamette's good? =)

 

[Soulkeeper]

if it's a northwood you should be able to get it to atleast 2.4ghz maybe as much as 2.9
my 1.8 p4M does pretty good

 

[SneakyStuff]

I too have a Willamette P4, with the half@ss 256k L2 cache, and even though it is based on the .18 micron process, it's a Willamette. I don't know WHY it is a Willamette, but according to AIDA32, it is. Good news for me, because if dire need arose,I could upgrade to as high as a 2.8 GHz B.

 

[Showtime]

That 1.7 can oc at best to about 2ghz and is not a good oc'er. I got it to just under 2ghz with a MSI 845 based board and it a lot of cooling and tweaking. I ended up selling it back and picking up a 1.6a. Much better chip all around. Upgrading mobo and waiting on the cpu is a waste of money IMO. If your going to buy the CPU later, get the mobo at the same time and save some cash or get a better deal. Most everything drops in price as the newer stuff comes out.

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