I'm pretty sure I want to upgrade right now from my trusty 2.5 year old P4 1.6@2.2 (no HT), 512MB RAMBUS system.
It looks like 3.0c P4's are/were good overclockers. I can't tell if people are still getting M0, or 30 cap cores these days cuz I see no new buzz on the boards.
I wanted to try for a 3.4-3.6 g overclock, but I'm not sure if the stock fan would fry the chip. I like retail boxed sets and don't feel like spending $40 for a heatsink, $8 arctic silver, etc. (been there, done that ages ago), so
how far have some of you gotten on retail HS fans?
If I did decide to use the stock HSFan but removed the heatpad and used some OCZ 5+ paste, would I void the 3-year warranty?
Also, I was thinking of going with 1GB Simpletech Nitro PC3700 to allow for up to 466MHz RAM. Do you think that's too conservative? (Or just sucky RAM in general?)
Or, after all that... Would it be better performancewise to get a 2.8c OEM ($40 less), a nice heatsink (makes up for CPU savings), and better RAM and go for something like 3.5Ghz, 500Mhz RAM (PC4000)? Or is this unlikely on a 2.8c? And is 500MHz DDR going to help a lot over 466MHz (probably what I would shoot for on 3.0c). The only reason I'd even consider a 2.8c over a 3.0c is the higher RAM speed. I don't care otherwise.
Thanks,
Augie
It looks like 3.0c P4's are/were good overclockers. I can't tell if people are still getting M0, or 30 cap cores these days cuz I see no new buzz on the boards.
I wanted to try for a 3.4-3.6 g overclock, but I'm not sure if the stock fan would fry the chip. I like retail boxed sets and don't feel like spending $40 for a heatsink, $8 arctic silver, etc. (been there, done that ages ago), so
how far have some of you gotten on retail HS fans?
If I did decide to use the stock HSFan but removed the heatpad and used some OCZ 5+ paste, would I void the 3-year warranty?
Also, I was thinking of going with 1GB Simpletech Nitro PC3700 to allow for up to 466MHz RAM. Do you think that's too conservative? (Or just sucky RAM in general?)
Or, after all that... Would it be better performancewise to get a 2.8c OEM ($40 less), a nice heatsink (makes up for CPU savings), and better RAM and go for something like 3.5Ghz, 500Mhz RAM (PC4000)? Or is this unlikely on a 2.8c? And is 500MHz DDR going to help a lot over 466MHz (probably what I would shoot for on 3.0c). The only reason I'd even consider a 2.8c over a 3.0c is the higher RAM speed. I don't care otherwise.
Thanks,
Augie
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