P4 Overclock

[Scarzy]

I apologize in advance for such a basic question, but I am brand new at this and need to start somewhere. I have a P4 1.7 Ghz processor with an ABIT TH7II mobo and 512 MB of PC800 memory. In my Bios, I found this thing called Soft Menu III which seems to be a cool tweak tool (or at least works that way). What do I need to change to increase the processor speed of my P4 ? If anyone can advise me on this or post a good and clear link, I would be very thankful. Thanks in advance.

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

OCWorkbench

 

[SafeZone]

Okay well I'm not familiar with your board, but if you go into that soft menu III you should be able to increase the FSB in 1 mhz increments, just start going up 5 increments and booting up and testing your systems stability. You're probably not gonna get much over 30mhz on the FSB if you're lucky, so see what happens, also since you have RDRAM that limits your overclocking somewhat, let me know if there is a FSB/RDRAM multiplier setting in your bios.

 

[Scarzy]

Thanks for the reply... Here is what I can edit in SoftMenu III:

External Clock (CPU/PCI): Default is 100/33.33
Multiplier Factor: Default is x17
AGPCLK/CPUCLK (AGP Clock): Default is 2/3 (66.66Mhz)

Core Voltage: Default is 1.75v

RDRAM Bus Frequency: Default is Auto
Differential Current: Default is 6x

Hope this help. All help is greatly appreciated.

 

[PowerMacG5]

From your last post, it looks like you are running a Williamette core. You aren't going to be able to overclock it that much.

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

Originally posted by: KraziKid
From your last post, it looks like you are running a Williamette core. You aren't going to be able to overclock it that much.

exactly what i was going to say when i read the 1.7ghz part
i dont believe they made a 1.7ghz northwood...

dont expect too high of an overclock

 

[Scarzy]

Thanks guys, I was afraid of that. I suppose it is time to upgrade. I am looking at Athlon 2.6 versus P4 Northwood 2.67. I use the computer for basic stuff and gaming. Any thoughts ?

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

Originally posted by: Scarzy
Thanks guys, I was afraid of that. I suppose it is time to upgrade. I am looking at Athlon 2.6 versus P4 Northwood 2.67. I use the computer for basic stuff and gaming. Any thoughts ?

i think you mean athlon xp 2600+?
that is not 2.6ghz

anyways if you have the cash go intel
if you would like a good system but for not as much cash, amd

also if you plan on reusing the rdram, go intel as amd cant do anything with it

 

[CrazySaint]

Do you really *need* to upgrade? While its not necessarily that impressive by "enthusiast" standards, that's still a blazing fast system to anybody else. So unless you're one of those guys with plenty of cash and just has to upgrade every 6 months, I'd say wait a while. At the very least, wait for Prescott/Hammer before you upgrade again.