p4's

[squirrel dog]

whats the best stepping/o/cing p4 . Compusa had a sale that I passed on , a msi mo/bo with a 2.26 p4 for $79.00 . It got me to thinking which p4 overclocks the best ?

 

[imported_Kensai]

2.4C Northwood.

 

[squirrel dog]

Thanks Kensai , I realize this is an amd based forum but I use Intel .

 

[squirrel dog]

Which one is the northwood?533 or 800 .

 

[imported_Kensai]

Originally posted by: squirrel dog
Thanks Kensai , I realize this is an amd based forum but I use Intel .

Actually, the pro's on these forums use whichever is the best performer for their specific needs except for a few.

Intel 2.4GHz 800MHz FSB Northwood = Fvcking crazy overclocker. Most used to hit 3.2-3.6GHz fairly easily. I don't know about now..

It's like the old Celerons..

 

[squirrel dog]

One last question . What mo/bo would be the best for this cpu .

 

[imported_Kensai]

Originally posted by: squirrel dog
One last question . What mo/bo would be the best for this cpu .

Personal recommendation = Abit IC7-G and then the Asus P4C800-E Deluxe

 

[Hacp]

They don't make 130NM cores anymore. You'll be hardpressed to fina ANY hyperthreaded northwoods that are below 3 ghz anymore. I would just get the 3.0 prescott....

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: Kensai

Originally posted by: squirrel dog
Thanks Kensai , I realize this is an amd based forum but I use Intel .

Actually, the pro's on these forums use whichever is the best performer for their specific needs except for a few.

Intel 2.4GHz 800MHz FSB Northwood = Fvcking crazy overclocker. Most used to hit 3.2-3.6GHz fairly easily. I don't know about now..

It's like the old Celerons..

That is right that is why my cpu this time last year was an 2.4c oc'd to 3.5ghz on an Abit IC7 i875mobo...I just wasn't impressed with the direction INtel took with its rather sh^tty prescott line so I switched to the superior chip at the moment the K8 design....

 

[yourdeardaniel]

i agree 2.4c

should do 3.0 with stock voltage, that's 600mhz free

 

[stevty2889]

2.4c was a great overclocker. Mine did 3.1ghz on stock voltage.

 

[ronach]

The 2.4b northwoods were also great O/Cers, I still have one that did 3.0 for about 2 wks before I changed it out at stock voltage. Before that it ran at 2.7 for 2 yrs or so. I ran this processor on a Asus P4PE with not a hitch all that time. By the way, the P4PE is still going strong. I will keep it running until it won't play my games anymore. Saving my cash for the next big build some time down the road.

 

[JEDIYoda]

I was running my p4-3.0 at 3.8 for almost 6 months before I decided to lower the clock to 3.6!!

Of course I had great memory and along with upping the clock speed the memory copperated just fine!!

Totally air cooled!! Using only 2 - 80mm fans blowing air in over my hard drives!!

Everything else is doing the exhaust thingee except for thr CPU and vid card!!

I have no dead air spaces!!

Quiet pleased with the results!!

But it took alot of time and experimenting with the colling set up to find what worked best for my particular system!!