Who's successfully overclocked p4 1.6a? Where'd ya get it?

[floodblue]

I've never overclocked my cpu before, and I want to make sure I get a clockable one. I was thinking of buying from either Newegg or Googlegear. I'm just looking for a relatively reliable place that will most likely get me a clockable 1.6A.

 

[dbwillis]

I found a 1.6a at mwave for $170 shipped 2 day to me, should have it tomorrow or Friday

 

[BadThad]

You can pretty much be sure any of the 1.6a's will oc. The stepping is the same as 2.2 GHz cpu, it just has a lower multiplier.

I'm going to order one soon. Personnally, I like Newegg...fast, reliable.

 

[whateverdude]

I am just now installing a retail 1.6a that I got from googlegear with a p4b266-c mobo. p4 was 158, mobo 117. also got 256 high perf muskin 2100 for 75 off the fs/trade forum

the s code is SL668
Malay
L148B286-0668

at oc'ers.com, there are 2 posts for this scode on this chip, and both got over 2.1 so im optimistic.

 

[thermite88]

Received the Northwood 1.6A on Monday. The price from Googlegear is hard to beat.

SL668
Dated 01/16/2002
Made in Malaysia

Dropped it onto the Asus P4B266-C. Posted, booted into W2K at 133FSB, 2.13GHz at default voltage.

Heatsink: AVC Sunflower
Memory: Mushkin 512MB PC-2100 Special

No sign of any instability. Run Prime95 for one hour plus. No problem.

I will keep it at this setting for a few day before push it further.

<< I want to make sure I get a clockable one. >>

Well, when it comes to overclocking, there is no guarrantee.

 

[floodblue]

well, I know there's no gaurantee, I want to increase my chances by finding out where a lot of successful oc's have been bought.

When I oc it will it require more cooling than what comes with the retail version?

 

[whateverdude]

thermite, mine is the exact same as yours, dated 1/16/02 in malay

i have 2 options in my bios, 1600 mhz and 2133 mhz. guess ill try 2133 first

 

[floodblue]

I'm thinking about getting the Abit TH7-II RAID, and someone told me that it's harder to overclock if you're using rdram. Is that true?

 

[Link]

Yes..it's harder to overclock with RDRAM. RDRAM is rated to run at 100mhz default while PC2100 DDR is at 133mhz. The maximum speed you can get from RDRAM is 133mhz only if you're really lucky.

 

[floodblue]

Are there any brands of rdram that are more likely to work?

 

[thermite88]

<< thermite, mine is the exact same as yours, dated 1/16/02 in malay

I have 2 options in my bios, 1600 mhz and 2133 mhz. guess ill try 2133 first >>

I actually tried "manual" mode at 121 FSB first. I ran so well that I was running 16x133 the next day, all at default 1.5 volts vcore.

I use a AVC Sunflower in my setup. But the retail Intel HSF should be more than adequate at 1.5 volts.

 

[whateverdude]

hell, I put it on 2133, runs fine, did a 3dmk2k1 loop all night, no problems. 1.5v, cpu/ram freq is set to auto, only other option is 1:1. cas222. retail hs/f with AS