Will you be getting the 2.4C to overclock once it is released?

AgaBoogaBoo · May 14, 2003

Well, HardOCP easily got past 3Ghz with that chip. On some of the reviews here for the motherboards, the 2.4C has gotten like 2.9Ghz or something with stock fans. HardOCP got up to 3.5Ghz if I remember correctly.

I'm guessing, with stock speeds this thing will easily hit 3Ghz. As for me, I'm going to buy it and I haven't decided on overclocking because my dad doesn't like it, but maybe he'll let me if I show him enough results.

Viper96720 · May 14, 2003

Are you talking about a 2.4 800Mhz FSB or a 2.4 with C1 stepping?

bjc112 · May 14, 2003

No he's talking 800 mhz FSB..

bjc112 · May 14, 2003

Tell your dad its completely safe, and not to worry..

Viper96720 · May 14, 2003

Oh how much can it overclock if the fsb is already up to 200Mhz? I can see getting a 2.4B with C1 stepping and try running the FSB at 166 instead of 133. Would give you around 2.99(18x166). Would have to run the FSB at 250Mhz to reach 3Ghz with a 2.4 800Mhz.

Shimmishim · May 14, 2003

yes... that is why it has a negative divider

like 5:4 divider

Viper96720 · May 14, 2003

AgaBoogaBoo · May 14, 2003

Originally posted by: bjc112
Tell your dad its completely safe, and not to worry..

What do you mean safe? Could you burn the cpu like that? What do i risk? I'll have 3 to 5 fans in there with more outake than intake, more than likely, 2 intake, and 3 outtake, or something close to that.

Viper96720 · May 14, 2003

Just watch and make sure the temperature is ok.

jbond04 · May 14, 2003

It's really tough to hurt a P4 by overclocking....they can't "burn up", since they have onboard clock-throttling that will underclock the CPU if the temperature gets too high. The only thing to you have to do is not set the Vcore above 1.7-1.75v (P4's have been known to slowly become damaged because of this), but you have complete control over this setting. I would set the Vcore to 1.65v and see how far you can go.

smp · May 14, 2003

Like the man said .. you only need to worry about overvolting it, that's the only way to kill it, otherwise it might not post or something if you go too high. Not a big deal, then you start over.

AgaBoogaBoo · May 14, 2003

Originally posted by: smp
Like the man said .. you only need to worry about overvolting it, that's the only way to kill it, otherwise it might not post or something if you go too high. Not a big deal, then you start over.

What do you mean? You mean to say if I get it too high I can reset the bios or something and start over?

sharkeeper · May 14, 2003

Listen to your Dad.

Overclocking is evil! Don't do it!

-DAK-

AgaBoogaBoo · May 14, 2003

Originally posted by: shuttleteam
Listen to your Dad.

Overclocking is evil! Don't do it!

-DAK-

Seriously? If you are, why not overclock it?

bjc112 · May 14, 2003

Originally posted by: AgaBooga

Originally posted by: smp
Like the man said .. you only need to worry about overvolting it, that's the only way to kill it, otherwise it might not post or something if you go too high. Not a big deal, then you start over.

Click to expand...

What do you mean? You mean to say if I get it too high I can reset the bios or something and start over?

If you go into the BIOS, there will be options to bump up the FSB and what not... you can slowly do this and test stablity... all at the same time the speed of the CPU rising..

Its totally safe, like the others said, you keep the Vcore at default, goes as high a possible... If it gets a little flaky you can bump it 5%.

Your perfectly fine to overclock..

Especially with a p4.

AgaBoogaBoo · May 14, 2003

Originally posted by: bjc112

Originally posted by: AgaBooga

Originally posted by: smp
Like the man said .. you only need to worry about overvolting it, that's the only way to kill it, otherwise it might not post or something if you go too high. Not a big deal, then you start over.

Click to expand...

What do you mean? You mean to say if I get it too high I can reset the bios or something and start over?

Click to expand...

If you go into the BIOS, there will be options to bump up the FSB and what not... you can slowly do this and test stablity... all at the same time the speed of the CPU rising..

Its totally safe, like the others said, you keep the Vcore at default, goes as high a possible... If it gets a little flaky you can bump it 5%.

Your perfectly fine to overclock..

Especially with a p4.

Thanks. Also, what programs should I use to tset it once I have overclocked to see if it runs stably?

One more thing, if I keep the Vcore the same, then can I go in small steps till it doesn't run very stable or should I stop before I feel I've reached that point?

bjc112 · May 14, 2003

You can go until its unstable, crashes or reboots...

Then you bump the Vcore and see if that makes it stable. After its stable you push further...

3dmark in a loop for about 24 hours works great.

Prime 95

If you can run Prime 95 overnight, your computer it stable.

AgaBoogaBoo · May 14, 2003

Alright, that sounds good. I guess I'll get everything working on my system for some time, make a hard backup(image) of the drive and then begin to overclock slowly. I may end up just getting a 2.8C which will make it easier to overclock higher I imagine.

DannyBoy · May 14, 2003

Originally posted by: AgaBooga

Originally posted by: bjc112

Originally posted by: AgaBooga

Originally posted by: smp
Like the man said .. you only need to worry about overvolting it, that's the only way to kill it, otherwise it might not post or something if you go too high. Not a big deal, then you start over.

Click to expand...

What do you mean? You mean to say if I get it too high I can reset the bios or something and start over?

Click to expand...

If you go into the BIOS, there will be options to bump up the FSB and what not... you can slowly do this and test stablity... all at the same time the speed of the CPU rising..

Its totally safe, like the others said, you keep the Vcore at default, goes as high a possible... If it gets a little flaky you can bump it 5%.

Your perfectly fine to overclock..

Especially with a p4.

Click to expand...

Thanks. Also, what programs should I use to tset it once I have overclocked to see if it runs stably?

One more thing, if I keep the Vcore the same, then can I go in small steps till it doesn't run very stable or should I stop before I feel I've reached that point?

Use prime95 and run a torture test on it to see if its stable

DannyBoy · May 14, 2003

Oops I had the window open a while didnt realise i opened it 20 mins ago.

Prime 95's already been said but here it is again

bjc112 · May 15, 2003

I would go for the 2.4,

Sometimes the high speed chips don't make it as far... Your almost asurred 3ghz.. So go with whats cheaper..

AgaBoogaBoo · May 15, 2003

Originally posted by: bjc112
I would go for the 2.4,

Sometimes the high speed chips don't make it as far... Your almost asurred 3ghz.. So go with whats cheaper..

Why would the higher speed chips go as far? I would think that a 2.8C would reach higher speeds than the 2.4C because the mutliplier is higher requiring a lower boost in FSB speed to achieve the same speed as the 2.4C. Is there any other reason? Or could it be just that Intel is not going to say it but they will be making sure that those cpus overclock well because thats what lots of people will be getting them for...

GetInMyFatBelly · May 15, 2003

http://www.octools.com/index.cgi?caller=articles/chaintech/canterwood/9cjs.html

Here's a good review in which they got it up to 3.3GHz with stock voltage and stock air cooling.

Will you be getting the 2.4C to overclock once it is released?

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