A 1 ghz overclock

[Durrthock]

The other day is saw a computer on ebay that said that is had and intel 3.0ghz processor overclocked to 4ghz is this possible. Ill try to post a link

[public_eyesore]

yes very possible. I saw someone who booted at 7ghz from like a 3.6 or sumthing

[Durrthock]

woah 7ghz thats crazy fast. Can overclocking danger a processor

[public_eyesore]

uhh ...yea, lol

[Viper-Inc]

it will basically fry the absolute crap out of it.. even with very very advanced cooling the processor will overheat and melt, lol.

(u can do a small .2 overclock with a bit of cooling no worries, but there is not that much of a difference to bother with)

[abnoea]

they've overclocked a video card to (core speed) to the 1ghz barrier.... it was cooled with liquid nitrogen... pretty sweet if you ask me

[Xato]

Ya the danger with overclocking is that, as you increase the processors speed, you need to push that speed with more voltage (or it becomes unstable, and randomly shuts down, freezes etc.) Voltage is what causes all that extra heat inside the chip's core, and so if you try to push the voltage too high, bye bye processor.
But overclocking is a relatively safe practice if you know what you're doing, and what the limits of your system are.

With stock cooling, i've overclocked my amd 2600+ (Barton) from 1.9ghz to 2.3ghz... problem is, i can only do that in winter =P

[Judgement]

I've never messed with overclocking other then a little but id like to try does anyone have any links to sites for things like proper voltage setings how high difrent types of processors can go Ect Ect? I have been told the 478 is one of the best for overclocking because its a cold runing CPU is this ture? Ive never run one just my Socket A's and an old POS 370

Thanks in advance

[Malatory]

The Holly Grail Procs of OCing that I know of are
Granted there are alot more, but these are not I got windows to boot and took a snap shot, saved and the computer died.

Intel 2.4b 3.2 Gigs
intel 2.4c 3.1 Gigs
AMD Opteron 144 1.7G -=> 3.0 Gig (Faster than a FX 57)
AMD 3800 X2 is being reported as a good OCer as well to 4800+ speeds.

[Durrthock]

well i pretty shure i could overclock if not for my dell mobo but my comp has like 8 fans.

[Tableleg]

Intel 2.4b 3.2 Gigs
intel 2.4c 3.1 Gigs Yea, I'm not sure which 2.4 I have (it was one of the original Northwoods when they first came out) but mine will stably OC up to 3.3GHz. With just two intakes and two out-take fans as my cooling system, I keep it around 3.0GHz so it doesn't fry. Temp wise, it idles around 36C~37C and gets up to 48C under load.

Not bad for a P4. ;) I'm hoping to save up some of my pennies and get a water cooling system and see just how much further I can push it.

[Varock]

Have you all seen the 5GHz overclock that Tom's hardware did 2 years ago, using Liquid Nitrogen on the CPU and a vacuum cooler on the Northbridge. Although they had to do some modding to the motherboard for it to work... fun video can be found on page 3. http://www.tomshardware.com/2003/12/30/5_ghz_project/page3.html

[OvRiDe]

I have been told the 478 is one of the best for overclocking because its a cold runing CPU is this ture?


The Holly Grail Procs of OCing that I know of are
Granted there are alot more, but these are not I got windows to boot and took a snap shot, saved and the computer died.

Intel 2.4b 3.2 Gigs
intel 2.4c 3.1 Gigs
AMD Opteron 144 1.7G -=> 3.0 Gig (Faster than a FX 57)
AMD 3800 X2 is being reported as a good OCer as well to 4800+ speeds.

I have a Socket 478 P4 1.8A that has been overclocked to 2.4 since the day I got it on Stock cooling and no voltage increase. Runs 31C Idle and 42C under full load. I am just about to order the 3800+ X2 to replace the 1.8 so I am looking forward to testing that out :)

[Overconfidence]

AMD chips have maxed out @ 4.1~4.2ghz (Single core FX-57) on LN2, Intel at 7.5~7.6ghz (Single core Prescott).

Realistically, on air, an AMD chip can get to 3 ghz, and an intel to 4, maybe 4.5 ghz (The new, cooler, but still netburst processors).

[AKA_RA]

Have you all seen the 5GHz overclock that Tom's hardware did 2 years ago, using Liquid Nitrogen on the CPU and a vacuum cooler on the Northbridge. Although they had to do some modding to the motherboard for it to work... fun video can be found on page 3. http://www.tomshardware.com/2003/12/30/5_ghz_project/page3.html

is it just me, or does that video cause windows media player to crash? :?

[Varock]

I didn't have any problems... it does use a DivX codec.