P4 2.4 NorthWood OC Recommendations

[CrazyCrusher]

evening all.

I was wondering if someone could tell me or recommend a OC setting for a P4 2.4 Northwood, the system is currently OC at 3.1 now and running cool enough, I want to change FSB setting on the processor which means I may have to lower down some to keep it cool. Basically I’m asking if anyone has a setting they use or know about of the top of there head, cooling is not a problem, the case I’m using has plenty of AIRFlow and Vacs. The MB I’m using is an ASUS P4PE chipset 845PE, I have 2X512 sticks DDR400 3200, any info would be appreciated.

[Midknyte]

you're pretty much maxed out, especially with only pc3200 ram. If you had better ram, you might be able to go higher on the fsb.

you can also try running at a 5/4 divider for your fsb/ram speed, but P4s generally perform better when the fsb and ram speeds are synced. you can benchmark it to see which works better for you.

[causticVapor]

It depends upon how good your RAM is. ;)

Also your proc. It may BSOD 10MHz higher than where it is now; it may hit 3.6 or more. Are you running an 800 or 533 northwood? If the former, you're out of spec - shame on you :p (j/k)

Northbridge as well. The 845 wasn't really designed with much headroom in mind but as the predecessor to the 865/875, it was the Guinea pig for experimental 200MHz FSB operation. All I can say is when you really start pushing it, check the temps of the northbridge heatsink/(fan). If you run into a brick wall and it's too hot, it may be what's limiting you.

Tell us more about your RAM and proc and we will be able to guide you more effectively.

[CrazyCrusher]

sorry about that,

see the attachment below for full details, this should be better details for ya. tis true im a little behind on my updating, but hey, thats what happens when you have a morgage :)

my memory is Crucial DDR3200 400 FSB if that helps :t there is only 1 stick of 512 in there at the moment, the other is in the wifes computer, for now ;)

[eros]

I have the same processor at 3.0 GHz. only thing I cahnged was FSB to 250 . Solid and coll. I got to run at 3.2 Ghz but windows was not stable. I also have PC3200. If you want to go higher I think you need to up the voltage - and that's risky for the CPU. I saw reports of people OC this CPU to 3.6 Ghz with regular Intel cooling and faster RAM.
My MB ie Asus P4C800, and the BIOS doen't have the 5/4 FSB/RAM setting , so I can't try that.