overclocking P4 prescott?

[deeven]

My system is as follows;
Cooler master stacker
Msi 865PE Neo 2 (flashed bios to take prescott & add PAT)
Asus StarIce CPU Cooler
478 Socket P4 3.2GHz Prescott(idles at 32 degrees not overclocked)
1Gig of PNY DDR400 (preforms well. better than any of the reviews about it said) (thermal take cooled)
Sapphire X800 SE (sometimes overclocked with powerstrip)
Audigy 2 Platinum (hooked up to 5.1 creative speakers)

My question is (By the way new to overlocking!) how much do you think i could overclock my Cpu with this memory without frying either of them? & what is the best way to it?

 

[Aenslead]

you could overclock it to 3.6 at least, and 3.8 if your cooling is optimal.

Rise the voltage by .1v, and the FSB progressively from 220Mhz and use a memory divider of 4:3

 

[deeven]

what voltage do i need to raise & how do i know what my memory divider is? as is no setting in bios

 

[Rock Hydra]

It might be somethinb like memory speed. Something like 266 or 320 or something like that.

 

[Pabster]

You should be able to push 3.6 with ease and 3.8-4.0 with some luck and heavy-duty cooling.

 

[deeven]

sounds like i have reached the max then coz i have got my cpu up to a 3.6 & stable.
by the way what are the AMD X2's like? considering 1 for my new system are they good for games?

 

[imported_michaelpatrick33]

The X2 is definitely a performer. I have a X2 4400+ watercooled at 2750 with a 7800GTX at 521core and 1403memory and I enjoy every moment plus I get really good multitasking out of my AMD machine for the first time. I absolutely love having multiple programs running at the same time with buttery smoothness. The X2 does have issues with games (I even have the AMD driver installed) with some stuttering but it appears to be intermittent and appears to be a Windows schedule issue of some sort. I set the affinity to single core before I play my games and sometimes I get the stuttering and sometimes I don't. I know it isn't a fps issue because I use a fps counter in a game (Dungeon Siege II) and I am always over 30fps at 1920 X 1200 yet the stuttering sometimes appears. So that is something you may want to consider.

 

[Bona Fide]

X2 is the processor to get right now. No fanboy bullsh!t or anything. If you're in the market for a new CPU, there is really no alternative. I have an X2 4400+, running at 2.58GHz, and it is LIGHTYEARS ahead of my dad's computer, a 2.8 Pentium D.

 

[deeven]

Is there anywhere on this site so i can post a picture of my setup?

 

[Bona Fide]

Cases and Cooling if it's external/internal pics...this section if it's desktop screenies.

 

[Silent Partner]

DO NOT FORGET TO LOCK THE AGP SLOT IF THAT BOARD IS AGP!