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laxjax13

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i want to OC my p4 2.53 to 3gigs.
im at 2.66 right now with 1.725 volts. is this to much?
from experience, how high do u guys think my vcore should be at 3gigs? i know that u have to increase slowly but what do u guys think because i dont want to go overboard.

rest of my specs
Thermaltake Purepower 420w
ATI Radeon 9800
1024 pc2100 Ram
WD 80 GB

the highest temps i get for the cpu are 45C at full load
 
your only supposed to increase vcore when your unstable, and i believe you shouldn't go past 1.7v, but im not sure
 
To be on the safe side try to keep your core under 1.7 volts. Lock your agp/pci to 66/33 default and see if you can oveclock higher. Also, you can raise your ram voltage to 2.8 volts.
 
right now my vcore is set at default but i dont know what the number is.

so i put the vcore to 1.725 thinking it was 1.7 default and raised the mhz to 2.66 and after a few minutes of cs it went up past 50 and restarted... i dont know how high it went but in cmos it said 50 after the restart.
 
Not to thread jack but...

I'm on a 2.6C currently at 3.4, I want to go higher but it either reboots, or blue screens whenever i do... i'm at 1.65vcore, 2.8vdimm, is the vcore holding me back? If so, whats the safe zone (ie no risk to kill) to go upto?

I'm running:

IC7 Max3
Mushkin Level 1 PC3500 2x256
AIW9800 Pro

Sometimes when I boot up, in the bios, I can change the multiplier, is this a good thing? (It only happens 1/10, but it changes succesfully when I do)
 
Originally posted by laxjax13
right now my vcore is set at default but i dont know what the number is.

so i put the vcore to 1.725 thinking it was 1.7 default and raised the mhz to 2.66 and after a few minutes of cs it went up past 50 and restarted... i dont know how high it went but in cmos it said 50 after the restart.
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just use mbm5 to see what the voltage is currently
 
Originally posted by tehandydumke
or go into bios and go to pc health
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basicly the same as mbm5...... cept one in windows, one in bios
 
i checked my voltages in cpuz and it is at 1.504v.
that's kind of low isn't it?
what's the highest voltage i can run without worrying about anything frying?
 
Originally posted by laxjax13
i checked my voltages in cpuz and it is at 1.504v.
that's kind of low isn't it?
what's the highest voltage i can run without worrying about anything frying?
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i don't believe that is low for a P4 system, i think that is actually correct.....

as for how high, i wouldn't go pasy 1.7v, but you might want to stay even lower if your temps start getting kinda high (upper50s to mid60s)
 
yea, cuz i put my volts to 1.725 thinking 1.7 is the norm and after playing counter strike for 30 seconds my pc restarted.
 
the default vcore for a P4 is like 1.5 or 1.55VDC. I on a 2.4C @ 3.00 at 1.6 and I kinda think it's over kill. Try what the other guys said. Set your vcore to default and go untill you unstable then raise it .05 at a time. If your mobo will allow set your RAM divider to 3:2, it will help take your ram out of the picture. Hope that helps, Mike
 
its 1.52 for P4C processors

i can get my 2.4 to 3.4 on stock voltages so you shouldnt need to raise it unless your sure thats your problem
 
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