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Removing the spreader and installing a WhiteWater block. That's my plan.
Am I risking too much, or just being sensible?
Am I risking too much, or just being sensible?
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PatrickBateman said:I'm hearing a lot of "probablies" here.
Cathar said:I, What cooling device is used is largely not relevant.
Volenti said:Ok, my personal experience with removing the heatspreader on a p4 resulted in an, at best, 3 degree difference, which gained me nothing overclocking wise (with waterblocks) when I went to direct die I gained some better stability but still no further mhz overclock.
That chip has since ceased to function, presumably from NSDS (running 1.8-1.85v for 9 months +)
In my experience the p4's don't respond to improved waterblock performance and more V-core in the way that athlons appear to, my current [email protected], 1.625v won't go a single FSB higher even with .2 of a volt more.
Cathar said:
Unloaded/Volenti, P4's are strange beasts for overclocking. It seems that with AMD CPU's, the better the cooling, the higher the overclock in a fairly consistant manner, whereas for P4's, some react that way, while other seem to do it in steps, with no benefit seen if the cooling drops a few degrees, but all of a sudden another leap in overclock is gained, and then they stop again. Very strange. It seems to be a real mixed bag.
Top Hat Theater said:I was under the impression that both Northwoods and Tbreds used a .13 micron process...
~THT
SysCrusher said:
This is because of the smaller micron process their using compared to the current AMD cpu. I'v read up on this but I lack memory to fully explain it.
Since87 said:
If I send you a stick of DDR would you be able to fully explain it?
Since87 said:
If I send you a stick of DDR would you be able to fully explain it?