What did you have to do to achieve 1Ghz.... Tips or Tricks???

[dalva]

My 1Ghz Setup:
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PIII700@1008Mhz FCPGA cB0 (7x144) @ 2.05 volts

Cooling:

AlphaPEP66T (fan is sucking air off of the heatsink) with Artic Silver Compound for small contact areas.

Notes:

Using Bios Revision 1005 on P3V4X mobo. I have read that applying a thin layer of compound on the cpu will give a lower temperature than a thick layer. If using the AlphaPEP66T, use the 4 black pads at the bottom of the heatsink to stabilize it on the CPU. Very important make sure that the heatsink is making "contact" flush with the CPU core or your temps will rise very high. I had to bend the retainer clip that holds the Alpha on the cpu core "slightly" so it could have better contact on the CPU's core.
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P3V4X @ I/O 3.66 volts (used the 2-3 jumper next to the 1st DIMM slot to active it)

Cooling:

Heatsink/fan with Artic Silver Thermal Adhesive on the ICS Clock Generator Chip. Using 1 exhaust fan (back of case) and 1 intake fan (front of case) to circulate air for increased air flow in ATX case. Using a 300W power supply with case.

Notes:

I had to drill small holes infront of the case where the intake fan is to optimize airflow through the case.
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PC133 CAS3 RAM (Generic) @144Mhz with a FSB of 144Mhz

Cooling:

Utilizing the intake and exhaust fans in ATX case.

Notes:

Saving up money to purchase high quaility PC133 CAS2 RAM for better memory performance.
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Hercules Geforce 2 GTS 64MB @220 Core/400 RAM

Cooling:

I was concerned about keeping my card stable at the higher AGP bus speed of 72Mhz (2x 144Mhz). I installed the Thermaltake Blue Orb Chipset Cooler on the GPU of the video card with Artic Silver Thermal Compound to keep it cool. In addition, I removed the factory heatsinks and the "tape" like adhesive from the DDR RAM and replaced it with Artic Silver Thermal Adhesive and put the factory heatsinks back on the RAM.

Notes:

None.
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The Rest of my System Components are: (no ISA components)

* 9.1GB Seagate Cheetah 10,000 RPM 80MB/sec Ultra2Wide SCSI
* Adaptec 2940U2W SCSI adapter card
* SoundBlaster Live! (Value)
* 3com Etherlink XL 10/100 NIC card
* UltraPlex 40Max SCSI CD-ROM drive
* PlexWriter RW 4/2/20 drive
* Pioneer 16X DVD-ROM drive (IDE - couldn't find a SCSI verison)
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If anyone else has tips or tricks that they did inorder to achieve that wonderful "ONE GIGAHERTZ" number please share your rig setup.

Thanks

[markedmundb]

Buy a Gig CPU! At least that what a mate of mine did.

[Tim-]

Looks like you have covered all the bases. Successful overclocking is often based on attention to the details.

I found recently that replacing the computer store fans in the case with faster fans dropped my cpu temps by 5 degrees. The noise is higher, but 5 degrees can mean stability at higher FSBs. My case temps stay within 1 degree of room ambient regardless of cpu load.

[OpenFriday]

tim...you are my hero

[dalva]

bgner_ovrclker (Jan 19, 2001 10:09 p.m.):
tim...you are my hero

Thanks for the tip, what is "best" case fans for getting lower temps in a pc case??