- Joined
- Jan 17, 2004
- Location
- Pyeongtaek, South Korea
First of all, I just registered, so I would like to say "Hello!" to everyone... Hello!
Next...I have a Pentium 4 3.2C. I'm currently running the FSB at 220FSB (that's 880FSB Intel-speak). It's about the most I can get without having CPU temps going through the roof when running stability tests. I want to overclock it more so I'm going to cross the line into water cooling. I'm thinking of buying a Swiftech H20-8501 cooling kit and perhaps swapping the rad with a Black Ice Micro. I know this isn't the best kit, but it's pretty much the only one that'll fit in my case since I only have room for 2 80mm fans.
So, after deciding to do this, I got all excited and started dreaming about how high I could jack up the FSB. I was just about to pounce on some Dual Channel OCZ PC-4200 Optimized DDR (DDR533), when I realized that I may not even be able to get close to 266FSB! Naturally, this made me very sad, so I am turning to this forum for guidance.
How high should I expect to get the FSB up to with this setup? Ambient temp in my room is about 25, and I'll probably only be able to get about 15-20CFM through the rad while maintaining acceptable noise levels. I need to plan my overclock so that I don't blow money on PC-4200 when I don't even come close to using it.
Or...(this occured to me also)...should I just buy PC-4200 so that when I can OC up to or beyond 266FSB (either when I lose my mind and buy Vapochill or a faster chipset comes out) then my memory will be able to keep up? Is there any performance difference between running PC-4200 at say...466 (well below spec) vs. Running PC-3700 at 466MHz (at spec) assuming the RAM timings are identical?
I'm sorry for all the questions, but I am very curious about this topic. I therefore call upon the wisdom of this forum to ease my qualms. Any advice you guys could give me will be much appreciated, thank you!
Next...I have a Pentium 4 3.2C. I'm currently running the FSB at 220FSB (that's 880FSB Intel-speak). It's about the most I can get without having CPU temps going through the roof when running stability tests. I want to overclock it more so I'm going to cross the line into water cooling. I'm thinking of buying a Swiftech H20-8501 cooling kit and perhaps swapping the rad with a Black Ice Micro. I know this isn't the best kit, but it's pretty much the only one that'll fit in my case since I only have room for 2 80mm fans.
So, after deciding to do this, I got all excited and started dreaming about how high I could jack up the FSB. I was just about to pounce on some Dual Channel OCZ PC-4200 Optimized DDR (DDR533), when I realized that I may not even be able to get close to 266FSB! Naturally, this made me very sad, so I am turning to this forum for guidance.
How high should I expect to get the FSB up to with this setup? Ambient temp in my room is about 25, and I'll probably only be able to get about 15-20CFM through the rad while maintaining acceptable noise levels. I need to plan my overclock so that I don't blow money on PC-4200 when I don't even come close to using it.
Or...(this occured to me also)...should I just buy PC-4200 so that when I can OC up to or beyond 266FSB (either when I lose my mind and buy Vapochill or a faster chipset comes out) then my memory will be able to keep up? Is there any performance difference between running PC-4200 at say...466 (well below spec) vs. Running PC-3700 at 466MHz (at spec) assuming the RAM timings are identical?
I'm sorry for all the questions, but I am very curious about this topic. I therefore call upon the wisdom of this forum to ease my qualms. Any advice you guys could give me will be much appreciated, thank you!