Help Have Intel processor

[ThrillSwitch]

I have a Intel[r]Celoron[tm] processor genuine Intel 667 Mhz and need to get any advice on oveclocking it It is in an Hp computer

[Shadow ÒÓ]

More than likely you'er not going to have much luck with that "name brand" computer. They intentionally leave out some settings from the bios and the mobo which will prevent tweaking.

You may get some results with something like SoftFSB or CPUFSB, however for true results, it would almost certainly require a new board and case.

[Mr B]

At a minimum, a new motherboard. Those OEM boards are notoriusly next to impossible to overclock with. If the case is a micro ATX format, there are some decent boards out there that will fit that case. Then your biggest concern will be trying to get good airflow thru the case to keep it cool.

Solving that would entail a new case.

That particular flavor Celeron isn't the best choice for overclocking, with it's 10x multiplier. If you want to try, by all means do...just don't expect the moon with it. You might get a good one, but would likely get better results with other chips (566, 600, P/// 600 and 700E's, etc...)

If you decide to upgrade the case and mb, go the slot 1 board route. (my opinion) This gives you the flexibility of running a slot 1 P///, or a FC-PGA (flip chip) Celeron or P///, mounted in a slocket adapter. This is a great setup, as you will have an incredible range of vcore settings to work with. Just make sure the slocket is Coppermine compatable......

There's a ton of slocket questions asked and answered in this forum....read a bit about those, and what people have done with this setup regarding overclocking. It really does work well.....

Mr B

[Phil]

It would be possible as long as the board you have supports a 100mhz fsb to overclock even on a name brand pc. You simply need to insulate in some manner the pin for the 100mhz bsel# which if memory serves is AJ33 (I'll find out for sure and where it is on the substrate) which the board would then detect as a 100mhz chip and run on a 100mhz fsb, of course a 667mhz celeron would then be running at 1ghz which is not going to be stable for definate, especially without better cooling and extra voltage, you should also try softfsb, it is likely your clock gen supports several none standard fsb's which softfsb will allow you to use.