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Dreaming of a P4 2.4 OC system ?
- Thread starter cozmo_d
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Abit mobos usually undervolt a little. An earlier post stated that vcore was set at 1.55v in the BIOS, but if you look at the CPU-Z screenshot it shows 1.47v, so it's undervolting by 0.08v which is typical.
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that's typical? and i thought my p4p800 (non-droop modded) undervolted a lot when it dropped down to 1.49v from 1.52v 
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should I crank it up too 1.6v ?
It seems to run everything fine, ran memtest86, prime95 for 2 hours (I know thats not long enough) Ran Super PI on 32m 3 times now, no errors so far.
I was thinking of lowering the agp voltage & see if it would stay stable
It seems to run everything fine, ran memtest86, prime95 for 2 hours (I know thats not long enough) Ran Super PI on 32m 3 times now, no errors so far.
I was thinking of lowering the agp voltage & see if it would stay stable
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cozmo_d said:
is a Zalman (CNPS7000B-ALCU) a good choice for overclocking in a P4P800 then?
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The Abit mobos typically undervolt, but they undervolt across the board. Asus will sometimes overvolt at idle and then usually droop under load.
The Zalman is a decent cooler if you want quiet, but there are better heatdinks if you are going to push your O/C and want better cooling, like the Thermaltake XP-90.
I would not raise vcore unless you are unstable. That will raise temps and you don't want that right now. Sure, try dropping the AGP voltage down a notch and see what happens.
The Zalman is a decent cooler if you want quiet, but there are better heatdinks if you are going to push your O/C and want better cooling, like the Thermaltake XP-90.
I would not raise vcore unless you are unstable. That will raise temps and you don't want that right now. Sure, try dropping the AGP voltage down a notch and see what happens.
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Nope. Undervolting means the measured vcore consistently runs less than what the BIOS is set at, however, voltage droop, means idle is one voltage, but it droops lower under load.
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Ive been monitoring the vcore voltage It cycles between these three voltages within 15 seconds.
1.472
1.488
1.504
PSU is an Antec 430w
I have 5 drives 2xsata, 2xata133 cdrom & dvdburner might be time for a psu new fortron 500w soon.
1.472
1.488
1.504
PSU is an Antec 430w
I have 5 drives 2xsata, 2xata133 cdrom & dvdburner might be time for a psu new fortron 500w soon.
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Abit mobos normally have a little voltage fluctuation, but it can't hurt and will often help if you upgrade to a better power supply.
