Is 2.4 ghz @ 3.2 ghz MAX?

[dja2k]

I had a 2.8 ghz that would tap out at 3.31 ghz with corsair pc3700. I got rid of the corsair pc3700 and got myself some OCZ PC4200. Then I got myself a 2.4 ghz P4 to be able to overclock 1:1 with the OCZ Ram.

My system is now overclocked from a 2.4 ghz to 3.2 ghz. It ran fine a couple of turns in Memtest and Prime95 (blend test), but yesturday night I left it running Prime95 (in-place large FFT) and it gave me an error after an hour and 27 minutes.

Do you think I would have to lower my FSB cause then I am not going to have the ram at 533 mhz overclock. What else can I do to see if this overclock at FSB 267 will be stable cause I run Sandra tests fine, I run Memtest fine, I run 3dmark03 and PCmark04 just fine, and I burned a couple of dvd's without problems.

My vocre is set to 1.6 volts, reads high 1.65 v, low 1.55 v, average 1.62 v, current 1.63 v. My ram voltage is set to 2.85 v and my agp is set to 1.7 v. Timings are as they say in the ddr 3-4-4-8-4.

I see other peope running other timings with CAS 2.5, is it possible with this setup. I see them using Turbo Acceleration and Memory Acceleration enable, which is quit good and not getting errors. I also heard that hyper threading can also cause overclocking failures and some people turn it off because they say they get more improvement with the overclock headroom than actually have it on.

Anyways, if you have any suggestions, let me know....

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[Mr.Guvernment]

well for one

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=58341


PLEASE MAKE YOUR SIG SMALLER!! there are rules for it (unless u were just listing your specs)

Every computer component is different then the other joe blow down the street - you can have identical hardware to a guy that can hit 4ghz - does not mean you will

 

[dja2k]

Sorry about that, I was just letting know what was in my system before they start asking questions like do you have enough fans or what heatsink do you have. Anyways, yes I know what you meant that no two people are the same in their overclocking.

I just want some advice on my settings, like voltages, timings, and the acceleration modes. I have seen people with the same ram and cpu run with other timings and acceration modes on. That is what I am trying to find out...Also I heard that turning hyper threading is better for overclocking and it does make a big difference having it off, well is that true?

Thanks,
dja2k

 

[ciku]

mine is stable.. i know i can go higher, if only i do vdimm modd... but pretty contented with current settings right now

 

[dja2k]

Well just ran mine for 2.5 hours stable on Memtest. By the way, how do you go stable with having Turbo on and mem acceleration Enabled. I can't seem to do that, it will give me errors. Thanks for your post.

dja2k

 

[ciku]

hmmm dunno.. depends on ram? not sure.. the last test i ran was 22hrs prime stable

 

[dja2k]

Well I bump the cpu to 3.3 ghz FSB 275. Everything seems to work fine, Memtest ran for an hour without errors and prime95 as well. It actually gave me a good bump in the mb/s in sandra test with just 100 mhz more, wow! I also wanted to find out my vcore voltage is going nuts, I have it set in the bios at 1.575 and it reads in CPU-Z and Asus Probe as 1.632/1.648 yet motherboard monitor would read 1.57/1.60, but when I switch the voltage configuration from asus p4p800 to winbound W83627THF-A, it gave the same reading as CPU-Z and Probe. Very interesting, yet is this setting safe, don't you think its a bit off for what I have in the bios?

Thanks
dja2k

 

[ciku]

the vcore on p4p800's are unstable.. thats y u have to do the drop modd... but me, i didnt have problems with it, not getting errors so i didnt do any modds. I have been oc'ing for 7 months now... and its ok, so i guess its ok

 

[dja2k]

Thanks for your reply!

Hey so if you say its unstable and people do a drop volt mod, what vocre voltage value do you have in the bios, and what values does it read to you? By the way, I think I am stable for now, prime95 ran six hours last night in a mixed torture test reporting no errors and no warnings.

dja2k

 

[ciku]

sorry, i cant actually answer u with the mods results since i havent actually done it