My First Overclock!

[halfracedrift]

It's not much, but it still is! By a whopping 66.7!!! Mhz

Any other ways to push it higher? I want to hit a 1.95 ish mark.. or a possible 2.0ghz

I can't raise the multiplier any higher because Windows won't boot up.

 

[Blackbird.]

What does overclock mean?

 

[under18carbon]

http://www.google.com.my/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oi=defmore&q=define:overclocking

Definitions of overclocking on the Web:

Running your processor at a speed faster than it's rated. Most processors can run faster than their rated speed with some sacrifice of reliability.

 

[Blackbird.]

http://www.google.com.my/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oi=defmore&q=defineverclocking

Thank you once again. And how would I overclock. Wait nevermind I have a brand new computer I don't need to overclock. (It's a pentium 4)

 

[toyomatt84]

Not bad, but how are you cooling the cpu? If you ran a liquid setup, you'd prolly beat that by a bunch.

 

[halfracedrift]

nah. Stock air cooling with one extra case fan.

 

[Event]

SS2, you can't overclock even if you wanted to. Your HP Intel motherboard wont let you. That's why you build yourself.

 

[2ez2KiLL]

I can feel Joel coming in here about to tell everyone about his "magical" 700mhz overclock on a 10 dollar HSF Halfracedrift, try kicking up your voltage .5 higher ONLY if your temps are cool enough.

 

[halfracedrift]

How cool is cool enough?

And did you mean 0.05 or 0.5? 0.5 would push my voltage over 2.00! (it'd be close to 2.2 after I up it 0.5)

 

[[]CiBoYs[]]

Well its best if you get aftermarket cooling for ur computer, seeing as how stock your stock CPU fan is not good enough(it only cools at its regulated clock speed, any higher could cause more heat in your computer then there should be) and may cause something to not work. Definately recommend you to get a new CPU fan . And 1 case fan isn't enough either, if you have another case fan slot open , put another one on. If you want to check your heat teamp of your CPU and MOBO, use Motherboard Moniter. And use Prime 95(let your computer on for 24 hours) this program stresses your computer by searching prime numbers.
Its good to check for stability on your computer, if it can last for 15 hours(at least) after your overclocking, your computer is pretty much stable.