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OK, I'm not at all up on Intel MOBO's. Actually, I never was up to date on any Intel MOBO's until I got a new system over the Christmas holidays as a gift.

MOBO: Intel D865GLC

CPU: Intel P4 3.0Ghz (Northwood)

Mem: DDR-400 (PC3200), Dual Channel, 2 512 sticks for 1Gb. Freq is 200Mhz, CAS is 2.5,3,3,8 @200Mhz and 2.0,3,3,7@166Mhz.

Well, I'm a liquid cooling guru, not an OC'ing guru by any means. This setup was given to me as a gift. So, who am I to turn it down.

Is there a way to bump this system to 3.2Ghz or 3.4Ghz? I got plenty of various liquid cooling solutions to keep the heat down, I'm just a lame duck at OC'ing.

I'm using this computer for heavy duty graphics editing. It's a bigger step up from the 750Mhz machine I did the work on prior.

Thanks!

Stev

Stev,

I believe on that board you can enable a 4% burn-in feature, which would get you an extra 120MHz or so. It does not lock the AGP/PCI bus, but no big deal at 4%. The BIOS does not allow you to change fsb or voltages -- there might be some software that will overclock it from the desktop though...

anyone else have any ideas?

Nate,

I've done some digging around and found a Dentist, who is a gamer, that has OC'ed this board with the same CPU. He bumped the FSB up to 880Mhz and got the CPU up to 3.3Ghz and system stayed stable. He used a program called CPUFSB to trick the PLL. http://www.cpufsb.de

Yep, not much can be done otherwise. It's a mild OC, but better than nothing.

I'm running an aircooled ThermalTake solution on the CPU now. The Intel monitor hits the yellow zone while at 80% under load. I'll be using the HydroCool 3/8" tubing all around and DDC pump modded to cool it shortly.

Thanks!

Stev

Well, the Intel board's PLL isn't able to advanced any. It has the cypress PLL that isn't modifiable.

I have the ability to trade this board for a 865P Neo. However, the mobo has no LAN functions. I've read a few reviews that a Northwood 2.8Ghz was pushed to 3.4Ghz using at board. It would have gone higher, but the reviewer's PSU was the limiting factor at 300W.

stev wrote:Well, the Intel board's PLL isn't able to advanced any. It has the cypress PLL that isn't modifiable.

I have the ability to trade this board for a 865P Neo. However, the mobo has no LAN functions. I've read a few reviews that a Northwood 2.8Ghz was pushed to 3.4Ghz using at board. It would have gone higher, but the reviewer's PSU was the limiting factor at 300W.

Buy a cheapo PCI LAN card.......you should be able to get one for ~$10