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3.2E Prescott temp help
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:44 am
by Racerboyf1
P4 3.2E @ 3.6 (225x16) idle 46c. Load 55c.
1gb (2x512) Corsair pc-3200xl pro @ 225 @ 2.5 3 3 7 (I can't get it over 212 @ 2 2 2 5)
x800xl @ 456/564
I know the Prescott runs hotter than the Northwood that I was using before. I just need to know what is too hot.
Thanks,
Chris
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:22 pm
by kenc51
60C should be your max temp when overclocking a prescott
Try to keep below 50C if poss!
You can try lowering the voltage a tad and test for stability, if it's still stable, it will lower your temps!
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:27 pm
by Racerboyf1
I lowered the voltage and the idle temps dropped to 42c which is what it was running before running it up to 3.6. 55c is absolute max after playing fear for 45 minutes. Seems to be totally stable with these settings. I'm running the Cooler Master Hyper48, but I have nothing to compare it to because I installed it with the prescott and never ran the stock cooler.
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:40 pm
by kenc51
I'd make sure it's stable by running 2 instances of prime95....
55C is fine
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 4:53 pm
by Racerboyf1
How do I run 2 instances of Prime95. It ran 1 for the las 2 hours and never went over 53c. I also ran burnin test with 55c max. System is still totally stable.
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 4:56 pm
by kenc51
download the version of prime95 that's in a zip file
Extract it to 2 seperate folders and run each.......
p95v2414.zip
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 4:59 pm
by bigblockmatt
whats prime 95?
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:01 pm
by infinitevalence
Prime95 is the ONE and ONLY true test for stablity. When your computer is prime stable for 24 hrs then your computer is stable.
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:02 pm
by kenc51
bigblockmatt wrote:whats prime 95?
It's a program which calculates prime numbers.....It's usefull when testing/stressing your system.....It normally finds an unstable overclock prity quickly. Most people will run it for @ least 12hrs to make sure their overclock is stable, some will even do a 78hr run....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 8:50 pm
by Racerboyf1
Here is my best OC so far. I can browse the web, but I can't run any benchmarks at that speed. It does run good at 3.6 though.
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 12:39 pm
by Racerboyf1
Ok so you can't see the pic now, but it was at 3.85 (16x240)
Memory at 240 (2.5 3 3 7)
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:36 am
by Black Mesa Scientist
That's a nice overclock . Can you post some benchy improvements?
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:46 pm
by Racerboyf1
At a stable clock of 3.6 (16x225) 3DMark01 went from 19591 to 22167. 3DMark03 went from 10550 to 12074. 3DMark05 went from 5567 to 5744.
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:03 pm
by kenc51
post your results in our 3d mark threads
Link
Link
Pls post only results in these threads!
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:48 pm
by Imakeholesinu
That's a pretty high memory clock speed of 240Mhz. Guess you don't have value ram in there.
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:05 pm
by wuzy
The higher you go, the lower it has to be.
A good yard stick is when your system becomes unstable when a certain temperature is reached at a particular clock speed.
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:08 am
by brajko2
On this page
http://users.erols.com/chare/elec.htm
you can see how much can your cpu temp should be..
It's really a great page