Pentium 4 2.4C northwood overclocking

[kappage]

I was recently given this proccesor with a motherboard Etc and i was planning on overclocking it until it dies basically. My system setup is below.
256mb Corsair xms Timings (3,3,3,8 at 400mhz)
pentium 4 2.4Ghz
Intel D865Perl motherboard
and a 9200 GPU
Since it is a 'crappy' intel motherboard it only allows me to change the ram timings in Bios, so i have been using clockgen to do so. When i overclock it i can get it to 3Ghz the ram is at 250mhz(500Mhz) so i am starting to think that the ram is maxed out. I have gone into the bios and changed it to a ratio of FSB:DRAM to 5:4 but then once ive done that it wont allow me to overclock it very well, any ideas on what i should do now?

[stev]

I've got the 3.0Ghz of the Northwood as you can see in my sig. Getting an OC from 2.4Ghz up to 3.0Ghz is a far stretch for that processor.

My 3.0Ghz can push up to 3.4Ghz OC, but the life of the CPU is greatly shortened. I'm running it at 3.275Ghz now. The current memory is holding it back from running stable above that. However, I'm pleased with the overall OC it has now. The machine is my daily driver and F@H machine.

Three years back I used the clockgen program and lost a good Intel MOBO. As chance would have it, I found the MOBO in my sig that used the CPU & memory from the Intel board, but lost the SATA option to grow since the MSI board doesn't have it.

I've read a few places that mention not to push the Northwood CPUs to much. They will burn out sooner than later. A 2.4Ghz up to 3.0Ghz is a great deal for the Northwood. If it can hold that, don't push it any higher.

That 2.4Ghz OC'ed to 3.0Ghz Northwood system would be a nice F@H and on-line gaming machine like I use mine for. Don't blow it.

Also, the CPU OC's really well with the ThermalTake BigTyphoon.

[kappage]

THe main thing that i notice is when the CPU gets to the ram or the gpu is holding it back because at first the GPU chip keeps coming up with an error and reseting its self. but i suppose it running at 2.9Ghz would be nice.

[stopthekilling77]

2.9Ghz is a very respectable OC regarding that CPU enjoy your success!

[stev]

Nice to hold 2.9Ghz with that CPU. Enjoy the OC and the machine.

Use it for some good F@H as well. It will turn over almost 380 points every 4 or 5 days.

If the machine has a good video card like a MX400 or GeForce that's higher, playing Halo on-line works really well. I go by black-ace and my boy goes by Nick.

[kappage]

it currently has a 9200 SE i think i know its a 9200 my main problem about folding is not enough Quota. hos much quota/bandwidth does it use?

[stev]

it currently has a 9200 SE i think i know its a 9200 my main problem about folding is not enough Quota. how much quota/bandwidth does it use?

There is a setting in the F@H called, "Allow receipt of work assignments and return of results greater than 5Mb in size." Leave this UNCHECKED if your internet is limited/quota bandwidth.

This way you can can still fold, get in on the folding contests at LR and help for a good cause.

Another way to help reduce quota bandwidth is to set the browse cache size to be large but not too extreme. This way, popular websites that are often visited don't reload the same stuff upon each visit eating away at the quota limits.

[kappage]

Ok i have setup both of my personal machines on folding this one and my main pc, it should get atleast 4 hours a day 5 days a week, unless some one wants to code me a batch file to turn on my pc and set it to start folding during certain times.