The highest voltage

smith.p.sean · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 5:43 pm Post subject: The highest voltage

Hi, Im fairly new to overclocking.
Sys Specs
I have a ASUSP4P800 Deluxe Mb
P4 2.4C
512 Mb of ADATA PC5000 (dont quite remember) or something overrated for the board so i can overclock.

I have been tinkering with my settings, are there any red tape voltages that you should not exceed for fear of blowing your computer up? Whats the max voltage I should have my Vcore at for normal use and how much life will it cut from my processor? What does it normally run at when not overclocking?

Right now i am overclocking at 3.42 with a FSB at 285. The vcore is set at 1.5750. I am running a stable machine with 26 idle temps, 28 surfing the web, and never over 34 celcius when playing games :-). All other voltages are set at the lowest amount. Should i be worried for my processor. Thanks for any help!!! My email adress is seansmith@att.net if you could help me out it would be great.

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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

you need another 512meg stick of the exact same same ram so you will run in dual channel.

Right now you are running in single chnnael with a severe reduction in memory bandwidth.
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

good god not at all.........this looks rockin

i would set your ram voltage to 2.8
agp to 1.6

and as for the CPU.....as long as its stable youre good........with cpu's heat matters more than voltage........ive never seen a p4 too stable over 1.7, but as long as your heat is ok, you are golden......

try to keep that load temp below 50 and your golden
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

wow we both potsted at the same time........nathan and i....odd......anyway.....wouldnt think belong in the processors and OCing section?

or maybe i should let YOU do your own job...and i'll shut up......lol
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smith.p.sean · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 5:49 pm Post subject: Just kidding

DDR 5000 ram i wish, what i meant was PC 500 Ram DDR 4000. Sorry bout that, kinda tired and in a rush

[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 5:54 pm Post subject:

you mean PC4000 DDR500

and the voltage you are running is fine and so are the temps. Good Job on the OC.
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smith.p.sean · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 6:00 pm Post subject: Thanks for the quick response

Man, I wasnt expecting you guys to be able to get back to me in under 20 minutes. Wow, thatnks for the help. Sry bout posting in the wrong section, new at this. And now that my voltage is ok im completely satisfied with my new comp. This was my first build, I did it for a school project.

Thanks alot guys!!!!

smith.p.sean · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 6:01 pm Post subject:

OOOh, sry bout that Nathan, I have 2 256 mem sticks. jk sry for not giving the correct info. The first time i read it i was like what? but now i c, my mistake.

Troy · SirTweaksabit Joined: 27 Feb 2004 Posts: 497

Man I have to run 1.6v to run stable at this speed .
You have gotten your hands on a very good cpu bro.

Wanna sell it

j/k

Very nice o/c btw
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

hell yeah...mine is at 1.625
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JayDubya · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 9:37 pm Post subject:

i'm surprised that you got ddr500 to run at ddr570. have you run prime95 to check for stability. if not i would run it for at least 24 hours to test stability.

otherwise, very nice and welcome to TweakNews.
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zhensem · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 10:43 pm Post subject:

Either I wasn't reading properly or nobody mentioned that YOU MUST LOCK YOUR AGP/PCI AT 66/33!!!
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smith.p.sean · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 11:11 pm Post subject: Response

Yup, my AGP thing has been locked in 66/33, I read that it was important luckily before I did it, and I have run Prime95 and it comes back with no errors.

zhensem · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 11:13 pm Post subject:

That's great! Nice OC, btw, very nice!
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smith.p.sean · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 11:14 pm Post subject: One happy camper!!!

Thanks for all the replies, Im one happy camper and look forward to getting to learn more in this community.

zhensem · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 11:18 pm Post subject:

Oh trust me, sonny, you will learn A LOT here! These guys here are pros, no joke!

Keep up the great work TN members!!!
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

i'll say thanks, but these guys taught me all I know too.........lol

we all rule!
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zhensem · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 11:34 pm Post subject:

frnchpplesuck516, i just realised that a lot of our components are similar.

Can I ask you one thing, though. How's your cable management with the case? Is it tidy?
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smith.p.sean · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 11:45 pm Post subject: Tidy???

Im not sure if I would call it tidy, but its no where close to my room so its not that bad. I spent an hour placing all the wires in place and then using wire ties to secure them so it looks better than it might but I think that for my next build Im going to make sure I get a bigger case cause there isnt really enough room to work for all the stuff that this case came with.

zhensem · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 11:49 pm Post subject:

Wow, wait a minute. The XaserIII has "not enough space"!? Wow man, I never thought you can get any bigger (and heavier).

Where did you manage to put all the cables. The problem I have with mine is the fan connectors coming from the fans that connect to the other connectors that come from the Hardcano unit. There's too many of them.

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smith.p.sean · Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 12:00 am Post subject: Um...

I have a 3 5.25 Drive bay and 2 outer and 2 inner 3.5 mid tower case, its all really cramped in there. I know that there is a much bigger one that looks the same and costs like 80 bucks more with mored drive bays and what not. I too had a time with the fan connectors. I dont use floppy drives so i have lots of extra wire hidden in there, and some of the wires i have going behind my mobo. I do have one wire that hangs because it goes to the fan on the see through panel but that is it, everything else i have tucked under something and wrapped the extra wires around the fans. You can try that it works well, for instance taking the wires that go to the front light display and to the fan there and wrap teh extra around it and the use a wiretye to seal it off. It took some time and since i dont use floppies im also missing a large ide wire deal. Its hard but possible.

smith.p.sean · Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 12:00 am Post subject: zhensem

Log onto aim

smith.p.sean · Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 12:08 am Post subject: I swear

Man, u guys are going to think im an idiot, this is my third mistake typing stuf in. i have a Thermaltake XaserIII Lan fire, making it small and cramped lol. Man, u guys are gonna get tired of me quick haha.

zhensem · Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 12:12 am Post subject:

Yeah, that confused me a bit. Don't worry, we won't get tired of you. Noobs are allowed 3 chances before they're baned, you've used up 2.

joking...

There's a size difference between the XaserIII (which I have, and thought you had too and is why I was amazed when you said you didn't have enough space) and the XaserIII Lan Fire.

You still up for chatting on AIM? What's your screen name?
You gotta wait, tho, I gotta reboot into Windows XP (in Linux at the mo).

My AIM name is zhensem (surprise, surprise). lol

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smith.p.sean · Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 12:14 am Post subject: SN

my sn is frnchpplesuck516