Intel P4 2.4C @ 3.6Ghz!

[[TN] Nathan]

2.4C P4 Retail Box
DFI Lanparty 875Pro
06/15 Prototype Bios
Arctic Silver 3 Thermal Paste
Corsair TwinX PC3200LL
Completely Relaxed Memory Timings
3/2 Divider
Vmem: 2.7v
Air cooled Vcore 1.77
Temp 35 Celcius
Globalwin VA476 Heatsink
Open table Benchmarking
Room Temperature: 23 Degrees Celcius
1 - 80mm 30cfm Fan blowing across board to get rid of dead pockets of air
Passive cooled stock northbridge heatsink

STABLE!!!

Shop for a 2.4C for overclocking here:

http://tweaknews.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=780689/prsrt=1/ut=42ba4377bd8107ac

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[Kagato]

Very nice - specially on the temps at that speed. What were the timings/voltage on the memory by chance?
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[[TN] Nathan]

Check the first post, it has been updated
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[Kagato]

[[TN] Nathan]

ur velcome
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[icyrus76]

lol..nicely done Nathan..i'm suprised considering u almost died without the A/Con....haha..should try water cooling for more OCing?..i dunno...1100+ OCing is kinda crazy though..but eh..
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[onepagebook]

nice, But I don't think that is really hard, honestly!
I have many friends they oc 2.4c over 3.6g with "default vcore" or 1.55v (aircooled)

the main thinkg is the FPO/Batch code and the pack date! that's it!

here is the link
http://forum.pcdvd.com.tw/showthread.php?s=&threadid=222167&highlight=coolalert

here is another:
http://forum.pcdvd.com.tw/showthread.php?s=&threadid=223311&highlight=coolalert
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[[TN] Nathan]

Was this obtained while running the memory in dual channel configuration?
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[onepagebook]

yes! no kidding

they all use Winbond BH-5 Chip..only PC3200

From Coolaler: QDR1006.4sync and dual config



from PCDVD JUILONG, QDR1200,Async , dual config
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[[TN] Nathan]

Well, I put it onto the internet because I haven't heard of many, if any people getting this high with air cooling.

Even some of the largest websites in the world didn't know, and really don't think it's as common as you let it on to be.

Oh well, when I get my memory upgrade to PC-3700, this unit will go higher seeing that I obtained this overclock with just PC3200.
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[Blackjack]

Very nice OC Nathan!!

can you send me this Beta Bios for the DFI Lanparty Pro875?
gaili@gmx.at

Best regards
blackjack

[[TN] Nathan]

I am instructing DFI to get it posted on their website, should be up shortly.
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[CooLJoE]

Ok, new member here :)

I came over after seeing Nathan's OC on HardOCP.

I'm very interested in this and it comes at a good time, since I'm going to come into some cash and want to buy some upgrades. I'll have an FX5900 Ultra 256mb coming so thats already done. But currently I run a 2200XP with 512mb PC2700. Been thinking either a higher AMD and more memory or this P4 2.4ghz type of setup.

I mostly want to know how hard it is to get this kind of overclock and be stable. Or even any overclock and be stable. If I got AMD its going to be like a 2800 Barton or a 2500 Barton and overclocked.

But since I've now seen 3 P4 2.4Cs go over 3ghz aircooled, Its caught my attention. I don't mind overclocking, but I won't be going into watercooling just to get there.


So tell me, is it really that hard? Also, Nathan, what is your memory running at speed-wise? I notice one guy had his at 500mhz (doing 3ghz) and another at 400mhz (doing 3.6ghz). I know it can't be easy putting the memory that high and don't want to go past 400 or 433 if I don't have to. So please, lemme know your thoughts on this.
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[[TN] Nathan]

Hands down, go for the 2.4C from intel, what an amazing chip.

Overclocking is a real fine tuning procedure and you will need a good board to do this.

Anything from abit , asus, or the DFI I just reviewed will do awesome.

Overclocking this chip is as easy as pushing the FSB up to 250Mhz on default voltage and the 5:4 divider and you will be there.

Now that's not something you see everyday ,a site owner that actually will help you one on one.
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[CooLJoE]

Thanks for the quick reply and thanks for that offer. I might take you up on it depending on what I get.

I am liking that DFI board especially after your review. I haven't dealt with DFI boards in a long time though. I was looking at an MSI board since I have had good luck with those, but it seems the DFI was meant for overclocking and does come with some nice loot to go with it.

Right now its looking like the DFI Lanparty 875Pro and P4 2.4C processor. May have to wait on memory.

Quick question, was your overclocking done with dual-channel in use?

[[TN] Nathan]

yep, complete dual channel.
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[CooLJoE]

Nice...I'm thinking that I'll aim for an identical setup to yours (board, chip, hsf). I know its not always the same outcome, but it would get me alot closer than if i used different stuff. Memory I'm not sure about. I just checked pricing on those TwinX Corsairs and it was around $180. A bit much for 512mb. I'm going to look at getting PC3200s of Crucial or regular Corsairs.

Can't remember if you listed it or not, but what model/series of 2.4C did you use?

[[TN] Nathan]

Here ya go!



All the information you need.
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[eli]

what a nice outgoing person you are Nathan! thats honestly a kick ass overclock, especially with air!!!! The most I have hear of with that proccessor is a 1.2Ghz increase, and you just did it as well. I will be getting a canterwood setup as well, and the 2.4C 800FSB. I think I'll get an ABIT or Asus motherboard though, and either some PC3700, or some PC4000! honestly, it just came out from kingston!

[Roger]

that's my baby there too. just picked it up on friday last week.
just waiting for the cpu cooler, and i have to order the memory.
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[Raieg]

*****Caution you may skip first paragraph since it contains nothing of importance*********
Well since this is my first post I might aswell say Hi! to everyone here on the boards, I am not much of a tweaker my currently rig I like to call ol'e yellar is a stripped HP store bought with only 128mb ram and ati 9000pci card added since I bought this three years ago from a sly best buy salesman. I am just finally glad I figured out how to get to my RAM and CPU (Had to yank out the 5" and 3" drives from the front of the case, I HP and their bloody cases) Anyhow enough rambling let me get to what I wanted to ask.

*****You may resume reading below thanks for your cooperation*******

My next computer is almost exactly like your set up here;

P4 2.4C HT retail
DFI LanParty PRO875
Corsair XMS 2x512 3200 Low Latency 1gig matched
Swiftech MCX4000-B, Heatsink

COOLER MASTER ATC-201B-BXT (BLACK/BLACK) ALL ALUMINUM MID-TOWER CASE With LARGE SIDE WINDOW
RAIDMAX PS-500WALB LP-6100 (500W) Black Aluminum Power Supply
WD Raptor 36GB SATA 10,000RPM
NEC 19" Model FE990-BK Black CRT monitor
ATI RADEON 9500 PRO 128MB
PIONEER INTERNAL ATAPI (Black Bezel) DVD-RECORDABLE MODEL DVR-105BK
Lite On 52x Black Cd Rom
SAMSUNG 1.44MB BLACK FLOPPY DRIVE
VANTEC Aluminum Hard Disk Drive Cooler. 2 Fans

Plus a Vantec spectrum UV Cold Cathode 12" light to make the rounded wires and lanparty board glow. I was thinking of maybe getting a betting video card if the prices are down on the 9700 or 9800 when I get around to purchasing this setup. But my first question is at first I was thinking of going with the corsair XMS 2x512 3700 1 gig matched but I was worried that with the 436mhz wasn't going to be ideal for the DFI board so I stepped down to the 400mhz set of ram above. What I would like to know is anything heh let me be more specific would you recommend using the 3700 ram over the 3200? Also any comments on my rig are welcome since my choices arent set in stone I would really like to know.

This rig is a little over $2000 ( plus a few items like WinXP Pro and a Belkin F8E070 55-Piece ToolKit and a few more non essentials make the price 2,313.) I don't mind spending a bit more on my rig if there is a part I can get or upgrade to a higher class in one of my mentioned products. I am basically buying everything and all the bells and whistles since I don't have much with my current computer besides an extremely sharp exposed case (on the HP there is platic on the top front and bottom which I removed and just screwed back on the metal side panels.) Its a budgeted PC but I also want to make a smart buy where it would be easy to upgrade or at least possible within three or so years of purchase.

I plan on overclocking but will probably only OC to 3.0 ghz for the first month or so to break in my computer and get comfortable with my relative inexperience in building and overclocking a computer.

Any help or suggestions would be welcome you could think of me as your newbie project #871276.

Heh you thought I was done oh no I thought I was too, sorry, but I have a question about the way you have your ram set up. I have no clue what 2-3-3-7 means when someone talks about ram but I do believe its something to do with the bios and inceasing the power or something?

Also in the review of the lanparty pro875, I noticed that you had one of the ram sticks on the left side of the two slots and the the right side two group slots you had the other stick, so is this the way I would want to setup my rig, is that dual channel? Also I was thinking of getting another set of corsair 2x512..1gig so I would have 2 gigs of RAM (Im really tired of being slowed down on a computer, as I get less and less time to spend in front of it) anyhow would I be able to add the 4 sticks of 512 ram to the board even if I don't buy all four at the same time ( I have read posts elsewhere that they exclaimed their ram didn't match up and work correctly).

Ahh Im done FOR NOW!!! MWWHUAAHUAHUA!!!

PS: I am truly sorry I can't make my post more tech friendly with correct terms and general knowledge, but I didn't acquire a computer until I had enough money saved up from my yard work job when I was 17 way way way back three years ago ...most of my time has been spent either playing MMO's or online shooters...and creating art and generally learning what Adobe Photoshop ## can do. BTW if anyone who has Photoshop 6 and hasn't upgraded to 7 yet I believe the $140 upgrade is worth it, I am loving it so far.

HELP ME!!! PLEASE HELP ME!!!

[[TN] Nathan]

wow, longest post yet in these forums!! Good Job

I'm going to boil everything down for ease of reading.

I use the Vantec UV cathode for this review, works awesome.

Get the PC3700 if you want a better overclock, its rated higher so it will overclock better.

The 2-3-3-7 numbers are the ram timings found in the advanced chipset features in the motherboard bios.

The ram configuration you see in my review is the way you set it up for dual channel DDR configuration.

Hope this answers some of your questions, post another reply if you need more information.
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[Raieg]

Thanks for the quick response, I tend to ramble on in my posts but Im glad a majority of what I wanted to know was atleast readable I have one more question.

If I wanted to get my RAM up to 2 gigs a few months down the road after I purchase my rig with only 1gig of ram; would I be able to buy another set of 2x512 sticks of the same ram and add that to my existing 1gig of RAM would that be a viable option? [as in I would have no complications or conflictions].

Thanks alot I love the reviews and all the info from TweakNews.net keep up the good work . First time I joined a forum in about 6 months I think I will stick around and chat it up for awhile talk to 'yall' later.

Also as a side note would you mind posting what case you used for your computer setup, and what type of material it is (or just a link to the case).

[[TN] Nathan]

1 gig of ram with be more than sufficient for the job and 2 gigs would be a waste of money really seeing you will never use that much ram.

I tested the system on a desk and it wasn't in a case.
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[eli]

Yes 2 gigs is complete overkill. I honestly dont think you should get the DFI lanparty unless your going to actual lanpartys. Its nice and colorful and all, but Asus's and ABIT's solutions are just as good if not better. I have heard some pretty bad things from this new company, although some people seem to be having lots of luck with them. About the WD Raptor. Are you going to be having like a game server or something? Its really uncalled for unless you cant wait 2 seconds for counterstrike to load. It doesnt have any in game performance increase from the standard IDE HDD's. As I said before all its good for is: access programs slightly faster, and making your computer boot a little faster. For $138 I would go for a good 120GIG HDD from like Western Digital or something man. Thats just what I recommend, you can do what you want. By getting the same specs as Nathan, chances are your probably not going to get an OC like him. Each individual part fluctuates. Today I just saw things kid get 3.7GHZ out of a 2.4C on an ABIT IC7-G. At anandtech, the best overclocker was the Asus P4P800 DLX. It went up to 283FSB. Nathan got higher then that iwth a motherboard that scored worse. Get what I am saying? I guess I had some luck as well with my A7N8X DLX. I got to 418 FSB with some corsair PC2700 ram, and a barton 2500+, and I didn't try any higher, but I am sure it could. Other people with the same configuration as me couldn't even pass 333FSB. Not all parts are created equal.


Hope this helped....please forgive me for using bad spelling and grammer, I wrote this up pretty fast.