Soldato
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First of all, I have given a quick read to overclocking "guides" here, and some of the threads relating to overclocking this particular processor, but some things went way over my head and I thought it could post a new thread here.
I've heard of a "magic" overclocking CPU, the Pentium D805. From what I've read, without watercooling I won't reach 4Ghz. Fair enough. Apparently I can reach 3.6/3.8Ghz on air. This is the bit I have trouble believing. I haven't overclocked a CPU personally, but from the little I've read about over years, a 30-40% increase in speed on air cooling sounds a lot. I just wondered if any of you really did manage such a boost.
Next I think I know some of the basics, but I'd like to not run right into a brick wall if I do attempt this. Now I am assuming that I will need a very good motherboard (with PCI locks?), some ace RAM (do I want to get some highspeed RAM or can I use good quality RAM and overclock that, too?), and the greatest air cooler money can buy (Zalmac? Arctic cooling?). Maybe I'd want a high quality case? (Lian Li?) What features am I looking for?
This is what I had in mind after a quick browse:
[size=+1]Asus P5WDG2-WS Extreme Intel 975X
[/size][size=+1]OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC5300 Dual Channel Gold GX XTC Series EL-DDR2
[/size][size=+1]Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler
[/size][size=+1]Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case
[/size]
I think the items I picked there are reasonable, although the motherboard certainly is very expensive. I picked OCZ RAM because its a brand name I recognise as being very good, same with Lian Li. However I do not know the specifics, nor whether there is a better deal to be had.
Now as far as the actual overclocking process goes I think I have it roughly covered. I'm assuming you slowly increase the FSB in small increments of 2-5Mhz a pop and attempt to not only boot windows, but do a "stress test" and see how it goes. I'm assuming I'll be looking to monitor temps and look for erroneous working from the CPU, like crashes. My question is what constitutes a "stress test"? Is it a 24 hour 3DMark run? Or is it a variety of CPU tests (of which I don't know a single one, unforunately)?
Now the last part, which is probably the most important one: Is it worth it, in your opinion (obviously I am asking people who did do this particular OC)? Was the performance gain what you expected? Did you turn this "cheap" Pentium into a winner? How does a 3.6/3.8 Pentium D805 fare against its bigger brothers from AMD and Intel?
Sorry if this has been covered before, but I did have a lot of questions to ask and thought it may be a better idea to post a new thread rather than resurrect an old one with my own questions. Hopefully I am not so noob as to be beyond help
I've heard of a "magic" overclocking CPU, the Pentium D805. From what I've read, without watercooling I won't reach 4Ghz. Fair enough. Apparently I can reach 3.6/3.8Ghz on air. This is the bit I have trouble believing. I haven't overclocked a CPU personally, but from the little I've read about over years, a 30-40% increase in speed on air cooling sounds a lot. I just wondered if any of you really did manage such a boost.
Next I think I know some of the basics, but I'd like to not run right into a brick wall if I do attempt this. Now I am assuming that I will need a very good motherboard (with PCI locks?), some ace RAM (do I want to get some highspeed RAM or can I use good quality RAM and overclock that, too?), and the greatest air cooler money can buy (Zalmac? Arctic cooling?). Maybe I'd want a high quality case? (Lian Li?) What features am I looking for?
This is what I had in mind after a quick browse:
[size=+1]Asus P5WDG2-WS Extreme Intel 975X
[/size][size=+1]OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC5300 Dual Channel Gold GX XTC Series EL-DDR2
[/size][size=+1]Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler
[/size][size=+1]Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case
[/size]
I think the items I picked there are reasonable, although the motherboard certainly is very expensive. I picked OCZ RAM because its a brand name I recognise as being very good, same with Lian Li. However I do not know the specifics, nor whether there is a better deal to be had.
Now as far as the actual overclocking process goes I think I have it roughly covered. I'm assuming you slowly increase the FSB in small increments of 2-5Mhz a pop and attempt to not only boot windows, but do a "stress test" and see how it goes. I'm assuming I'll be looking to monitor temps and look for erroneous working from the CPU, like crashes. My question is what constitutes a "stress test"? Is it a 24 hour 3DMark run? Or is it a variety of CPU tests (of which I don't know a single one, unforunately)?
Now the last part, which is probably the most important one: Is it worth it, in your opinion (obviously I am asking people who did do this particular OC)? Was the performance gain what you expected? Did you turn this "cheap" Pentium into a winner? How does a 3.6/3.8 Pentium D805 fare against its bigger brothers from AMD and Intel?
Sorry if this has been covered before, but I did have a lot of questions to ask and thought it may be a better idea to post a new thread rather than resurrect an old one with my own questions. Hopefully I am not so noob as to be beyond help