overclocking advice needed for intel p4 prescott

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hi all,

i have a intel presscot 550 (LGA775) processor, running off a msi 925x neo platium motherboard and 1.5gb of ddr2 400mhz ram. I have tried to overclocking but i can only get to 3625mhz before the system freeze's. I was thinking maybe it's the ram (pc world ****). I was also looking at myabe getting a new motherboard the Gigabyte G1-Turbo G1975X and maybe some super fast ram e.g Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400 TwinX which is verified to run at 800mhz!!!, i wanted to know what you people think i should be able to get now with my current setup or do you think spending a bit of money and get a new board and ram

thanks
jamie

 

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standard, but i am using msi core center to oc and that adjust the voldtage etc. It boots up ok at 3.6

thanks

 

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hi, can some one please help me out, i want to know why when i try and push my computer past 3608 it freeze's up, the processor runs at about 44c when idling at 3608Ghz. http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f306/turboshed2006/8d5c5923.jpg that is a pic showing all voltage's etc. My ram is pc world pc3200, i have 2 x 512MB and 2 x 256MB and the timings are 5-4-4-12. My video card is a 256MB ATI X600 PCI-Express and i have a 400watt power supply

thanks
jamie

 

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first off take out the 2x256 and just run 2x512 - Some boards have issues running 4 sticks.

Also we're going to need some more info , Motherboard, (unless i missed it)

Cooling, ambient temps, and info on your PSU, the 12v Rail to be exact.

thanks for your reply,

motherboard is a MSI 925X Neo Platinum, I think my cooling is quiet good at the moment, i have 3 x 120mm fans and 5 x 80mm fans and then the standard cpu cooler. My ambient temp at idle is 20c and the processor sits at 35c. My PSU is a cheap one from pc world ( ) and is rated to 400w. what is it you want to know about the 12v rail and how would i find out - will it be listed on the PSU, there is some stickers on there i can have a look and let you know asap. I did notice that 1 of my 512 ram sticks is made by Hyundai Electronics and the other is made by Micron Technology. You can see here: http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=76006 , would this hold me back?

thanks
jamie

 

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the 12v has a rating of 16A and 192watts max. My CPU is not a J. My mistake where i earlier said that my RAM is 400, i have since discovered that it's 533, it was boxed up as 400 when i bought it. I lowered my cpu multiplyer to 14 and can increase the fsb to 230 but thats about as far as i can go. When you say extreme cooling do you mean phasechanger cooling or water cooling or something else

thanks
jamie

 

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ok,

have you got any good suggestions, would be worth getting one that could run crossfire as well

thanks
jamie

 

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if a power supply says it's sli ready would that also mean it's crossfire ready?