overclocking on a budget

Take one P4 prescott 3G processor(~$150), add one Albatron PX865 PE pro motherboard($35 on ebay), stock intel heatsink, and 2x512 pc3200 ddr($99 after rebates from fry's).

set fsb to 260, cpu voltage to +.3, memory multiplier to 1.6, and boot suse 9.1 live cd.

This is what I got.

processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 4
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
stepping : 1
cpu MHz : 3897.776
cache size : 1024 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe pni monitor ds_cpl cid
bogomips : 7733.24


RC5 benchmark


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[Mar 30 22:50:05 UTC] Automatic processor type detection did not
recognize the processor (tag: "6547:0F41")
[Mar 30 22:50:05 UTC] RC5-72: Running micro-bench to select fastest core...
[Mar 30 22:51:13 UTC] RC5-72: using core #6 (GO 2-pipe).
[Mar 30 22:51:49 UTC] RC5-72: Benchmark for core #6 (GO 2-pipe)
0.00:00:32.08 [8,738,643 keys/sec]
[Mar 30 22:51:49 UTC] OGR-P2: Running micro-bench to select fastest core...
[Mar 30 22:52:07 UTC] OGR-P2: using core #0 (GARSP 6.0-A).
[Mar 30 22:52:46 UTC] OGR-P2: Benchmark for core #0 (GARSP 6.0-A)
0.00:00:32.77 [20,288,991 nodes/sec]

guru

sweet :cheers:

There are at least 3 problems I found with that setup.

i865 <- old, i875 better.
Intels are better paired with RAM faster than PC3200 which can be found for fairly cheap.
It's better to be able to overclock without voltage increases.

Personally I like Asus boards.

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Originally posted by Leviathann
There are at least 3 problems I found with that setup.

i865 <- old, i875 better.
Intels are better paired with RAM faster than PC3200 which can be found for fairly cheap.
It's better to be able to overclock without voltage increases.

Personally I like Asus boards.

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The price difference between the 865 and 875 just doesn't justify the cost diff. I too have a few asus boards but none of them cost $34. The albatron is very stable and works, plus it's got just about everthing my asus boards have.

The PC3200 ram was from my xp2500 oc to 3200 on a A7N8X-E deluxe system. When I buy ram for this new system I will be looking for ddr500. But for now the 5.5GB/s with the ddr400 memory oc to 428 is nothing to complain about! :moon:


guru

Can't find the 865's anywhere on eBay. I see lots of 848's....

And the problem with saying "I prefer ASUS", is that they have about a zillion different boards out there - which one do you mean??

I've got two Prescott CPUs sitting here, just waiting for me to get them motherboards to live in.....

Quick search on Froogle provided this:

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=Asus+i865&scoring=p

Also, there is a cheap mobo at my favorite place to shop (www.emicrox.com):
http://www.emicrox.com/eShop/product...78&pid=1441810

It's an ASUS P4 socket 478 mobo for $66. Nice price. Anyone use the mobo listed above (P4S800-MX 661FX AUD VID LAN AGP 8X MATX)???

-Jeff

Fry's the the rescue! They are having a sale on the PC4000 memory I wanted for my new system. I'll take two please.

:cheers:

pc4000 memory

guru

:thumbs: Nice find!

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Originally posted by rsbriggs
Can't find the 865's anywhere on eBay. I see lots of 848's....

And the problem with saying "I prefer ASUS", is that they have about a zillion different boards out there - which one do you mean??

I've got two Prescott CPUs sitting here, just waiting for me to get them motherboards to live in.....

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Yeh but they only make so many for prescott's. If it's socket 478 then get something that's i875, I own a P4C800-E Deluxe, this is their top-of-the-line socket 478 board, and it's prescott ready.

I don't know very much about the new i9xx chipsets so the others will have to fill you in.

Quote:

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Originally posted by guru
Fry's the the rescue! They are having a sale on the PC4000 memory I wanted for my new system. I'll take two please.

:cheers:

pc4000 memory

guru

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Damn.. i should have waited a couple more weeks. I paid that much for the PC3200 memory in that size. (Also at Fry's for the same price.) :bang: