erm...i know im a noob but help me out lol

[UK_HELL]

hi im new to XS and this is me first post..ive been messing with computers for years and thought i would try abit of overclocking with some of me old bits and bobs before i have an attempt with some good hardware...strange thing is i ran sandra on a pentium 4 just as a monitor
sandra picked up the cpu as a 90nm prescott which is fine..but it also rekons the p4 has emt64 extension too?..is this right?..the chip is a socket 478 chip i didnt think emt64 was on any of the 478 cpu's..any replies to enlighten me would be great..thanks :0)

[cirthix]

sisoft sandra is, imo, a really crappy piece of software(often wrong and fairly buggy).

get the latest version of cpuz and let us know.

[UK_HELL]

looks like your right mate..i tried cpu-z and also everest..neither stipulates that it has emt64..thought it was strange

by the way this chip is of the f family e stepping how high could it clock on air with decent ram?

[Sloppy]

Can you post a cpuz screenshot?

[cirthix]

probably in the upper 3ghz range, depnding on the motherboard

[UK_HELL]

sure

[UK_HELL]

cool thanks for you help..at the min its sat in a abit is7-e :bit old i know but an old faithfull board lol

just having a tweak or two with this set up and learning a thing or two thinking about buying either a new intel or an opteron 148 or 150 for overclocking and gaming and satisfying my curiousity about a few things

[elyrly]

so your cpu is a intel p4 3.0E overclocked to 3.159ghz

[UK_HELL]

yeah right now it is...just playing about..had it running at 3.5 ghz but the ram wasnt up to it to be honest..just stuck a gig of budget ddr400 in the mobo but thing is i want to go shopping now! think im getting the overclocking bug lol got much to learn before i get new stuff tho so going to see how much i can push out of this set up for now

[UK_HELL]

erm...up to 3.7 and stable and still climbing:)

[UK_HELL]

3.9 and sitting stable ..wish i knew more about voltages i could use for cpu and ram and also timings lol...happy so far tho considering i only have basic knowledge and only on air

[cirthix]

use dividers and push it some more. 1.45v on air should be safe as long as your temps dont get out of control.

you might be able to hit 4.2 :)

very good results for s478 though.:toast:

[UK_HELL]

im happy with it but lack the knowledge to do with dividers..ie, i aint got a clue lol

any one got a link or a brief explanation please :)