how high do you think I could take a p4 3.0 with a zalman 7000cu?

[cruz610]

What do you think the safest overclock would be with this monster heatsink? My specs are:
IC7-G
P4 3ghz
1 gig [2 x 512mb] pc 3500 corsair XMS

thx all :)

[TheDogFather]

How long is a piece of string ? :D

Wind it up and let us know, how high you get her.

Wellcome to the extreme. :)

TDF.

[Claw13Angel]

i think you can get around 3.4-3.5 maybe

[cruz610]

well right now I have it @ 3380.97, FSB @ 225 1:1, but if I set it any higher, windows fails to load...any suggestions on that??

[Ruantic]

Your already above memory specs, good chance your mem is crapping out, try changing to 5:4 and give it some more, figure out what the processor limit is without the memory in the equation. once you know CPU limit then you can tweak your memory ratio/timing for best performance.

[cruz610]

Thats the problem...none of the dividers help either...its wierd, if i go over 230FSB no matter what divider, windows craps out...

[Ruantic]

wow, most likely your processor is limit then:( You have luck like me if thats the case, took me quite a few different purchases to find some decent P4's:(

[cruz610]

:( could it be that I am just not giving it enough voltage? its at stock right now, so that may be the problem...

[Ruantic]

lol, most here would agree up to 1.7 is pretty safe, by all means do it..

[Sick0fthelies]

Is it a s 3.0b or 3.0c? I would doubt that a 3.0c would stop at 3.3ghz....

[cruz610]

its a 3.0C
well so far I have only been able to get it to about 3.3 STABLE on air :( Upped the voltage to 1.7 and tried running prime95...worked for 6 hours and then quit. Thought i had it too :(