Hey, I have a prescott, d0 stepping, lga 775 at 3.0 ghz. I have 1 gb of corsair value ram with heat spreaders on them. I am gonna buy a new mobo and case and am definetly considering overclocking. What kind of speeds can I get with a 915 mobo and that ram?
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Overclocking my p4 3.0
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I am learning to and just ended up reading and Googeling due to replies just like this 
On pure luck I made 4.0ghz my first try and it ran stable. Now just starting to understand BIOS settings and what effects what and will be trying to push further in the near future.
On pure luck I made 4.0ghz my first try and it ran stable. Now just starting to understand BIOS settings and what effects what and will be trying to push further in the near future.
It really depends on the brand and model of the motherboard. For example, if you grab yourself an ECS, you're gonna need a lot of skill and a lot of mods to be able to reach high overclocks. Otherwise, you can go with a higher quality motherboard, and be able to overclock more easily.
If you browse around dfi-street.com, a support forum for DFI motherboards, you can sense by a rough margin the amount overclocking you can get with a specific DFI motherboard. Likewise there will always be the lucky few with insanely high overclocks, just ignore them. Also for ABIT motherboards, there's http://forum.abit-usa.com, those two are all I can think of at the moment.
Keep in mind, always, that there are no guarantees when it comes to overclocking. So when see someone complaining about a super low overclock, that will probably be you, expect the worse, that way you won't be disappointed.
If you browse around dfi-street.com, a support forum for DFI motherboards, you can sense by a rough margin the amount overclocking you can get with a specific DFI motherboard. Likewise there will always be the lucky few with insanely high overclocks, just ignore them. Also for ABIT motherboards, there's http://forum.abit-usa.com, those two are all I can think of at the moment.
Keep in mind, always, that there are no guarantees when it comes to overclocking. So when see someone complaining about a super low overclock, that will probably be you, expect the worse, that way you won't be disappointed.