System is as follows.
Abit TH7 II motherboard (non raid)
Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz Northwood (a)
512 megs Rambus memory (4x128)
40 gig western Digital hdd
24x12x40 cd/rw
16x40 dvd
X-pider thermal monitor
floppy frive
PNY Geforce 4 Ti 64 megs DDR
dual 10/100 NICs
320 kbps adsl
STOCK HSF
5 intake 80 mm fans
4 exhaust 80mm fans (1 as a chimney fan over the CPU)
Windows XP Professional
Latest BIOS update.
Ok, here is the situation. I have not ever Overclocked a machine, and have been tossing around the idea of doing so to this one. I am sure that many of you have either used this similar setup, or at least know tons more about it then I do.
Would some one be so kind as to give me correct (stable) overclocking directions. The only way I can learn is by doing so. I would greatly appreciate. Thanks. Please send me an email, to masterdecker@yahoo.com
Again I thank you.


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So you keep going up bit by bit (testing each time) until you find instability. Then you should try to work out the cause, it could be insufficient cooling (HSF & case airflow), RAM working too fast (look for ratios), PCI/AGP too far out of spec (should be no higher than 36/72), mobo can't handle the speed (NB cooling?) or you've found as high as that CPU can go without voltage increases. Be careful with voltage, it seriously stresses your CPU and produces LOADS more heat so be sure your cooling is up to it! I can't recall what the 1.6ghz P4 uses but I wouldn't take it much over +0.2v without checking what others have done/rec. When you find the fastest your CPU can go without instability drop it back a little way further in order to ensure long term stability and avoid overly stressing things.