overclocking help

[ultra violent]

I have a P4 3.2ghz 478 socket CPU on a ASUS P4P800 MB.

I know bugger all about OCing PC's but know there is an option in the bios that allows me to either manually tweak, or use automatic OCing. i.e. I can choose 5%, 10% OCing etc. I know people claim to have OC 3 GHZ CPUS to crazy levels but mine fails to boot with only the 5% option selected. Am i missing something here?

[Gateway Networks]

www.overclockers.com/

[[k]arl]

I'm not familiar with that particular setup, but you might want to try posting on the HardOCP forum - www.hardforum.com

HTH

[k]


edit to add - make sure you give them your full specs and cooling setup when you post. Good luck

Edited by [k]arl on Monday 14th May 12:22

[ThePassenger]

No, you're not missing anything. The amount you can over clock a specific model of CPU varies a great deal. Different batches appear with different tolerances. They'll run at spec fine though.

Running a processor faster often means raising or lowering the power supplied to it (normally raising) and naturally you'll want a big beefy HSF assembly strapped to the top of it.