Question 4ghz limit? (Read 793 times)

SharonB

#1 March 31, 2008, 08:38:26 pm
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I have a P4 cedar mill 631 (holding me over for a few more weeks till q9450) and I have been getting pretty brave with it now that I know I'm going to get a new processor, but I seem to have hit a limit of exactly 3.99ghz. Why? I messed with the voltage of the cpu ( all the way to the max Intel said was safe 1.325V). Is it a ram problem maybe or have I just hit the limit of the cpu. It boots all the way to windows at 4.27ghz but instant bsod. I know its not a heat problem ( or I'm pretty sure its not a heat problem) because in the bios it says about 35C. Anything I can do to maybe get the speed above 3.99ghz. It works great at 3.99ghz, no problems at all and it helps so much its not even funny.
I hope the q9450 doesn't have the same problem (I'm sure it wont)

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FSB: 275-280
Mobo: Asus Maximus Formula
RAM: Gskill 1000mhz ( hope thats not the issue because it was such a good price)
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#2 March 31, 2008, 09:23:43 pm
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The trend of having a large number of GHZ is an obsolete thing of the past, now they're only making CPUs with multiple cores so I don't see why you're trying to go past 4 ghz since it's pointless and you will end up destroying your CPU
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#3 March 31, 2008, 09:38:35 pm
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I don't know if it's a 32 bit operating system deal, like with a 32 bit operating system you can't go above 3.5gb of ram.
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#4 March 31, 2008, 09:38:38 pm
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Well, what's the fsb speed (ie limit) of your mobo? This could be why you are getting bsoded.
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#5 March 31, 2008, 11:35:49 pm
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overclocking results in unstable behaviour

overclocking that much is clearly just too much for your processor to handle correctly
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#6 April 01, 2008, 12:08:59 am
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I did a little bit of research on the processor, and it seems like you can't get higher than 4.2ghz. You would probably need to bump the vcore a hell of a lot to get to that as well, which means ignoring Intels recommendation.
I would say bump the voltage up. If that doesn't work, it's probably your motherboard.
Btw what are your ram timings, mhz, etc set to on those Gskills?
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#7 April 01, 2008, 08:49:35 am
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See if the oscillation process is fluctuating. Otherwise you may want to increase the memory transistion capacity in the semiconductor to 25,000 Hz.
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