Leonardo
24 Sep 2005, 7:38am
Stable 3.76GHz from a 3.2 Northwood. That's on air! Full load, dual channel, hyperthreading, with two instances of Folding@Home running. CPU core voltage is .05v above default.
FSB X Mulitiplier: 234 X 16
vCore: BIOS 1.60v/indicated 1.55v
FSB/DRAM ratio: 5/4
CPU/AGP/PCI ratio: Fixed
AGP/PCI: locked at 66MHz/33MHz
(See No. 3 in signature below. Case is an Antec Super Lanboy.)
I had put this box together as a budget medium/high performance Folding box. Most of the parts came from recent private deals or from my parts bin. When I opened the box shipped to me with the CPU, I was delighted to see that it was a "30 cap" Northwood, that is, 30 capacitors on the back of the die. (Northwood yes. I never even considered a Presscott, new or used.) There is truth to the buzz among overclockers that the 30 cap CPUs are superior. Many of the Northwood 2.8's have a lot of OC headroom; but I had no idea a 3.2 had much headroom left.
FSB X Mulitiplier: 234 X 16
vCore: BIOS 1.60v/indicated 1.55v
FSB/DRAM ratio: 5/4
CPU/AGP/PCI ratio: Fixed
AGP/PCI: locked at 66MHz/33MHz
(See No. 3 in signature below. Case is an Antec Super Lanboy.)
I had put this box together as a budget medium/high performance Folding box. Most of the parts came from recent private deals or from my parts bin. When I opened the box shipped to me with the CPU, I was delighted to see that it was a "30 cap" Northwood, that is, 30 capacitors on the back of the die. (Northwood yes. I never even considered a Presscott, new or used.) There is truth to the buzz among overclockers that the 30 cap CPUs are superior. Many of the Northwood 2.8's have a lot of OC headroom; but I had no idea a 3.2 had much headroom left.