Bad Celeron D Overclocks?

[raptorrage]

Originally posted by: superkdogg
Hey all. Just got my new overclocking toy in the mail. Celeron D 320-2.4 @ stock, and I was hoping to up the fsb to ~200, which would yield 3.6 and a nice upgrade over my P4Mobile @ 2.4 (essentially a 2.4C without Hyperthreading). Got everything all set up in my Gigabyte 8IPE1000 Pro (865PE) and went to work. First try, I set the FSB to 166, figuring that by reputation, this chip should have no problem with that speed. WRONG. I don't know why, but the mobo defaulted back to 145 FSB. So, I decided to try less aggressively increasing, 3-4 Mhz at a time on the FSB. Eventually got up to a post @ 165, but not stable in Windows above 160 FSB. 2.88 Ghz, and basically on par or a little below my 2.4 for gaming, a little better at media processing-not an upgrade at all. It might be related that increasing voltage to cpu actually lowered my stable OC speeds, so I did get the 2.88 on stock voltage; unfortunately more voltage is not an option.

Any suggestions? Oh yeah, Corsair Value Select Ram that does about 209 @ 2.5-3-3 so RAM is not the issue, and an Antec 350W that supplies 16 A on the 12v rail. The exact same setup that runs 200 FSB dead stable with the other chip.

i'm not sure if you don't know it yet but by now you that the Giga-byte 8IPE1000 Pro is a poor OC'er

i build pc's for living usually gaming pc's i got one of these boards and and its worthless as an overclocking board. I would stay clear from that board giga-byte i don't know why but giga-byte boards haven't really ever been too great at OCing. I got a Deleron 320 to 3.6ghz in a abit IS7 and in the asus P4p800 OC to 3.8ghz with room to go even further. With faster ram and better cooling it can prolly do 4ghz. these Celerons D's are great overclockers.

 

[superkdogg]

Actually, I do know that. That's why I have only been seeking chips that work well at lower FSB's (<250). For example with a 2.4c the mobo would limit my overclocks, but with a mobile 1.8 that has a multiplier of 12 on the desktop it works out great. I currently have my mobile rock stable at 225 FSB, which is pretty close to what that chip maxes out at. The problem here is that the Deleron wouldn't even do 200 in that motherboard which will run 225 with others. The chip obviously wasn't the problem either, just that in combination they wouldn't work well. I do concur with your assessment that the D's are nice. I think mine counts as an OC to double-D!

 

[kan330]

I justed picked up a 2.4 as well

So far my results are 3.1ghz stable with default voltage and stock HS/F with artic silver
3.15ghz results in crashes after 2-3 hours of heavy gaming

MB is a abit is7-e2 and ddr400 coursair value select

I would try the straight jump to 3.6ghz but I doubt it would stay stable with stock cooling =]