Overclocking Info please?

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SO I'm tired of my CPU being the bottle neck of my system, I want to make that bottle neck a bit wider... LOL
I have a Intel Celeron D 2.8Ghz according to CPU-Z also a Intel Celeron 336
My motherboard is an ASUS P5KPL-AM-SE.
Now I have tired overclocking it before a few years back, but stopped when it jumped to 3.5Ghz and had a BSOD

Now This mobo allows OC, I have set the CPU Q-Fan to performance and it has manual settings of 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and 30%
Right now the CPU ranges between 37 and 45 Degrees Celciause

Any tip please overclockers? I can risk burning this thing out
 
You really should just buy a decent CPU, celerons dont handle overclocking well...
 
kkza said:
You really should just buy a decent CPU, celerons dont handle overclocking well...
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Ah I can't ATM, I OCed it to 3.38Ghz and it was raging between 44 and 52 Degrees Celsius, Ran A benchmark with Farcry 2 and only noticed a 1Fps improvement
Trying 3.64Ghz now


At what Temp should I be worried on a stock cooler?
 
Ok 3.64Ghz seems to be unstable, it keeps freezing
 
Only 1fps difference? That is not good lol. I am guessing its only a single core?
If thats the case then overclocking wont help much, had an old AMD 3500+ overclocked the pants off it and hardly any improvement. Single core CPU's just are not good enough for games these days.
 
Monkey101 said:
Only 1fps difference? That is not good lol. I am guessing its only a single core?
If thats the case then overclocking wont help much, had an old AMD 3500+ overclocked the pants off it and hardly any improvement. Single core CPU's just are not good enough for games these days.
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Yip single core :( and temps any comments on temps?
 
OH SHYTE! about +10FPS in GTA4 :D
 
If the temps are between 44 and 52 then your fine.
I guess maybe your GFX card was a bottleneck on farcry 2.
But 10fps sounds good in GTA4.
 
Monkey101 said:
If the temps are between 44 and 52 then your fine.
I guess maybe your GFX card was a bottleneck on farcry 2.
But 10fps sounds good in GTA4.
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HD4650? when Its does optimal settings its puts all graphics card realted settings on high to extra high? Buts I've put everything on low for a very small increase of FPS
Anyway its seems stable at 3.39Ghz so i think I will leave it there :D
 
Your main problem is the Celeron :(
Normally Celeron's have much smaller CPU cache than the Pentium chips. This would be your single biggest problem.
Even if you can clock the crap out of that CPU, the CPU is still starved.

Also have a look see what you doing to get to that 3.39GHz. Do you just increase the system fsb including the memory speed?
It could be that the memory is holding you back, so have a look at your CPU:MEM ratio.
Change that so that the memory runs slower and then increase the FSB. This way you will max out the CPU before you have memory related problems.

Get yourself a good aftermarket cooler for the CPU with some AS5 (Artic Silver 5). That will help keep the CPU cool. Intel coolers is not very good for OC'ing in general.
Also make sure you know what the max voltage is on that CPU so you do not fry it!

Switching off all the eye candy on the graphics can also help. Have a look at some benchmarks for your card. You will notice that in some tests, even reducing the screen size, might not increase the FPS. I know it is wierd, but true.
Stuff like AA, AF and HDR will make a HUGE diffrence if you switch them off, compared to resolution.
 
Buy a new CPU. Celerons are not the greatest out there. I think any socket 775 cpu including the 45nm would work on it.
 
wetkit said:
Your main problem is the Celeron :(
Normally Celeron's have much smaller CPU cache than the Pentium chips. This would be your single biggest problem.
Even if you can clock the crap out of that CPU, the CPU is still starved.

Also have a look see what you doing to get to that 3.39GHz. Do you just increase the system fsb including the memory speed?
It could be that the memory is holding you back, so have a look at your CPU:MEM ratio.
Change that so that the memory runs slower and then increase the FSB. This way you will max out the CPU before you have memory related problems.

Get yourself a good aftermarket cooler for the CPU with some AS5 (Artic Silver 5). That will help keep the CPU cool. Intel coolers is not very good for OC'ing in general.
Also make sure you know what the max voltage is on that CPU so you do not fry it!

Switching off all the eye candy on the graphics can also help. Have a look at some benchmarks for your card. You will notice that in some tests, even reducing the screen size, might not increase the FPS. I know it is wierd, but true.
Stuff like AA, AF and HDR will make a HUGE diffrence if you switch them off, compared to resolution.
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Ja I heard about the small catch on celerons, I can't bye a cooler, because I don't have cash, I'm saving for a quad, this is a temporary solution, I know about tweaking graphics :) HDR only has a negotiable 1FPS hit ;)
I'm not overclocking manualy, The BIOS has settings as I stated on the OP I've got it at 20%, I've got the settings for the computers to shutdown if the CPU hits 65 Degrees, voltage doesn't seem to be changed

ponder said:
Buy a new CPU. Celerons are not the greatest out there. I think any socket 775 cpu including the 45nm would work on it.
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I would If I could, hopefully a quad next year :)

Kuga said:
http://forums.overclockersclub.com/index.php?showtopic=71656&st=0&start=0
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Thanks but its for dual cores
 
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