Celeron D 336

[IainK]

Today I built myself a secondary system using a Celeron D 336 (kindy donated by scrivz69 :))
just thought you might like to know how i've been getting on.

It's currently at 4.2Ghz (stock 2.8) on 1.47V (VID=1.38) 100% stable :)

Paired witha 8600gts 256 (bought here on the forums) it managed an impressive 5K in 3Dmark06

Any advise on further overclocking?

Full system Spec:
CPU: Celeron D 336 (90nm prescott 256kb L2)
Mobo: ABIT aw9d-max
RAM: 1.5GB generic DDR2 PC4200
GPU: Leadtek 8600 gts 256mb
PSU: Generic 600W
Case: generic midi tower
HDD: WD 160GB
Optical: DVD

nice little system, for general use (so far) can't tell it apart from my dual core

[TheMadDutchDude]

What cooler is it under? What temps are you hitting?

[IainK]

Arctic cooling freezer 7 pro and i'll get back to you on that one :P
In bios (80% load i gather) it was at about 40C

What can i use to monitor temps? coretemp doesn't support this CPU :(

[TheMadDutchDude]

We've established that the BIOS does not put any load on the CPU whatsoever.

What you can use is RealTemp (I think) or SpeedFan to monitor your temperatures.

[IainK]

ill run a 3Dmark06 CPU test and see what i get as max temp :)

[IainK]

i don't think it's detecting my CPU on speedfan :S not supported by realtemp either- core arcitecture only
I've set it to shut down at 70C in bios, so i'm pretty sure it isn't breaching the 70 mark

[TheMadDutchDude]

They don't get to hot as it is only a single core.

Keep pushing if you ask me :) I got one up to 5GHz on my ACF7P and it was able to do SuperPi etc.

[IainK]

for some reason the bios keeps reverting back to 219 everytime i try and change the FSB higher, i suspect that my PSU can't handle it because it also does the same thing if i increase either the northbride/CPU voltage by too much, i only managed to get to 219 rather than 210 by lowering the CPU voltage so i think it may be a power issue, may try tomorrow with my decent PSU

[TheMadDutchDude]

Mhmm they aren't great clockers. Does it POST at 220? Try dropping the multi a bit and see if it'll post at 220 or 225. You may have hit the FSB wall :(