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The Pentium 4 Northwood Overclocking Guide is now available
How far should you push your Northwood? Don’t guess - let this be your guide!
So you have heard over and over again that overclocking your Northwood can lead to faster CPU performance but have always hesitated knowing that such an endeavor can also cause you to rush out and get another microprocessor, or even worse, an entire new system. So what are you to do?
The folks over at Sharky Extreme has composed a well written article depicting everything you wanted to know about pushing every last bit of performance out of your Pentium 4 processor without the hassle of finding out for yourself just how far, too far really is.
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What makes the Northwood version of the Pentium 4 so special for overclockers is both its smaller core and lower voltage requirements. The previous version of the Pentium 4 Willamette core was based on a 0.18 micron process, with only 256K L2 cache and a default voltage of 1.75V. The current Pentium 4 Northwood core is much the same except that it is based on a 0.13 micron process, has 512KB L2 cache, and uses a default voltage of only 1.5V. This doubling of L2 cache is an automatic performance booster, and the .13 micron process and lower default voltage is usually a good indication of serious overclocking headroom.
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A definite read for anyone with a system built around an Intel Northwood processor or anyone slightest interest in what the fuss over overclocking is. Interested? Head on over Sharky Extreme and take a look at this very informative guide!
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