ANY way to overclock ASUS P5RD2-VM?

yes, yes, i know it is a VERY old board. but is there ANY, and i mean AANNYYY way to overclock on this board. ive tried programs and manually doing it in the BIOS but everything is locked. PLEASE HELP! i contacted asustek and they just gave me a link to the overclocking support forums (found no help) and then lectured me about how overclocking can be dangerous and all that bullshit. ive read people bragging online about how they overclocked theyre pentium EE 840 to like 4.3 GHz and *** on the same board, but i had no way of asking them, so i just sat there overwhelmed with frustration and jealousy XD

What CPU do you have? Pentium EE or extreme editions were made to be overclocked heavily. Back then those were the only Pentiums that would easily overclock. High 4+Ghz overclocks did not become common until the Core2 processors. Well not everyday overclocks anyway.

I hope you have some great cooling becase those old things doubled as space heaters.

I am pretty sure they just overclock via unlocked multipliers.

Back when they were new anything over 3.8Ghz pretty much needed water cooling due to the extremely high heat. Todays high end air coolers are MUCH better than anything they had back in 2005 when your chip was new so with a new high end air cooler you might hit 3.8-4Ghz. Of course spending $50-$100 to cool a completely obsolete chip that was not even very good when new is crazy.

And no these chips did not even come close to overclocking VERY well compared to todays chips. Even being a $1000 part when new the EE 840 would go from 3.2Ghz - 3.8Ghz with air. My $300 new 2600K will go from 3.4Ghz - over 5Ghz on air.

Even overclocked to the max this processor will be about as fast as a 1.5Ghz netbook. So do not expect miracles. There is a reason Intel let netburst die.

and i have a VERY good heatsink. my cpu now runs at a max of 40C and idle at 25-30.

my god. i hate how people some how STILL think after its been discussed a billion times. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A PENTIUM D EXTREME EDITION. the core i got is a PENTIUM DUAL CORE EXTREME EDITION. then there are the retards that dont even know the difference between the pentium D and pentium Dual core, and the retards that think the pentium D 840 is a pentium dual core extreme edition 840. please, back on topic. asus p5rd2-vm. everything in bios is locked and ive tried lots of programs. help please?

[quotemsg=1953516,9,394191]You are seriously in denial or you did not read a single article I linked you to above. Too bad furious denial will not change the facts. Enjoy your hot Atom.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_ [...] processors


Pentium Extreme Edition

[edit] "Smithfield" (90 nm)
All models support: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Hyper-Threading, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST), Intel 64, XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
Steppings: A0
Package Size: 37.5 mm × 37.5 mm
Die Size: 206 mm²



Model Number

sSpec Number

Frequency

L2-Cache

Front Side Bus

Mult

Voltage

TDP

Socket

Release Date

Part Number(s)

Release Price (USD)



Pentium Extreme Edition 840

SL8FK

3.2 GHz

2 × 1 MB

800 MT/s

16x

1.2 - 1.4 V

130 W

LGA 775

May 1, 2005

HH80551PG0882MM

$999

"The Pentium D brand refers to dual-core desktop microprocessors by Intel targeted at the consumer market with CPU with the Smithfield and Presler cores of 8xx- and 9xx-series respectively, also branded as Pentium Extreme Edition 840, 955, and 965.[1]"

where did you get your info from? wiki? ive read so much insane bullshit on that site its rediculous. im gonna stick with the information provided by INTEL. not wiki. wiki is so rediculous theres a 50% chance that what you read was true. im pretty sure intel, who made the processor in the first place, knows more about it then people from wiki, or you. now please, if your going to waste both of our times arguing, please stop flooding my email inbox, or you can help me. jesus christ.