Hi im running with a p4 3.4ghz northwood core processor and i was wondering how much you could actually overclock it to safely without causing damage thanks for your time enterprise1

One thing is certain, you are not going to be able to damage...cough....fry that CPU. Now regarding how high you can push the clock, that you will have to discover all by yourself since overclock results are not entirely identical even with similar hardware. You will only be able to raise your clock, since the CPU is multiplier-locked. You should be able to hit around 4.0Ghz easily but you may need to increase your voltage to accomodate that.

Thanks for the information, any extra information from anyone else would be great Enterprise

Oh yeah and how can i not fry a 3.4ghz northwood cpu, i thought you could fry any cpu Enterprise

Overclocking is not an exact science, as stated above it is trial and error. The only point I would like to mention is make sure you have a good cooler. Also think about whether you really want to overclock this CPU. It is already one of the best around and the actual performance gain you will notice wont be that great, you have to balance this with the possible instability and shorter CPU life from overclocking. You would get better results from simply adding another stick of RAM and running it in dual channel mode if you motherboard supports it. Wizard ICT. Microsoft Certified Professional

Well i was wondering that, i mean i have like the best cooling fan anyways and my motherboard is a giga-byte ga-8ik1100 Enterprise

"i thought you could fry any cpu".....with an AMD that is a concern but with your CPU that is not the case because it has built-in thermal protection to prevent that.