One of the most important considerations in overclocking the Pentium 4 is the motherboard on which it will reside. ASUS' P4T was our choice due to its stability and flexibility in front side bus, multiplier, and voltage options. Additionally, the P4T includes a patent-pending metal back plate to make the Pentium 4 motherboard design specs compatible with existing cases. However, you will still need a power supply with the extra 12V power connector complying with the ATX 2.03 specification.

We also made the decision to use Intel's stock cooling. At 400 grams, the Pentium 4's supplied cooling is designed to cool future processors that will be running much faster than 1.5GHz. Moreover, with a base forged of copper and aluminum fins, the heatsink is already optimized for heat absorption and dissipation.

It is very important to remember that RIMMs must be purchased in pairs to occupy both RDRAM channels present on boards with the i850 chipset. For our tests, we used two 128MB RIMMs - one in bank A1, and the other in B1. Continuity modules, which are normally provided by the motherboard manufacturer, must be installed into the empty memory banks.

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