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Pentium 4 Willamette 1500

Table 6-124: Pentium 4 Willamette 1500 Specifications

Processor Family

Model Name

Intel Pentium 4 Willamette


 

Performance Rating

1500 MHz

 

Front-side Bus Speed

400 QDR (4 × 100 MHz)

 

Multiplier Ratio

15.0×

Physical Design

Interface Packing

423-Pin PGA

  

478-Pin PGA

 

Core Voltage

1.7 – 1.75 volts

 

Power Consumption

57.9 watts

 

Maximum Power

79 watts

Table 6-125: Pentium 4 Willamette 1500 Overclocking

Pentium 4 Willamette

Model Rating

1500 MHz


Overclocking Potential

Multiplier Lock Support

Locked Multiplier

 

Typical Multiplier O/C

N/A

 

Typical Front-side Bus O/C

440 – 480 QDR

  

(110 – 120 MHz)

 

Typical O/C Potential

1650 – 1800 MHz

 

Maximum O/C Potential

2000+ MHz

Overclocking Tolerances

Recommended Cooling Type

Forced-Air Heatsink

 

Recommended Heatsink Coolers

Zalman CNPS-5000

  

Swiftech MCX-478

 

Maximum Core Voltage

2.1 volts with Extreme Cooling

 

Maximum I/O Voltage

3.5 volts with Chipset Cooler

 

Maximum Core Temperature

72° Celsius

Strategy

The Willamette 1500 MHz was the best-selling Intel processor in the early months of the P4 marketing initiative, due to its impressive performance-to-price ratio. Most units in this speed grade can attain stable overclocks exceeding 1700 MHz with installation of a decent heatsink cooler and a slight core voltage increase. As the P4 1500 design imposes a relatively low thermal limit of 72° Celsius, any attempts at overclocking beyond 1900 MHz should include high-quality forced-air heatsink cooling.


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