How about YOU, firstly, save that HP BIOS with 'WinFlash' and then OVERWRITE it with a fresh copy provided from your motherboard vendor - straight from windows.
Overclocking is not such a horrable experience with a doomed end.
However, just have to agree on the PSU part. But as of a again, it all depends how far are you going to be pushing your system.
I'd say giving that P4 a lift on default volts wouldn't be that bad.
Get EVEREST - report your motherboard's model. Take a look at your RAM - any information gathered (like marking on ICs) would help a lot. Same for other components.
Just in case someone was wondering - my rig:
- AMD Opteron 170 2.0GHz s939 0.09µ 2MB L2 'Denmark' @ 2600MHz 1.4V
- DFI nF4 LanParty UT SLI-DR VENUS 'nForce 4 SLI'
- G.Skill PC-3200 F1-3200BIU2-2GBHX 2GB (2x1024MB) 'Infineon CE-6' @ 260 / 3-3-2-5
- MSI X1900XT 512MB DDR3 Dual-DVI/HD S-Video/VIVO 'PCX'
- Thermalright XP-90C @ Arctic Silver 5 / SilenX iXtrema Pro 92mm
- Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 80GB 7200rpm 8MB 'SATA-II' @ RAID0
- Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 80GB 7200rpm 8MB 'SATA-II' @ RAID0
- BenQ DW1640A 'PATA'
- Kryptec X-Board V2
- Logitech G5 Laser Mouse
- Creative Labs X-Fi Xtreme Music 'PCI'
- OCZ PowerStream ATX12V2.0 EU 520W 'Active PFC'
- Thermaltake Kandalf VA9000SWA 'Aluminum'
- Sony TFT 17" SDM-HS75P/B 'DVI'
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