Article: Overclocking the Intel® Pentium® 4 506 Processor
Many thanks to Intel® for providing the processor.
V. Closing Thoughts
The processor has held itself against the barrage of stress tests, both in stock and overclock settings. At less than ~Php6,000.00 (~$113.00), a very good overclockable CPU can be had. The processor, even at 3.2GHz, should be more than enough to handle the many trivial tasks being done on the PC. At just stock voltage and with stock cooler, the processor breaks a 1GHz overclock and that means a lot of savings already.
The one important factor I never really touched here is warranty. Intel® provides a solid 3Year warranty on its retail boxed processor. Using the processor at a stock speed will not void the warranty, however, once overclocked, then say goodbye to your warranty. While this should be common knowledge already, I just feel the need to emphasize it and remind everyone to play safe with their rig and don't do drastic changes as this can mean getting your system to be unstable.
If anyone is looking for a stop gap processor for gaming, and even moderate multi-tasking, overclocking this processor would be a good drop off point until you have decided the next ultimate rig. This processor also offers a nice "playing" quality time, for it provides high clock frequency without too much heat output.