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durn ur a fast lurner, tuk me to deys
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ok then, today i have tested the stability of the overclocked processor, i had to increase the voltage due to the fact that when you was running in windows, just browsing the internet it would just reboot itself, i raised it by 0.025 to start with but it still did it (allthough not as often), so i raised it by another 0.025 (making the total voltage 1.600), now it has stopped rebooting itself and has run FAR CRY (64-bit patch) for over and hour with no problems at all. It has encryted a few things on shrink aswell.
i am quite happy with the 2.8 Ghz clock speed, it will go to 2.85, but i think i would have to raise the voltage a bit more for that. As soon a i put it to 2.9 Ghz it won't even let me into the bios so i have to do a full clear of the CMOS, remove the battery and so on.
But then i am using normal Crucial DDR 400 so i can't complain.
Idle is 38 C and at 100% usage it is 53 C, should i invest in a new cooling fan for the CPU or are these temps ok?Comment
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been there done that, more grey hairs!remove the battery and so on.
now you are getting down to the brass tacks, i used a TT silent boostshould i invest in a new cooling fan for the CPU or are these temps ok?
with my most careful spread of geil cpu paste(cu based)
at 290 fsb, I barely hit 42C and that was at full multiplier
Your cpu will put out more heat than mine!
Stock cooling was designed for stock clocking.Comment
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i have heared that the hotter the CPU gets the worse the efficiency is so for how much a CPU cooler actualy costs it definately would not hurt it.Comment
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I spent 30$ to protect a 150$ cpu that I wanted to overclock
to $500-600, if I can keep it running as cool as a stock cpu then
I figure it's gonna last as long. Now come summer, there will be a fan
blowing on it and fsb may get lowered.
Too hot does mess them up, glitches etc. but the real worry is burning them up.Comment
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don't modern CPU's have some sort of protection against burning them up. I thought they had a temp monitor inside them that will just cut out the computer if it gets to it's factory set threshhold. I might be wrong about this thoughComment
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You can set some bios's to alarm, but by default they don't until you
start to reach the designed limit of the cpu, I have seen a lot burn up before that point.Comment
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ah yes, so it's there but it is set to cut out at a high temp so therefore should not be relied uponComment
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If I had your cpu I would take good care of it, the opteron dual core 939
I priced last month at 270$ is backordered and 340$ this week.Comment
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I don't know what country you live in but this is a UK website that sells computer components, at some good prices. This is where is get most of my components. Have a look see what you think,
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they have good prices, a little noisier than mine but I like
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Yes, that's a good cooler, it has and attachment that fits into a 3.5 inch bay so you can control the fan speed. That's quite a good feature.
I was thinking about this one:
it looks like it will do the job well, but then i like the the ability to control the fan speed yourself rather than let the computer determine the speed.
I did see this one on eBay, it looks like a small jet engine
(and it is loud 20dB~44.5dB)
Last edited by silvershadow02; 9 Jan 2006, 04:33 AM.Comment
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cfm of my pick!
26.5-72.9 cfm
you don't really want that jet engine, trust meComment
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i agree the turbojet engine cooler is too much, too big in my opinion, the one that you picked out has a good air flow rate. it does look the best, especialy because you have the fan contol knob in the spare 3.5 inch bay.
i think i will go with that oneComment
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I use the one that fits in the back on my other amd overclock.
It's quite loud when turned up but seems to cool very well when needed.Comment
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