Recent content by ferrous

Thanks for all the great advice, guys. BillParrish, that guide to the settings for my motherboard really helps a n00b like me a lot. :) I think I will leave the speed where it's at for now, but I went ahead and ordered an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro to lower the temperatures. Your...

I finally got around to assembling my new computer and started overclocking. I'm using the stock heatsink/fan that came with the e6550 and didn't even bother with changing the paste even though I had a tube of AS5. I'm new to overclocking so I'm not sure if I'm doing this right. My...

Yea I don't really think I could make it that far, although it would be nice. :) That's why I'm asking about what to do when I do reach the limit. I'm realistically shooting for 450 since all the reviews I've read so far on the e6550 got to at least that much. So what do I do when I finally...

I haven't gotten all of my parts yet, but they should be here tomorrow, and when I get them,I plan to overclock. The CPU is an e6550, the RAM is (2 x 1GB) Corsair XMS2 1066 and the motherboard is the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R. I also ordered Arctic Silver 5 but decided to stick with the Intel...