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How easy to OC E8400?

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Ladic

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I was reading a bit at the pinned thread up top and it seemed quite complicated.
I have never Oc'ed before.
I have updated the BIOS of my mobo to its latests version and here are my stats and temps:

Specs"

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Idle and Full Load Temps (Using XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler ):

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How much Ocing will I be able to do on this chip?
 
the general consensus is that those chips oc very easily with little extra volt if any. only thing i would be worried about is your temps...your idle seems VERY high especially since you have speedstep enabled. i would tackle that first...shoot for idle temps around 30c. you have a good cooler so try reseating and new TIM. go to arctic silvers website for instructions on how to apply. good luck
 
I might do the artic silver thermal paste. But I need to take the whole computer apart, as its easier to just doing with the mobo out of the case.
If I were to take the whole thing apart do I need to reformat the HD once I put everything back together?
 
lol, no, you are replacing the thermal paste not the motherboard / hard drive.
Remove the heatsink from the top of the CPU, clean the heatsink / CPU.
Apply paste and refit.

Be very careful with arctic silver, it is conductive at high frequencies the computer uses.
If you get any stuck between a chips legs, its probably game over, you wont be able to clean it well enough to fix.
I use MX-2 paste as it is as good but not conductive.
 
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