its got 4-5 heatpipes with a fan blowing on heatpipes and top of HS, and the heatpipes run up into a series of fins, that have another fan attached to it cooling that
i run the fans at 25-50%, idle and oc (unless the computer for some reason hits 50c, the fans wont change, and at that point they all max out
im gonna leave the voltage alone for now, actually i might oc it with voltage inmcrease to see what it can do, but i like my computer silent so i dont want to increase the fan speeds
Actually with such a difference in voltage needed for such a little gain in mhz, he's probably near his ceiling. Good call dropping it to 2.6 with lower volts, it will net you lower temps and decrease the strain on the cpu. Congrats on the good oc!
what programs are U using to OC??? Im playing with ClockGEN and AiBooster to play with speed and voltage. Im starting to play with memory clocks today.
For some reason when I get to 2.3 I get big freezes. Temps are good, but system will freeze. Im at a comfortable 2.75Ghz, so ima leave that and boost mem voltage to 2.7V and go from 2.5-3-3-7 to a 2-3-3-7 at 1T and see if that wont allow a further OC to 2.3 and above.
I want to see what programs U use, as I need one that will allow voltage and clock to be raised and lowered independantly. AiBooster is good, but it wont allow a downclock without freezing. When it does that, it doesnt save, so you have to start over by resetting BIOS. ClockGEN allows downclock, but you cant control voltage control.....Its a huge ass quagmire....