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fwkitziger
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Thanks to all the regular posters at [H] for the great the threads in SFF and OCing forums. I built the system in the sig below based on everyone's experiences and now I am tweaking for some gaming.
After a few days of burn-in, it's 7 hours stable on Prime95 with 10x320fsb, 1.475v and 1.344 vdroop, 4-4-4-12, max core temp 57C. I am likely GPU-limited for gaming, but upon GPU upgrade I would like to push the E4500 further. The vdroop on this board is significant, and I read about the pencil mod, but I am not sure what that gains me if I am temperature-limited. I would probably have to loosen timings to go further, but is that self-defeating for gaming? Also is my 60C "limit" too conservative? In a year or so, I will upgrade to a Penryn quad anyway. The setup has great airflow even with the fans undervolted for noise. Thanks..........Fred
After a few days of burn-in, it's 7 hours stable on Prime95 with 10x320fsb, 1.475v and 1.344 vdroop, 4-4-4-12, max core temp 57C. I am likely GPU-limited for gaming, but upon GPU upgrade I would like to push the E4500 further. The vdroop on this board is significant, and I read about the pencil mod, but I am not sure what that gains me if I am temperature-limited. I would probably have to loosen timings to go further, but is that self-defeating for gaming? Also is my 60C "limit" too conservative? In a year or so, I will upgrade to a Penryn quad anyway. The setup has great airflow even with the fans undervolted for noise. Thanks..........Fred