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OCing without extra cooling...

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Millow

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alright. this may seem like a dumb question, but im a dumb guy.

is it safe to attempt any overclocking at all without extra cooling? i want to get the most out of my machine, but quite broke at the moment.
 
well, as for your processor. The 2500+ is a great overclocker. Look in my sig... I have it at 2.1ghz with stock cooling. As for your video card/RAM, I wouldn't mess with those much.

good luck
 
i dont know but, i OCed a p2 once with its cooling and heatsink that came wit it. it just got a little hott, notting at all. just increase 1 mulitpler one by one to see if it is stable
 
depends on what temp your getting now. if it's in the low 40C's or even lower, your fine, since you're running ddr3200 ram, maybe you can just up he fsb to 200 and get an auto athlon 3200
 
I generally overclock with stock cooling. My system (overclocked) idles at 50c on stock cooling, and is completely stable. So you've still got a bit of room to work with.

Just go slowly a step at a time, and stop when the system gets unstable.

Erik
 
software cooling program hehe.. cute.


Anyway, I from what I've learned through this forum in MUCH reading, the stock HSF that comes with the barton is not really all that great.

You can try to up your clock a bit and see what the temps do, I mean, it depends a lot on the airflow you have through your case.

I would recommend the $35 investment in a Zalman 7000 at the very least though, I think it really is worth it.

Also, forget what the other guy said about not overclocking the 9800pro. Some of those are GREAT ocers and you'll notice more difference overclocking that in games than you will through overclocking your processor. It seems the video card is the limiting factor in most newer games, especially at higher resolutions with AA and AF turned on.

peese
 
i tried moving my fsb up too 200, but it wont work. whats going wrong? am i not doing something right?
 
you can't negate the likelyhood of overvolt damage to your cpu with better cooling. However, higher voltage generally means more heat, so it could be necessary in that aspect. As long as you have a properly mounted heatsink, I'd say the only thing you could do to destroy your cpu is giving it too much voltage. If it runs hot, who cares as long as it's stable. Chances are that it won't OC very well with a lot of heat anyway.
 
ive put a desk fan next to the computer with an open case, and im getting about 33 c when its idle.

so are you saying i should put the voltage down?
 
bump. i dont like to do this, but this question is really important to me. you guys were scaring me so i turned it down to 1.75 volts. please tell me, what votl setting should i use?
 
I've got the same CPU as you running at 193X11, at 1.7V. It's solid as a rock and idles at about 47^.
 
I'm sorry if I scared you, I was trying to make it sound less dangerous. I probably should have included that you would probably need more than 2 volts to do any damage, and usually even 2 volts will be fine for at least a couple years. I feel confident in saying that there is very little risk to your hardware as long as you don't go over 2 volts. The worst thing that can happen to you is that your computer will become unstable. Just play around with ram timings/fsb/voltage and try to get the highest clock possible.
 
Originally posted by Millow
ive put a desk fan next to the computer with an open case, and im getting about 33 c when its idle.

so are you saying i should put the voltage down?
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...:rolleyes: 33c sounds like case temp to me. With a case temp of 27c my stock 2500+ idles at 39 with a big copper heatsink and a 4500rpm fan.
 
i must have a lucky locked barton, hits 3200+ (2.2ghz) with 1.475v. ..

1.55v if i want it prime stable for over 6hrs
 
if your gonna OC on stock be shure to scrape of the horrid thermal PAD and spread some kind of grease on that biznitch, that alone will help lower temps a couple C ;) and grease is damn cheap
 
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