Yet another 3800X2 Question

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Spiff64

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Im going to buy this ASRock motherboard with the 3800 X2 chips. Im planning on overclocking it up to 2.4 and was wondering if the SI-120 would do the trick (the trick being not burning out whithin a couple years, Im about to go off to school so I'd neat about 5 years life out of it). I would be running it on a 450w PWS with an AGP Radeon X800 XL and 2GB of Kingston Ram, dual channel.
I'm not asking how to overclock it, but if you guys think I would be missing anything (besides the 120mm fan for the SI-120).
 
That heatsink will be fine with a good fan just have good case airflow, and try not to throw more than 1.45v at it (you shouldnt need more than 1.4v to hit 2.4 but you could always get a dud) If the load temps stay under 50, itll last no problem. 5 years is a long time, but at least you have left yourself open for a vid card upgrade with that mobo. I would suggest going conroe for more longevity but since you already (I'm taking from context of your post) have the vid card and ram, this will be ok. What are you going to school for? Anything that involves cpu intensive tasks such as rendering will make that machine show its age real quick, but if its just for some gaming and general use you shouldn't have to worry.
 
I'll be using my computer for gaming, yeah. Ive been saving up most of my cash for Uni so I don't have a whole lot of extra money, or else I probably would go Conroe with a new PCI-E video card, but your right this leaves the option of upgrading that part of it later on when I can afford it. When I said 'last me five years' I meant will it go five years without burning out, I realize this will be obselete by much before that. I'm planning on getting a pretty generic 120mm fan like this or something. My case is a mess right now with wires everywhere and stuff, but Im going to clean it all up when Im mounting my new mobo.
 
Well fans are overall pretty cheap, if it turns out you need more adding them is a lot cheaper than replacing a processor. It's nearly impossible to burn out a processor nowadays, only by overvolting can you damage it, thus the suggestion to keep the voltage down (I would suggest 1.5v absolute max with air, previous 1.45v should still stand tho). In the bios you can set a shutdown temp. so just set it as low as itll go (my lowest option is 60c) so even if the fan fails while you aren't there, you are protected.
 
You say you want 2.4 wit that board? Here's the deal... it'll take you to 239FSB x10 stably, or all the way to 274FSB x 9. There's no inbetween! I've worked with 4 of these boards, 2 worked only to 240 or so, the others hit the Nvidia imposed wall of 274. Luck of the draw I guess?
 
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