Overclocking...

[JDowdall]

Rite my new pc's speed is getting rather old now so im thinking of overclocking my pc. At the moment i've got
c2d 6300 @ 45 degrees with freezer pro 7 aftermarket cooler
Asrock Xfire mobo @ 266mhz fsb and 43 degrees
ebuyer value ram ddr2-4300 dual channel at 1:1 ratio

as this is my first time overclocking im wondering what temperature to stop at and such. I was hoping for a overclock to 2.5mhz from 1.86mhz.

Tips, guidance, opinions and guides are welcome

[teknokid]

personally i wouldnt go over 48 degrees. also dont you mean ghz? ill try and get u a pic of my freezer cooler+xtra fans.

[JDowdall]

ghz then :P :evil: and well i got 2 pieces of software and one said my cpu was running at 22.5 and the other said 40 :S so i duno i was guna say about 60 would have been alright if it really is running at 45 degrees atm

[teknokid]

look in bios for the true temp :) 60 is rather hot. i dunno but myself would never go over 48 otherwise you'll fry it!

[Taxation]

the bios will show the motherboards sensor that is near the cpu socket, it wont be the true temp

the max temp i would say is 60C maximum
try to lower the cpu voltage a step or 2, this will lower the cpu temp, and after lowering the voltage, run a very stressful app/game that will test the cpu to its limits.
if the compy reboots with the lower voltage then shove it back up

[JDowdall]

its @ 1.2 sumthin atm

[teknokid]

that didnt really answer the question....

[Taxation]

hmmm, thats quite low, dont think putting it any lower will effect it at all

try opening a window, shoving fans on max and turn all radiators off

do you want it at max oc all the time
if not, turn on intels equiv of cool n quiet, it should keep it cooler while doing menial tasks like word n internet
then when going into games it will pump the cpu back to normal

[JDowdall]

well i have my last piece of english coursework half done on my computer atm so i dont want it blowing up at the last moment cos of an overclock 2 days before its due in!

[teknokid]

*VIRUS SENT* oops. lol

[JDowdall]

*Sniped from Welsh hill* BOOM HEAD SHOT! :P :lol:

[Taxation]

try and catch me, try, try
i can dance all day , i can dance all day
BOOM HEADSHOT

[teknokid]

got any1 to goto ure funeral?

[Taxation]

:?
does anyone listen to teknokid anymore :wink:

[teknokid]

someone must do :S

[JDowdall]

i try to ignore the spam

[teknokid]

ok so back on topic. try to postion an exhaust fan behind ure heatsink as this helped a lot with my AC freezer.

[JDowdall]

k will do when my dad gets me the right screws

[teknokid]

if i was you id invest quite a bit in fans :)

[JDowdall]

well once i have these two 60 mm fans in that wil be all i can fit in the case without driloling holes in it it's got a 80mm at the front atm

[teknokid]

use cable ties to put them in !

[Taxation]

what case do you have at the moment
u thought about going to water??

[teknokid]

that would be rather expensive.

[JDowdall]

atm i have a http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/120374/rb/24618843854 and watercooling would be too expensive considering now i'm not buying anything for my computer until i've bought a xbox 360, 26" lcd hd ready tv and a laptop lol

[teknokid]

how long will that take? besides the cooler you (and i atm) have got is good.

[JDowdall]

that will probably take about 1 and a 1/2 years :( :x

[teknokid]

? get stuff 4 ure birthday and xmas. thats how i got my pc!

[JDowdall]

yh but if anything costs over £150 which is urrr... all of them then i have to put m oney towards them :(

[Taxation]

tehe
you do know that there are better coolers than the one u have
just to burst your bubble

also, try getting some artic silver 5 thermal paste, surposed to be the best

you could try lapping your cpu and heatsink, this will lower temps too

[teknokid]

they're cheap though :D

[JDowdall]

but if i get a better cooler it will mean spending an extra £30 and i'd be left with a perfectly good £20 cpu cooler not doing much. the cpu cooler came with some arctic silver paste on it so i doubt it would lower temps that much and what do you mean lapping my heatsink and cpu?

[teknokid]

dunno. perhaps strap some more fans to it?

[JDowdall]

where! there are no slots left

[Taxation]

lapping is where you sand down the cpu and hs/f to make them smoother and therefore better at transfering heat.
it is only done when all else fails :D

[JDowdall]

they are pretty smooth at the moment! that is a bit extreme. i think it could be a problem with air flow through my case caused by the millions of wires coming off the psu of which only need about 4 what could i do about these. Also i have two empty 5 1/2" slots on the front of my computer would a cooler like this help with that http://www.maplin.co.uk/search.aspx?MenuNo=54428&MenuName=Case+Cooling&worldid=-3&FromMenu=y&doy=21m1

[Taxation]

my mate works at maplins, and says that this is a brilliant product and works very very well
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Tab ... 9&doy=21m1 (http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?TabID=1&ModuleNo=48839&doy=21m1)
surposed to lower temps by alot

[JDowdall]

lol i reli need to get down to maplins where does that fit in the computer exactly?

[Taxation]

in one of the optical drive spaces (5.1/2")

[JDowdall]

hmm mayb i could get 1 of those blue things and the white fan thing and put those in i'd spray them black as well

[Taxation]

to be honest, the blue thing would be enough, my mate who works there, he used it in his pc and it lowered temps by about 5C, ambient case temp, you can actually feel that the air is colder when it comes out

[JDowdall]

well it wojnt hurt to get both :) i'll get the blue thing first then i'll see what temps i'm getting, what can i do about all this excess cabling?

[Taxation]

shove it where you cant see it
use zip ties
use celotape
use shoe string :D

[JDowdall]

you said it went in a 5 1/2" port i'll just spray it black so it blends in

[Taxation]

but then you might get paint on one of the joints/ inside the bearings which would harm the performance :wink:

[JDowdall]

put a rag in the way

[Taxation]

lolololol
why not get some filter material and cover it up with that, then it will be filtered and black :D

[JDowdall]

ooo arent we fancy, doesnt a rag count as filter material :lol: :P

[Taxation]

aaaahhhhh, na

and this is how you overclock
http://www.nordichardware.com/news,5505.html

[teknokid]

HAHA. y do u want a rag in ure pc?

[JDowdall]

well a running pc with a rag in it is better than a non running one without a rag! and i woudl take it out anyways