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Roy Wright wrote:
| Grant wrote:
|>> An oc'ed cpu needs a lot more power&generates a lot more heat. Both
can damage
|>> the CPU AND the mobo (too much power might fry a regulator, or cook
a cap).
|>> Or it might overload the PSU - and then everything is possible. A
damaged
|>> mobo or psu can take a lot of stuff with it to hell.
|>>
|>> I hope you learnt your lesson: Overclocking is evil
|> I'll never overclock again. I'm realizing how much more important
|> reliability is compared to performance and low cost.
|>
|> - Grant
|
| That's been my thoughts until recently. I just built a system using a
| Q9300 (45nm quad core) and decided to give OC a try. Bumped the clock
| from 333MHz to 400MHz causing the CPU freq to increase from 2.5MHz to
| 3.0MHz. DDR2-800 memory not OC'ed. Core temps under 4 core 100% load
| using burnP5 only increased from 71C to 73C. This was with stock Intel
| heat sink/fan/thermal paste (just the way Intel wants it). I just
| ordered a XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 to lower these.
|
| IMO, it looks like the Intel 45nm processors have some easy OC headroom.
|
| YMMV.
|
| Have fun,
| Roy
This may be untrue, but from what I've see that's the way it goes
w/OC'ing; Intels have room to be overclocked and AMDs don't. The OP
overclocked an AMD processor which I've always heard is a bad idea.
Just my $0.02

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