Help on overclocking
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Allargando
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I wouldn't expect too much out of the stock cooler. Before you try ocing, you'll want to know your idle and load temps
Looking around a bit, seems that the max safe temp for prescotts is around 68-69*C
You don't necessarily need to raise your vcore right away either.
this guide should also help
Looking around a bit, seems that the max safe temp for prescotts is around 68-69*C
You don't necessarily need to raise your vcore right away either.
this guide should also help
Also noticed that with the fsb also RAM freq. increases, should I be worried about this?name='Ham' said:
I inputted my comp. specs when I was creating profile, it's MSI PT880 (neo).
I was on 144 fsb and when running 3dmark the comp suddenly restarted by itself
the CPU was only 51C or so! I don't know what made it to do that, probably it was a component other than the CPU, memory maybe?Allargando
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It can be a few things:
1. Your mobo can't handle that fsb
2. Your cpu isn't getting enough juice
3: Your ram can't run at the speed you're trying to make it run at
for #1: if your mobo supports it, you may be able to up the voltage to the northbridge otherwise you'll have to lower the fsb
for #2: up the vcore a little until it's stable (if you can). Keep in mind that more voltage = more heat
for #3: up the ram voltage and/or loosen the timings. If that doesn't work then you'll have to run a memory divider
A few minutes doesn't really give you a good picture of the load temp, try running memtest, prime95 or OCCT for a while (about half an hour)
running memtest will also tell you how your memory is coping with your oc
1. Your mobo can't handle that fsb
2. Your cpu isn't getting enough juice
3: Your ram can't run at the speed you're trying to make it run at
for #1: if your mobo supports it, you may be able to up the voltage to the northbridge otherwise you'll have to lower the fsb
for #2: up the vcore a little until it's stable (if you can). Keep in mind that more voltage = more heat
for #3: up the ram voltage and/or loosen the timings. If that doesn't work then you'll have to run a memory divider
A few minutes doesn't really give you a good picture of the load temp, try running memtest, prime95 or OCCT for a while (about half an hour)
running memtest will also tell you how your memory is coping with your oc
