Highest CPU overclocks when using a stock cooler
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I've heard other guys say that the highest point would be around 80 - 85c.
The reason why I'm keeping such a high oc, is because I've NEVER seen my temperatures go up to 70 when gaming or doing anything else. I've got a dual monitor setup with a 19" and a 42", and on the smaller one I can see my GPU and CPU temps all the time.
And because of that I feel like I can keep such a high OC, because it'll propably never get too hot while doing stuff.
Last time I got a bluescreen when multitasking on a 4.2GHz & 1.25V, so I dropped it to 4GHz. Now I put it to 4.4 and 1.275, and if I'll get a bluescreen some day, I'll drop it to 4.3 or 4.2.
1. I'm poor. Soon 15 years old.
2. I might do it in the future.
3. I don't feel confident enough to change the cooler myself, since I'm not sure if I can put the heatsink gluethingy myself..
And I feel like the stock cooler is enough for me at this moment, but we'll see if I'm smarter in the future to actually buy a after-market cooler
Your best bet would be to drop the overclock back abit until the cores are not going above 74c when running prime just to be safe for now concidering your using the stock cooler.
I would suggest saving the money up for a decent cooler like the ones mentioned above as they will allow you to oc further and keep it allot cooler than it currently is which will in turn pro long the life of the chip.
If you are not confident enough to change the cooler yourself, and apply the thermal paste then if you know someone who has done it in the past or you have a computer shop near you, then you could always ask them to do it for you.
Putting the coolers on the cpu is one part that I hate myself, and I will normally do a dry fit 1st to see how it goes and then I will add the thermal paste and test it once up and running, if I think the temps are a little high I will take off the cooler and see how much paste is left or not left and if I used to much I will clean it off and re apply using less or if I didn't use enough I will do the same but with more paste.
It is really trial and error when you 1st start changing coolers yourself if you have not done it before.
I am 26 years old and have been building pc's since I was 10 years old, and I up until this year would always get my dad to do the coolers or waterblocks, simply because the 1st time I tried it I cracked a board, 2nd time I didn't put enough paste on, 3rd time I put to much and now I am starting to get the right amount each time.
There are plenty of videos and guides around the net on how much thermal paste to use and fitting guides etc and I would suggest watching them before you try it yourself and listen to what, the people say because some coolers are so big that they are difficult to fit.
Either way which ever you choose to do good luck and welcome to the world of pc's once your bitten by the bug your bitten and it never let's you go
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I would suggest saving the money up for a decent cooler like the ones mentioned above as they will allow you to oc further and keep it allot cooler than it currently is which will in turn pro long the life of the chip.
If you are not confident enough to change the cooler yourself, and apply the thermal paste then if you know someone who has done it in the past or you have a computer shop near you, then you could always ask them to do it for you.
Putting the coolers on the cpu is one part that I hate myself, and I will normally do a dry fit 1st to see how it goes and then I will add the thermal paste and test it once up and running, if I think the temps are a little high I will take off the cooler and see how much paste is left or not left and if I used to much I will clean it off and re apply using less or if I didn't use enough I will do the same but with more paste.
It is really trial and error when you 1st start changing coolers yourself if you have not done it before.
I am 26 years old and have been building pc's since I was 10 years old, and I up until this year would always get my dad to do the coolers or waterblocks, simply because the 1st time I tried it I cracked a board, 2nd time I didn't put enough paste on, 3rd time I put to much and now I am starting to get the right amount each time.
There are plenty of videos and guides around the net on how much thermal paste to use and fitting guides etc and I would suggest watching them before you try it yourself and listen to what, the people say because some coolers are so big that they are difficult to fit.
Either way which ever you choose to do good luck and welcome to the world of pc's once your bitten by the bug your bitten and it never let's you go
demonking
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When i first started i just went for it. i knew i had to put some thermal paste on the new one and make sure it was clipped on correctly, took a guess at everything else and just remembered how the original came off compared to the instructions on the AM cooler. you see some vids where they don't even put any compound on and it still boots.
spend an hour on this site reading the right stuff and you will see how easy it is and laugh at how easy it is when you do your first one (provided you don't get one with a complex fitting).
spend an hour on this site reading the right stuff and you will see how easy it is and laugh at how easy it is when you do your first one (provided you don't get one with a complex fitting).
stay away from arctic silver untill you get used to applying thermal paste as well. because of the actual silver they use in it that stuff is actualy conductive and can short out components if it goes on them stick to stuff like noctua and the like they are not conductive as they are ceramic based. and most coolers come with the thermal greece applied allready so uo could just use that instead.
PetrolHead247
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Don't overclock with a stock cooler. You say you can't afford an aftermarket cooler (fair enough) but if you were to OC just a little too much with a stock cooler you could, potentially, cook your CPU, and a replacement CPU and potentially the mobo too (the socket could get damaged) is a LOT more expensive than a cooler.
Don't worry, I always watch my temperatures when gaming. Highest temperature is 71c when multitasking + Minecraft on my 42" Tv. Normally around 55 - 64 when gaming.
As you can see from the picture below, I can easily keep track of my temperatures at all times, because I mainly game on the second tv. (19" and 42").
Edit: As you can clearly see, I'm running 4.3Ghz at this moment. My computer has problems waking from the sleep mode, because of the overclock. I might drop it to 4.2Ghz soon if it doesn't stop. Edit: Computer crashed and it took me a few minutes to get it running properly. Dropped to 4.1Ghz and 1.275. Last time it ran with 4.2 and 1.25 perfectly, until a bsod when multitasking Anarchy Online. This time it should work properly.
EDIT: Omfg jesus christ. Please don't check my tabs. Ehm. Didn't notice that..
seumasbeathan
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I really wouldnt recommend overclocking that much on a stock cooler, theres nothing wrong with overclocking a little but why bother that much, just get a cheap aftermarket cooler
Update: I'm getting Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus soon. I've got enough cash (barely) thanks to my dad. I can't find one in any of the finnish(my country) net shops, so I'm visiting a local sort-of computer shop soon. If I'll find one there, I'm picking one up tomorrow. It's highly possible that I'll be installing it by myself, and then assembling the computer back by myself (first time ever), but I'm quite experienced with this stuff so it should be okay.
Big WigglyStyle
New member
wait wait, you got 4.4ghz on a stock cooler and you're hitting 75C, I have a 500r which is a superb airflow case and at stock speeds I'm hitting 65C under load on the stock cooler
Intel pentium 4 524 (3.06GHz) @3.45GHz stable,everyday use with stock cooler
the highest stabile overclock was 3.6GHz and at 3.7GHz the pc begun to restart repeatedly
Nice
Yep. I actually go up to 80 - 85 with the stock cooler.
best to overclock cool whats the point in o/cing for performance when you are degrading the life span of that cpu with such high temps, it really is recommended that you get a after market cooler but its up to you dont be to hasty with your equipment just to say you did it.
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unless you want to set benchmarks
but wit stock no...
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unless you want to set benchmarks
