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| 662254 | 2008-04-24 21:53:00 | I have an Intell X6800 pcu. By default it is set at 2.97. Intell describe it as having a capacity of 3.8. I have it o'clocked to 3.65. No over heating problems. What I want to know is what is likely to happen if I increase o'clock to say 4.2. Will it still run? Or will it blow up? I have always believed in "try it and see", But the price of my system is making me stop and think before getting too drastic. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 662255 | 2008-04-24 22:04:00 | Thats a 65nm chip, doubt it will get to 4.2 without water cooling.....3.65 is nothing to sneeze at...... | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 662256 | 2008-04-24 22:30:00 | Yea, with the older chips there was a big problem with heat. The new 45n chips are great for that (I will be putting my E8200 from 2.66 to 3.8 soon) But you prob dont neeed water cooling. A good zalman or thermaltake cpu fan will do the job nicely :) |
GeneralKanos (13592) | ||
| 662257 | 2008-04-24 22:46:00 | What I want to know is what is likely to happen if I increase o'clock to say 4.2. Will it still run? Or will it blow up? I think you'll find that your system will simply sieze up, and very little if any damage will be done. Just re-clock it back to a speed/temperature that the system is able to sustain. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 662258 | 2008-04-24 23:12:00 | just clock it up in small increments and when it does play up back it off a bit....... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 662259 | 2008-04-24 23:19:00 | Yea, with the older chips there was a big problem with heat. The new 45n chips are great for that (I will be putting my E8200 from 2.66 to 3.8 soon) But you prob dont neeed water cooling. A good zalman or thermaltake cpu fan will do the job nicely :) I'm looking at possibly buying an E8200 at the moment, looking at eventually overclocking. Would you recommend it? Or is there a better affordable chip for OC? |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 662260 | 2008-04-24 23:29:00 | Well the E8400 is popular but on pricespy the E8200 was only $5 more expensive then the E6750... Its a good fast chip.. 45nm, 6Mb cache 1333Mhz fsb and can overclock (with aftermarket cooling) to 5Ghz! Soz to hijack this thread...;) |
GeneralKanos (13592) | ||
| 662261 | 2008-04-25 07:16:00 | try adding a fan or two, then get it up to 3.7, if it doesn't crash, up it to 3.8 ghz. After you do this, run 3dmark06 at least 12 times. If it crashes, push the speed back down. Then play your favourite game for an hour or so. If it crashes, push the speed down again. You should then have the perfect clock speed. | SPARTAN 860 (2618) | ||
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