-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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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