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InfernalSolo · 05-01-2008, 05:43 PM

Sorry to double-post, but I forgot one important factor to add: temps.

I have a thermal electric cooler mounted on the CPU using arctic silver 5 grease, so the temperatures are very good.

The idle temp of the CPU is about 25C.

Under load (two hours of Prime95 [two instances, each running on a core]) the temperatures top out at 40C.

So with temperatures never going above 40C, I think there is room for a bit of overclocking. However, I don't want to do anything stupid with it.

05-01-2008, 05:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
InfernalSolo Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 48 OS: Vista Home Premium x64 SP1 My System	Re: Looking for advice on OCing my Athlon 64 x2 Sorry to double-post, but I forgot one important factor to add: temps. I have a thermal electric cooler mounted on the CPU using arctic silver 5 grease, so the temperatures are very good. The idle temp of the CPU is about 25C. Under load (two hours of Prime95 [two instances, each running on a core]) the temperatures top out at 40C. So with temperatures never going above 40C, I think there is room for a bit of overclocking. However, I don't want to do anything stupid with it.